Softly, Softly (TV series) Alexis Kanner as DC Matt Stone. Although popular with audiences, Kanner appears to have alienated cast and crew with erratic behaviour during live recordings, and the character was dropped after only nine episodes. He later played the recalcitrant Number 48 in the final episode of "The Prisoner". The first two series continued the trend set by producer David Rose with "Z-Cars", and transmitted the majority of episodes live. This was one of the last long-running British TV series to do this. From series three onwards all episodes were pre-recorded. The original theme music was, like "Z-Cars", a folk-song arrangement by
The Yellow Rose (song) May 5, 1984. The Yellow Rose (song) "The Yellow Rose" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas." It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series "The Yellow Rose" starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album "‘Til the Bars Burn Down". Released as a single in early 1984, "The Yellow Rose" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One