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
When the Boat Comes In (song) sets of lyrics in popular culture for the song. The theme to the TV series of the same name, sung by Alex Glasgow, was released as a BBC single and uses the traditional lyrics. The song was also used in the TV advertisement for Young's fish, Sea to Plate campaign which uses the same lyrics as The Wiggles. The lyrics from traditional version of the song, used by the TV series, differ significantly from those of the TV advertisement. When the Boat Comes In (song) "When The Boat Comes In" (or "Dance Ti Thy Daddy") is a traditional English folk