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
Porpoise Song (Theme from Head) Porpoise Song (Theme from Head) "Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head")" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and performed by pop/rock quartet The Monkees on their album "Head". The song was commissioned by Bob Rafelson, the director and producer of the film "Head". The song was released as a single in 1968, and reached No. 62 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The single version runs over a minute longer than the album version. The song’s lyrics and melody echoes the psychedelic vibe of mid-1960s rock music. Micky Dolenz provides the vocals, which are distorted by echoing effect,