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
Circle (Big Head Todd and the Monsters song) Circle (Big Head Todd and the Monsters song) "Circle" was the third single from Boulder, Colorado-based rock band Big Head Todd and the Monsters' major label debut album "Sister Sweetly", which eventually went platinum. It reached #21 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, with their first two singles, "Bittersweet" and "Broken Hearted Savior", also charting. Big Head Todd & the Monsters performed ""Circle"" during an appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman". A music video was also made, which features the band playing the song live interspersed with clips of a dog chained to a post, running in circles while