Fritz Spiegl Fritz Spiegl died suddenly during a Sunday lunch in Liverpool with his wife, Ingrid Frances Spiegl, and some friends. As a composer, Spiegl scored a popular success with the original theme from the TV series "Z-Cars", based on "Johnny Todd", a Liverpool sea shanty. He also composed the original theme for the "Z Cars" spin-off series "Softly, Softly"; the song was also released as a single on Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate record label in 1966. His BBC Radio 4 "UK Theme", in which national songs from each of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are combined, was heard
I'm on My Way (The Proclaimers song) I'm on My Way (The Proclaimers song) "I'm on My Way" is a song by Scottish folk pop duo The Proclaimers for their 1988 album "Sunshine on Leith". In 1989, it was released as a single, which made it to number 43 in the United Kingdom, and number 3 in Australia. The lyrics "I'm on my way from misery to happiness today" differ from I'm on My Way the spiritual of the same name. The song was used on the soundtrack of DreamWorks's 2001 comedy film "Shrek", and also as the theme music of the BBC Radio Four comedy series