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
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) (Gary Collins) who was in charge afloat. The crew consisted of- Guest stars included: The theme music and scoring was by Nelson Riddle. The USS "Kiwi" was based on the real-life , a 40-year-old schooner or scow that was transferred to the United States Navy from the government of New Zealand. It was returned to New Zealand in 1944. A paperback based on the series, by Lee Bergman, was released in 1965. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy-adventure series that aired for one season on NBC between September