Theme from Z-Cars the 1960s. Sunderland A.F.C. were also known to have played the song as their players ran out to the field during their days playing at Roker Park. Theme from Z-Cars "Theme from "Z-Cars"" was the theme tune to the long-running BBC television drama "Z-Cars". Based on the traditional folk song "Johnny Todd", which was in a collection of traditional tunes by Frank Kidson dated 1891 called "Traditional Tunes: A Collection of Ballad Airs". Kidson's notes for this song say: "Johnny Todd is a child's rhyme and game, heard and seen played by Liverpool children. The air is somewhat pleasing, and
Johnny Pearson the late 1960s until the end of its run in 1974. In Australia, his best-known library music piece was "Power Drive," which was used as the theme for the 1969-75 police drama "Division 4". Some of Johnny Pearson's library music was also used as background scene music for the Ten Network series, "Prisoner". Also during late 2011, another Johnny Pearson track, "And a Very Good Morning to You", from 1970, was used as a piece of background music, on the Nine Network series, "Underbelly". The track "Sleepy Shores" was also used as incidental music in some of the courting scenes