John Barry (composer) Minster. Serving in the British Army, Barry spent his national service playing the trumpet. During his army service, he took a correspondence course (with jazz composer Bill Russo); he also worked as an arranger for the Jack Parnell and Ted Heath's Orchestra, and formed his own band in 1957, the John Barry Seven, with whom he had some hit records on EMI's Columbia label. These included "Hit and Miss", the theme tune he composed for the BBC's "Juke Box Jury" programme, a cover of the Johnny Smith song "Walk Don't Run", and a cover of the theme for the United
The Beechgrove Garden an exposed, rural hillside on the outskirts of Aberdeen. In 1992, "The Hit Squad" with Jim McKirdy and Walter Gilmour was launched. They revamped gardens in need, according to presenter Jim McColl, they started all today's make-over shows. Episodes of the show have been transmitted across the world, from Canada, the Netherlands, Madeira, Italy and Jersey. The 1,000th episode was filmed in May 2016. The theme tune for the show is the jig "Miss Tara MacAdam", written by Johnny Cunningham. This replaced the show's original theme tune, "Sponge". The presenters on the programme included: Other regular contributors include the BBC