Which radio programme used 'Calling All Workers' as its theme tune?
All is Safely Gathered In potato wine in celebration, the platoon head outside for the Vicar to bless the harvest. The drink has turned them belligerent, and it descends into a mass brawl. The harvesting scenes feature the march "Calling All Workers" by Eric Coates which was famous as the theme tune to the BBC Light Programme live music show "Music While You Work". Other music includes Arthur Tracy's performance of Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke's 1936 song "Pennies from Heaven" and Ralph Butler & Noel Gay's "Hey Little Hen", which was a hit circa 1941. The title of the episode is a line from
Workers' Playtime (radio programme) Workers' Playtime (radio programme) Workers' Playtime was a British radio variety programme transmitted by the BBC between 1941 and 1964. Originally intended as a morale-booster for industrial workers in Britain during World War II, the programme was broadcast at lunchtime, three times a week, live from a factory canteen "somewhere in Britain", initially on the BBC Home Service (now Radio 4) and, from 1957, on the Light Programme (now Radio 2). For all its 23 years each show concluded with the words from the show's producer, Bill Gates: "Good luck, all workers!" The programme had the support of the government