Kids show themes

November 7, 2008

OK so in a fit of Friday afternoon boredom we spent a good hour in the office playing old childrens show theme tunes over our headphones at full volume and playing ‘guess the theme’.

Some are easier than others.

This one EVERYBODY got:

And of course a fair few people got this one as well (although it should be Hero turtles not Ninja):

Don’t forget the powers of grey skull

And of course my favourite show of all my childhood:

Something my kids still watch today:

It all started with more grown up dramas (well sort of) and much more local ones:

Nobody got this one:

And this one EVERYONE got - played out after a moustache discussion:

And a bit of magnum PI

But my baby tells me this is what is needed:

My five year old asked for this:

And my eight year old insisted on this:

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BBC Embedding

September 19, 2008

This will eventually become a full post about embedding video and audio files (on the BBC and off), what’s available to embedd and what … well isn’t.

But while I work on that - here’s a bit of Metalica from Later with Jools Holland.

Oh and a side note - Jools has now gone wide as well. In fact, looking at it - it feels like the Jools side is one of the first new music sites that draws from a mix of /programmes and the new /music (bbc.co.uk/music/beta/) although I could be wrong.

It looks good though - but maybe we could have a bit more artist info on the artist page.

Anyway - that’s a post all of its own (that I’ll try and write later today).

Here’s Metallica:

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