Theme Tune
From the early 1980s, the theme tune was a loop of the instrumental section of The Associates' 1982 hit "Party Fears Two", which replaced the original 'whistled' flute piece, "Smokey Joe". Over the years, the tune changed a number of times – totalling four pieces, the third debuting in 1993 and the fourth in 1997 – but the final edition in 1998 finished with the original (each of the others having been heard briefly as imitations of the prime ministers who'd been in office when they were introduced – Blair, Major, Thatcher and Wilson – insisted on using the 'correct' theme).
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