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  1. 16th December 2012, 19:36 #1
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    Best TV intros of all time?

    1)Space 1999:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEZuaguuCU

    2)Hawaii 5-0:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepyGm9Me6w

    3) Battle of the Planets:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOnskcyrtA
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  2. 16th December 2012, 19:41 #2
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    I can't argue with any of those. In fact, I came in to post Battle of the Planets.
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    Has to be this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVHKwf5mSc
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  4. 16th December 2012, 19:48 #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by j0hnbarker View Post
    Has to be this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVHKwf5mSc
    Muhahahaha, i was going to post that. Lol at the eyebrows at the end.

    Ok what about this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtsvkbS1aNo

    or

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0CYJNw9YJQ

    But to be honest, this is the best.

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    The Professionals!

    http://youtu.be/PCFVEvZvo3g
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  7. 16th December 2012, 20:07 #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by studly View Post
    Muhahahaha, i was going to post that. Lol at the eyebrows at the end.

    Ok what about this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtsvkbS1aNo

    or

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0CYJNw9YJQ

    But to be honest, this is the best.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7S6JW5EfD8
    Any TV programmes with Ernest Borgnine and George Peppard in were always going to be special.
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  8. 16th December 2012, 20:08 #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by j0hnbarker View Post
    Any TV programmes with Ernest Borgnine and George Peppard in were always going to be special.
    Check the link again.
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  9. 16th December 2012, 20:11 #9
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    Magnum P.I. already had a mentioning, but the very best has got to be this one:



    Edit: tried two versions, they all have embedding disabled...
    Last edited by Raffe; 16th December 2012 at 20:15. Reason: new link, embedding was disabled with first link
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  10. 16th December 2012, 20:15 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by studly View Post
    Check the link again.
    What happened to the A Team?
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    ...and this one from German televison: Tatort, the sunday night crime time - same intro for 40 years. I am watching it as I type this.

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  12. 16th December 2012, 20:22 #12
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ4c1X5ene8
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    I think this opening sequence is superb - very emotive IMHO.

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  14. 16th December 2012, 20:27 #14
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    How about this...not the highest budget intro but worth it for the theme tune alone
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    This is like a sound-walk through my life
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  16. 16th December 2012, 20:30 #16
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88y4ttqaW6U Monkey - loved this when I was a kid

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVonyVSQoM A-Team - shirley the best intro ever!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnKrXvMM Street Hawk- anyone else remember this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXGkI__d-pU Automan - or this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugb_TIpPoWA Manimal - or even this?


    Would have posted Airwolf but it looks like I've been beaten to it.

    ETA A-Team also already posted.
    Last edited by CardShark; 16th December 2012 at 20:32.
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  17. 16th December 2012, 20:42 #17
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    Best TV intros of all time?

    Ulysses and particularly battle of the planets was such a blast from the past

    Got me searching for this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshdzAtBW4M
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  18. 16th December 2012, 20:47 #18
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    Thunderbirds


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=BfIAKj3Gl1E
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    all of the above are absolute crackers.......

    But surprised this hasn't cropped up...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO8k...e_gdata_player

    "buggy buggy bee.... What's up Buck?"
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  20. 16th December 2012, 20:55 #20
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    I like this game

    Here's another blast from the past, the extended version

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4LX...e_gdata_player
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    You're all close, but no cigar. Here is the best TV intro ever

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxvfmGUjuQ
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    Amusingly retro for those of a certain age...

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  23. 16th December 2012, 22:18 #23
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  24. 16th December 2012, 22:52 #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK View Post
    You're all close, but no cigar. Here is the best TV intro ever

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxvfmGUjuQ
    John Barry. No contest.
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  25. 17th December 2012, 00:18 #25
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    The Fall Guy

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F4LX8PPMuOY
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    Dexter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4

    True Blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxINMuOgAu8
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    I'd have to say the best I've seen is Tutti Frutti from the late 80's, even though I could not speak a word of German, I found myself glued to it every week.
    Last edited by Captainhowdy; 17th December 2012 at 01:33.
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    If we're talking about intro music this one of my favourites.



    Barry Gray was the master imho.

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  29. 17th December 2012, 01:05 #29
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    Channel Four Tour De France

    In all its glory:
    http://youtu.be/pOaR1uvB5vw
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    Oh you are all so wrong,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSaNWYHmUvI
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    I think this.....

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    I was always pretty keen on the intro to The Prisoner.
    I liked the closing credits as well.

    Best wishes,
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    Once upon a time, not so long ago... http://youtu.be/H7UChLgHQU4.

    in a similar vein: http://youtu.be/CKgjYlL1anQ

    And in the the top left hand corner of Wales: http://youtu.be/fDWk0BCeblQ
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    Quote Originally Posted by studly View Post

    But to be honest, this is the best.


    Ahh! TJ Hooker! From an era when a person's hair would arrive a full minute before they did.

    I loved that show, and also loved Heather Locklear with a passion only a teenage boy could muster.

    And Heather Thomas on "The Fall Guy" was equally hot.
    So clever my foot fell off.
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    I always liked Tales of the Unexpected


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc46Gk-6qrA
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    My entry to an excellent thread:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6S7taUvgE


    How hot was Glynis Barber????

    So clever my foot fell off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by j0hnbarker View Post
    Any TV programmes with Ernest Borgnine and George Peppard in were always going to be special.
    Airwolf has to be about the best ever - just watching that sent tiingles up my spine!

    So clever my foot fell off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana View Post
    My entry to an excellent thread:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6S7taUvgE


    How hot was Glynis Barber????

    Remember one tv critic called them Dumpy and Makeshift.


    Some great blasts for the past.

    Just remembered Sapphire and Steel. One episode involving a haunted railway station had me petrified as a kid.
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    Stand by for action ... Anything can happen in the next half hour ...




    Top Cat

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    Quote Originally Posted by mylofitz View Post
    Remember one tv critic called them Dumpy and Makeshift.


    Some great blasts for the past.

    Just remembered Sapphire and Steel. One episode involving a haunted railway station had me petrified as a kid.
    haha, I had the Dempsey & Makepeace soundtrack on 7"

    I also liked 'Crazy like a fox', 'Scarecrow & Mrs King' & 'Hart to Hart', great intros and as far as I recal great TV shows!

    Sapphire & Steel used to put the shits up me too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    Stand by for action ... Anything can happen in the next half hour ...
    Good call. In fact
    5...4....3.....2...1...

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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    Stand by for action ... Anything can happen in the next half hour ...




    Top Cat

    Superb, may i add

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0

    and

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d9QZFdW8uQ
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    Moustaches and helicopters at the ready!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVHKwf5mSc


    The man who was almost Indiana Jones is Magnum P.I.
    So clever my foot fell off.
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    Re: Best TV intros of all time?

    This brings me back to my younger days. joy.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSP1...e_gdata_player
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    Weekend World with Brian Walden

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    Some men of a "certain age" find the svelte and attractive star of this quite appealing

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRaqSzEKew (Avengers)

    I mean the Lotus Elan of course if SWMBO sees this.

    Some more from Mike Post

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtpoO_DlDM (Jimbo Rockford)


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSOeRqNtQtM (Hill St Blues)
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    The Clangers


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3rWghGSm4Y


    Soup dragon was scary though
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    Quote Originally Posted by hogthrob View Post
    Weekend World with Brian Walden
    Nantucket sleigh ride by Mountain.
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