CREDITS
Bear's Wild Weekends
Channel 4 2011
Adventurer Bear Grylls takes Miranda Hart and Jonathan Ross on their own wild and challenging expeditions in some of the worlds most stunning environments. David co-wrote the music for the series with Simon Darlow.
BBC Entertainment
BBC 2011
Five new 2011 idents for BBC Entertainment, an international channel showing Drama, Comedy and Light Entertainment from the BBC.
Dirty Tricks Of the Tradesmen
BBC 2011
A hidden camera series for the BBC with Chris Hollins. An acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks to show how easy it can be to be taken in. First broadcast in October 2011
BBC News
BBC 2011
David’s iconic and instantly recognisable soundtrack has been the musical Identity of BBC Television News since 1999. David has created many different versions of the music, to accompany news programmes across the whole of the BBC's domestic and worldwide television output. This is the current version of David’s theme for the BBC network news.
Grand Designs
Channel 4 2011
Grand Designs has been on air since April 1999, and is in its tenth series with David’s distinctive title music. It is among Channel 4’s most watched shows. David’s theme has become popular for wedding couples, with several requests for it to accompany their walk down the aisle.
The One Show
BBC 2011
The One Show is broadcast live on weekdays at 7pm on BBC One. David's theme has fronted the show since its launch in July 2007. The trumpet sound emerged from a conversation with the producer, who suggested the track "Would You..? as an example of something he really liked the sound of.
Countryfile
BBC 2011
Countryfile is currently one of the most popular programmes on British Television, reporting on rural and environmental issues within the United Kingdom. This is the latest of several themes David has written for the show, since it first aired in 1988.
Out Of The Blue
BBC (Northern Ireland) 2011
A new eight-part series taking a look at arts in Northern Ireland, challenging the conventional view of what an arts series should be. With presenters Graham Little and Joanne Salley.
Reporters
BBC 2011
A weekly showcase of reports from the BBC's correspondents around the globe, on the BBC News Channel
Panorama
BBC1
David's arrangement with Bella Saer of the famous Panorama theme written by Francis Lai and called "Aujourd'hui C'est Toi"
BBC World Service
BBC Radio
David was asked to give the World Service a contemporary and easily recognisable musical identity in 2007. He worked closely with journalists in the newsrooms and broadcasters heard on air everyday, to produce the sequences.
Police Camera Action
ITV1
David wrote this for the first series in 1994, the programme was then called "Police Stop" There have been six more series over the subsequent years, the latest in 2010. More of David's mixes for the show in the members area
Cash In The Attic
BBC One/ BBC Two/Leopardfilms
Cash in the Attic premièred in 2002 and has run for seventeen series. David's music has accompanied the series throughout its long run.
Fifth Gear
Channel 5
Fifth Gear started its seventeenth series in June 2010 on Five. It's repeated on UKTV Dave Channel, Fifth Gear has also been broadcast in the USA and Australia. David wrote Fifth Gear’s theme in 2002, and has done several remixes for subsequent series. You can here more mixes, including some not heard on TV in the members area
Hardtalk
BBC World
Hardtalk is a flagship BBC television programme, consisting of in-depth half-hour one-on-one interviews. It is broadcast four days a week together with David’s title music on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. Launched in 1997, much of its worldwide fame is due to its global reach via BBC World.