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When a little boy went missing from his home in China and the hunt for him proved fruitless, a smart police officer tried playing the child’s favourite TV theme tune to find him.

The new rebooted version of Gladiators airs on BBC One and is hosted by father and son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh.

Laurie Johnson, who has died aged 96, was a prolific composer of classic television themes, including the punchy introduction to The Avengers, the expansive music for This is Your Life and the bouncy number for Animal Magic; he also wrote the catchy tunes for Lionel Bart’s 1959 stage version of Lock Up Your Daughters and the futuristic sounds that heralded the 1970s detective television series The Professionals.

To the this morning programme, in the wake of his departure, over lies concerning an affair with a younger male itv employee. lizo mzimba, has more. this morning theme tune. after a two—week break today holly willoughby returned to this morning and she began the show by addressing the events of the past fortnight. right, deep breath. firstly, are you ok? i hope so. it feels very strange indeed sitting here without phil and i imagine that you might have been feeling a lot like i have. shaken, t...

Finals. he made another triple double. he finished with, amongst other things, 1a assists. denver extended their perfect home record in the play—offs this year to nine and zero in the second game against miami heat takes place on sunday. england are piling on the runs against ireland at lords on the second day of the one—off test match. ben duckett and ollie pope have both scored centuries. that is all the sport for now. succession has come to an end after a gripping four seasons. with that ...

He wasjust part of the landscape here. he was part of our everyday experience of, if we go out somewhere, chances are we going to bump into peter. and he is and will continue to be sorely missed. its quite a day, we are digesting all the tributes are coming in for digesting all the tributes are coming infortina digesting all the tributes are coming in for tina turner and we asked you a little earlier, what is your favourite hit? so far, simply the best has got most of your simon has said, she wa...

This time, a tune with a rather painful relevance for the bbc at the moment. but actually its worth more, if corporation tax is a bit higher, i and this is the point i think that the governments - going to try and make when it talks about success. - the government might try and do something quite radical on this. theres certainly been pressure to say actually, right, write these extra costs off in the year the investment is made. not easy discussing the finer points of corporation tax while the ...

Shaun ley had some more music to contend with. this time, a tune with a rather painful relevance for the bbc at the moment. but actually its worth more, if corporation tax is a bit higher, i and this is the point i think that the governments - going to try and make when it talks about success. - the government might try and do something quite radical on this. theres certainly been pressure to say actually, right, write these extra costs off in the year the investment is made. not easy discussing...

Not easy discussing the finer points of corporation tax while the match of the day theme tune is blaring out behind you, and alison beaumont considered it very much not worth the effort. the budget was preceded as usual by days of previews, leaks and educated guesses as to what might be in it, including on tuesdays news at ten. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is expected to announce measures to encourage more people, including younger parents, back to work in england. the current 30 hours of free c...

Lets go live to our uk political correspondent rob watson — hes on college green, outside parliament. thank you very much, so you couldnt come to us minutes ago, but youre with us now — and most importantly, i have two senior conservatives with me to chew over the budget and the state of the uk economy. let me introduce you to baroness nikki morgan — i should mention the loud music, if you can hear it, is the match of the day theme tune, which is connected to a certain issue concerning the...