Picture Box Posted Mon May 15 17:28:49 BST 2000 by pop

Does anybody remember the ITV childrens show called Picture Box?It was a bit like Jackanory and was hosted by this anaemic actor who was in Brookside in the early days.The opening credits was a revolving ruby red crystal box with gold trimmings with the most bizzare theme tune ever(up with Grainers Dr Who and Tales of the Unexpected) It was a kind of eerie glacial waltz played on what sounds like a Wurlitzer from the planet Neptune! I know this is not strictly comedy,but does anybody know anything about the source of this tune?I all I have to go on is some French composer called Lasrey Baschet but this could be a richard Herring.Help me fellow nerds.

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Posted By Suiii on Mon May 15 18:06:47 BST 2000:

Yeah, druggie 'Alan Rothwell' hosted it. Click here for the Realmovie of the title sequence:
http://tv.cream.org/pbox.ra
it's just over 1mb

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Posted By Suiii on Mon May 15 18:07:48 BST 2000:

Oops! Right click on the link, and select 'Save as' or you'll get the streaming version!

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Posted By John! on Mon May 15 18:20:04 BST 2000:

Silly Suiii!

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Posted By Cardinal Biggles on Mon May 15 22:12:01 BST 2000:

Tis is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play.
But this box can hide a secret inside.

Can you guess what is in it today?

Cardinal "no... not the net!" Biggles

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Posted By Jon on Tue May 16 08:30:06 BST 2000:

I remember the opening sequence you mention, but I have no recollection of the programme.

Does that help?

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Posted By pop on Fri May 19 16:42:49 BST 2000:

Thanks Suiii for the info.One day some advert for Chocolate liquers will use the theme Im looking out for, or Chris Evans will adopt the tune for an unamusing segment on TFI.Then it might appear on a compilation of obscure theme tunes along with the signiture tune of Lift off With Ayshea!

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Posted By Simon Harries on Tue May 23 08:39:23 BST 2000:

>Thanks Suiii for the info.One day some advert for Chocolate liquers will use the theme Im looking out for, or Chris Evans will adopt the tune for an unamusing segment on TFI.Then it might appear on a compilation of obscure theme tunes along with the signiture tune of Lift off With Ayshea!

I remember this well - I wonder what Alan Rothwell's doing these days, other than playing "the father who receives tragic news about his daughter who's just been mown down in a RTA" in Casualty once a year?

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Posted By george on Mon May 29 21:22:19 BST 2000:

Yep, defienetly remember the programme. We used to all get trooped into the TV room at school on a Monday morning (I was 5yrs old - that was 20 years ago! no VCR at that time), then would see the ITV Schools & Colleges clock (there was some reasonable muzak for them), and then it came on.....it usually contained a short film about friends or something, but yep, definetely remeber the show.....that image....and the music...

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Posted By Justin on Wed May 31 13:50:03 BST 2000:

Alan Rothwell turned up in the two-part Queer As Folk earlier this year as a wedding guest. Otherwise...

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