Editing Philip Pope (section)

==Composer==
With [[Richard Curtis]], Pope co-wrote the [[Hee Bee Gee Bees]]' single "Meaningless Songs" (the B-side of which was "Posing in the Moonlight"), released in 1980 to parody the style of a series of disco hits by [[The Bee Gees]]. The Hee Bee Gee Bees went on to record two albums spoofing numerous acts including [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[The Police]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] and [[Supertramp]]. Pope also wrote or co-wrote many comic songs for ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and ''[[Spitting Image]]'', the latter of which included the British Number 1 hit single "[[The Chicken Song]]", for which [[Grant Naylor|Rob Grant and Doug Naylor]] wrote the lyrics. Along with [[Simon Franglen]], Pope wrote the main theme for ''Round the Bend'', a three-series children's comedy produced by [[Yorkshire Television]] for [[CITV]], and later shown on [[Channel 4]] and [[Nickelodeon]].

Pope has also composed a large amount of music for radio and television, including the theme tunes for ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'', ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', ''[[KYTV (TV series)|KYTV]]'', ''[[My Hero (UK TV series)|My Hero]]'' and ''[[Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul]]''. He was the musical director and composer for ''[[The Fast Show]]'', as well as the popular BBC children's programmes ''[[Words and Pictures (TV programme)|Words and Pictures]]'', ''[[Fimbles]]'' and ''[[The Roly Mo Show]]''. Pope also provided the voice for the characters of Yugo and Migo from ''[[The Roly Mo Show]]''.

Pope has scored numerous dramas and comedy-dramas for television, including ''[[Ted & Ralph]]'', ''Midnight Flight'', ''Crazy for A Kiss'', ''Hospital!'' and ''Margery & Gladys'' as well as the film ''[[Kevin & Perry Go Large]]'' (2000).

He was invited to arrange [[Snow Patrol]]'s "Run 12" remixed by [[Jacknife Lee]], to which he contributed additional guitar.

On 5 October 2004, Pope featured in an episode of the radio series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', entitled "Fit the Fifteenth", as one of three aliens from the planet of Krikkit. They sang a song called "Under the Ink Black Sky", which Pope wrote and performed.

On 13 February 2013, Pope and his wife Rosie appeared on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]'s ''From The Heart'', a programme about organ donation and which featured their 20-year-old son Will, who was seriously unwell with a failing heart, had only months to live, and was in desperate need of [[heart transplantation]]. He finally obtained a new heart in a successful operation, and was slowly nursed back to health by his family.

In 2002, Pope and [[Jules de Jongh]] did stage productions with Iain Lauchlan at Imagine Theatre in Coventry.

In 2007, Pope composed the music for the radio adaptations of ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]''<ref name=BBC/> and its sequel, ''[[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (radio serial)|The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]''.

In 2014, Pope appeared in ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'' as Mike Philips.