Editing Ron Grainer (section)

===''Maigret'' and after===
In 1960 Grainer achieved public recognition with his theme and incidental music for the TV series ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bucksmusicgroup.com/about/ivor-novello-awards/|title=Bucks Music Group|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622042219/http://www.bucksmusicgroup.com/about/ivor-novello-awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref> When ''Maigret'' was given the Ivor Novello "Outstanding Composition for Film, TV or Radio" award in 1961, commissions from a wide range of genres poured in: ''Goon Show'' silliness (''[[It's a Square World]]'', 1961), one-off pilots (''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''), documentaries (''[[Terminus (1961 film)|Terminus]]'', 1961), [[kitchen sink realism|kitchen sink drama]] (''[[A Kind of Loving (film)|A Kind of Loving]]''), quirky domestic sitcoms (''[[Steptoe and Son]]'' 1962), classic serials (''[[Oliver Twist (1962 TV serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' 1962), teen films (''[[Some People (film)|Some People]]'' 1962), late night satire (''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'', 1962), outpost angst (''[[Station Six Sahara]]'', 1962), ballet (''[[The King's Breakfast (film)|The King's Breakfast]]'', 1963), science fiction (''[[Doctor Who]]'', 1963), psycho killers (''[[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]]'', 1964), children's adventure stories (''[[The Moon Spinners]]'', 1964), patriotic biography (''[[The Finest Hours (1964 film)|The Finest Hours]]'', 1964), big-budget musicals (''[[Robert and Elizabeth]]'', 1964), unusual love stories (''Boy Meets Girl'', 1967), acclaimed dramas ''[[To Sir, with Love]]'' (1967), allegorical social commentary (''[[The Prisoner]]'', 1967) and crime-caper movies (''[[Only When I Larf (film)|Only When I Larf]]'', 1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php|title=Ron Grainer – biography|publisher=Rongrainer.org.uk|access-date=27 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027033705/http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php|archive-date=27 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 

Grainer also worked with the instrumental group [[The Eagles (UK band)|The Eagles]], who recorded a number of his themes.

Most of these projects required considerable research, group discussion, and creative team effort.<ref>"Churchill's Music Will Go Ringing Around The World." ''Glasgow Times,'' Glasgow, Scotland, 7 May 1964.</ref> They are only a small sample of work completed by Grainer from 1960 to 1968. He once indicated he felt a "trifle wistful" that so many people just associated him with the ''Doctor Who'' theme,<ref>"The Music Man," ''The Age'' newspaper, Melbourne, 17 June 1966, p. 2.</ref> the only tune in his extensive portfolio that had its sound dynamics realised by someone else{{spaced ndash}}[[Delia Derbyshire]] of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]].<ref>Brian Hodgson [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jul/07/guardianobituaries1 "Delia Derbyshire" obituary] ''The Guardian'' 7 July 2001</ref><ref>The composition was not a rush job by Grainer. ''[[Doctor Who]]'' producer [[Verity Lambert]] said that after being given the brief, Grainer 'went to work at his Putney home and three weeks later came back with the required notes written on music manuscript paper.' "Verity's Tune Is Way Out." ''Daily Mirror,'' 1 December 1963, p. 12.</ref>

The time-consuming work commitments eventually contributed to the breakdown of Grainer's relationship with his wife; he and Margot divorced in 1966. Later that year, he married Jennifer Dodd (1944–2024),<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary – Jennifer Marilyn Ackerman Grainer November 1944 – April 2024 |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2024-04-18/obituary-jennifer-marilyn-ackerman-grainer-november-1944-april-2024/88013 |access-date=23 April 2024 |publisher=The Portugal News |date=18 April 2024}}</ref> a member of the cast of ''[[Robert and Elizabeth]].''<ref>Ancestry.com, "Ronald Erle Grainer" Births Marriages Deaths</ref> Their son Damian was born shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php|title=RonGrainer.org Biography|publisher=Rongrainer.org.uk|access-date=27 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027033705/http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php|archive-date=27 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>