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===Ronnie Hazlehurst (1928–2007)===
A prolific composer for sitcoms, comedy productions, game shows and other programmes, [[Ronnie Hazlehurst|Hazlehurst]]  joined the BBC in 1961, and became a staff arranger; his early works included the [[incidental music]] for ''The Likely Lads'' and ''The Liver Birds''.<ref name="Indy"/><ref name="TimesRH">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2576976.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828214609/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2576976.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2008|title=Obituary - Ronnie Hazlehurst|work=[[The Times]]|date=3 October 2007}}</ref> In 1968 he became the Light Entertainment Musical Director and composed the theme tunes of many sitcoms, including ''Are You Being Served?'', ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (where he also wrote all the instrumental music for the show), ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]'', ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'', ''To the Manor Born'', ''Yes Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ''[[Just Good Friends]]'' and ''[[Three Up, Two Down]]''.<ref name="Indy">{{Cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article3021298.ece|title=Obituary - Ronnie Hazlehurst|first=Spencer|last=Leigh|work=[[The Independent]]|date=3 October 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102184203/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ronnie-hazlehurst-395793.html|archive-date=2 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="TimesRH"/><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1565028/Ronnie-Hazlehurst.html|title=TV tunes composer Ronnie Hazlehurst dies, 79|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 October 2007}}</ref> He also arranged the themes for ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]'' and the first series of ''Only Fools and Horses''.<ref name="TimesRH"/>
His theme tunes often included elements designed to fit the programmes, such as a [[Cash register|cash till]] in ''Are You Being Served?'', rises and falls in ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' and the [[Big Ben]] chimes for ''Yes Minister''.<ref name="Indy"/><ref name="BCGRH">{{cite web
|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/news/old_story/294/
|title=Composer Ronnie Hazlehurst dies aged 79
|date=2 October 2007
|work=British Comedy Guide
|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> For ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', Hazlehurst used [[Morse code]] to spell out the programme's title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7026637.stm|title=Does the Frank Spencer music have Morse code?|work=BBC Magazine|date=4 October 2007}}</ref> During his career he composed the music for the opening of the BBC's coverage of the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympics]].<ref name="Indy"/> [[Jon Plowman]], Head of BBC Comedy, said, "He was the composer of many of the best-loved signature tunes of the last 40 years of television - and some of his work is still heard today. He's associated with some of the best-loved shows of our lives."<ref name="BCGRH"/>