[Harp-L] Tommy Reilly and P.C. George Dixon



BBC Radio 4 has a six-part series reviving "Dixon of Dock Green," the London police TV drama from the 50s and 60s, starting on Wednesday at 11.30a.m. It had a memorable theme tune called "An Ordinary Copper" which was played on harmonica by Tommy Reilly and which I get asked to play more than anything else apart from the theme tune to "Last of the Summer Wine" (which I believe he also played!). Tommy also played the theme from the long-running radio show "The Navy Lark." He was a pretty good classical harmonicist too! I heard a trailer for the new radio series this morning, and they played the famous theme, but I'm not sure it was the original...I'll have to listen to the programme proper on Wednesday.

Steve

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