80s theme tunes

If you were a child during the 1980's there must be lots of television theme tunes that stick in your mind.

Some from your favourite shows that you watched every week, some from programmes the 'grown ups' watched; whatever the case there were plenty that you will always recognize.

You may have even been lucky enough to own some of the retro toys from the show - you couldn't beat re-enacting The A Team with your own classic toys.

Here is a selection of some of our favourite 80s theme tunes that always bring floods of nostalgia surging back...

A great show that was watched by many on a Saturday (here in the UK anyway) - Airwolf had the lot.

The 'copter was cool, Jean Michael Vincent was cool, heck even Ernest Borgnine was cool!

For some reason we all accepted 'Stringfellow' as a legitimate name too! You just can't beat the 80's for over the top names for our TV and movie heroes.

To top it all off this show has one of the most iconic theme tunes of the 80's. Let it roll!

Magnum was a private detective show starring perhaps the only man to make a moustache look cool - Tom Selleck.

Based in Hawai our hero drove around in a red Ferrari 308 solving crimes, meeting rather lovely ladies whilst still managing a bit of swimming and surfing. Oh - and he always managed to annoy his upper class (English of course!) 'boss', Higgins.

The opening theme was as cool as the show. Oh I say Magnum!

The A Team. In 1972....

We all know the blurb, we all know just how ridiculous the show was, and we all know that a cabbage cannon will not defend you against a hundred men armed with machines guns and grenades.

But this was the 'A Team'. A bunch of cool characters with an even cooler theme tune. All together now, Da Da Da Daaaaaa.....

With his excrutiatingly tight jeans and an almost perm-do, the 'Hoff' lit up our screens with the best car ever in Knight Rider.

Despite the 'Hoff' being the main man, the car really was the star, and KITT made TRANZ-AM cars a little more mystical. I remember seeing a few folks driving around in their Ford Capri's and Escort's with one of those red 'whooshing' lights stuck on the front.

Aside from the car, the theme tune (with it's dark and mysterious voice over) must go down as one of the best ever...

A change of style here with the great cop drama, Hill Street Blues.

Mike Post (who themed lots of tv shows during the 80's) once again came up with a memorable piece of music.

The show had a lot of characters that we all remember, and the theme tune sticks in your mind more than any other 'cop style' show. A very good piece of music. 

So who else was amazed by V back in the early 80's?

The mini-series was quite revolutionary back then and had the nation gripped from original (mini-series) right through to the conclusion in The Final Battle.

Okay, so The Final Battle wasn't quite up to the standards of the original, but it was still great viewing and we had some great moments from Michael Ironside as Ham Tyler.

So to finish off we end with the theme to V:The Final Battle - showing how to properly use a synthesiser to make a haunting and moody piece of music.

Oh - and Jane Badler, phwoooar eh?