Music on TV

A&E (Granada TV)
14 Episode Drama series
Executive Producer: Sita Williams
Producer: David Boulter
Director: John East
A Bit of A Do (ITV Yorkshire)
Producer / Director: David Reynolds
Music: Ray Russell & George Melly
Alleyn Mysteries (BBC)
Produced by George Gallaccio
Directors: John Woods, Michael Winterbottom
A Touch of Frost (ITV Yorkshire)

Series 6-15 (The final Frost)
Starring David Jason
Producers: David Reynolds, Don Lever, Martin Auty
Directors: Paul Harrision, Sandy Johnson, Alan Dossor, David Reynolds, Adrian Shergold, Roger Bamford
Music Composer: Ray Russell

  • Royal Television Society Award for Best Music and Use of Music in a TV series 2006
  • Royal Television Society Nomination for Best Music in a TV series 2008
Bergerac (BBC, 1981-1991)
Seasons 1-9
Starring John Nettles
Producers: Robert-Banks Stewart, George Gallaccio
Directors: Martyn Friend, Martin Campbell, Ian Toynton, Don Leaver, Laurence Moody, Michael Rolfe, Henry Herbert, Ben Bolt, Colin Bucksey, Robert Young, Robert Tronson, David Reynolds, Brian Farnham, Graeme Harper
Music: Ray Russell
Blue Dove (Carlton TV)
8 Part Drama Series
Writer: Lucy Gannon
Producer: Jonathan Curling
Directors: Paul Harrison, David Thacker
Music: Ray Russell
Dangerfield (BBC Pebble Mill)
Producer: Beverley Dartnall
Directors: Delyth Thomas, Lawrence Gordon-Clarke, Tim Holloway, Jim Shields
Dangerous Lady (Warner Sisters ITV)
Producer: Lavinia Warner
Director: John Woods
Music: Ray Russell
Down Among the Big Boys (TV movie, 1993)
Starring Billy Connolly, Maggie Bell
Producer: Andy Park
Director: Charles Gormley
Music: Ray Russell & Simon Chamberlain
Gadget Man (Hallmark)
Producer: Don Reynolds
Director: Jim Goddard
Music: Ray Russell
Get Back (TV series, 1992)
The series featured Zoot Money and Kate Winslet
Music: Ray Russell
Diamond Geezer (ITV Yorkshire)

Starring David Jason
Producer: David Reynolds
Director: Paul Harrision
Music: Ray Russell

  • Royal Television Society Award for Best Music in a TV series and Best Theme Tune, 2006
  • Royal Television Society Nomination for Best Music in a TV series, 2008
Grafters (Granada TV/Coastal)
Executive Producers: Simon Lewis, Sue Hogg
Producer: Johnathan Curling
Directors: Steven Whittaker, Paul Harrison, David Thacker, Dominic Brigstocke
Grafters II (TV mini series, 1999)
Music: Ray Russell
Love Again (BBC TV, 2003)
The Loves of Philip Larkin poems set to music
Producer: Bill Shapter
Director: Suzannah White
Music: Ray Russell
My Wonderful Life (Granada TV)
Producer: Spencer Cambell
Directors: Martin Dennis, Keith Washington
Plain Jane (ITV)
Producer: Jonathan Curling
Director: John Woods
Music: Ray Russell
Rich Tea and Sympathy (TV series, 1991)
Producer: David Reynolds
Director: David Reynolds
Music: Ray Russell
Stay Lucky (ITV, 1991 – 1989)
Starring Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis
Producer: Matthew Bird
Directors: David Reynolds, Lawrence Gordon Clark
Music: Ray Russell
Survival TV Films (ITV)
Including “The Lion Queen”, “Colorado River”, “Mojave Desert” and “Lunday Island”.
Music composed by Ray Russell
The House of Angelo (Hallmark)
Producer: Don Reynolds
Director: Jim Goddard
The Jump (Warner Sisters ITV)
Producer: Lavinia Warner
Director: Richard Standeven
Music: Ray Russell
The Last Salute (TV series, 1998)
Producer: Mike Stephens
Director: Graeme Harper
Music: Ray Russell
The Precious Blood (BBC Northen Ireland)
Producer: Robert Cooper and Anthony Rowe
Director: John Woods
Music: Ray Russell
The Lavender List (BBC TV)
Director: Colin Barr (2006)
Over the Rainbow (ITV, 1993)
Producer: Bernard McKenna
Director: Declan Lowney 
The Quest (Yorkshire TV)
Producer: David Reynolds
Director: David Jason
Hard Copy (Paramount TV)

Director: Kim Paul Friedman, Paul M Nichols
Producer: Carla Pennington, Karen Copeland
Music: Ray Russell

  • Americian Society of Composers and Publishers award for most played piece of music on American Television 1993


TV programmes featuring music by Ray Russell

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  • Wildlife Detectives
  • Homes Under The Hammer
  • Dancing With The Stars
  • Wife Swap
  • Miami Ink
  • Steve Fossett Show
  • True Hollywood Story
  • My Super Sweet 16
  • Mystery ER
  • Good Morning America
  • Truth or Scare
  • Extreme Engineering
  • Great Little Trains
  • Hairy Bikers
  • Balamory
  • American Idol
  • Secret Millionaire
  • So You Think You Can Dance?
  • The Culture Show
  • Monday Night Raw
  • Renovation Nation
  • Gordon Ramsay Cookalong
  • Oprah Winfrey Show
  • Hollyoaks
  • Planet’s Funniest Animals
  • Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures
  • Blue Peter
  • Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • Ricki Lake Show
  • Countrywise
  • Westcountry Live