The Bill 1988 - Full length theme

The full length theme tune for The Bill used from 1988 to 1997 and also written by Andy Pask and Charlie Morgan

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• The
• Bill
• 1988
• Charlie
• Morgan
• Andy
• Pask
• Sun
• Hill

[bluejeckett]

I loved The Old Bill theme, well this was the second version, the first version sounded like a computer game. The name of the song was actually called "Overdrive" to anyone interested, so it was a song in it's own right. Don't think it was released on charts though.

My favourite bit was always the cylindrical sounding steel drums in the middle 8

[johnmartin1097]

@bluejeckett I believe it was called "Overkill" and not Overdrive as you said.

[johnmartin1097]

@bluejeckett Well it was called "Overkill" everywhere else I've seen it.

[skeletorphd]

The old episodes were great.

It got shit when it became an eastenderd style soap opera and stopped catching criminals.

[nette270]

good old bill

[Schlockenspiel]

seamlessly edited... lol

[RMDOTE7]

Classic!

[MattWindsor91]

@bluejeckett It's called Overkill on the vinyl, so I'm assuming it's called Overkill >~>

[jimmyboyoboy]

Haha so cheesy, yet great!

[pib712thesecond]

Who else sings this whenever the bill arrives in a restaurant?

[OldSchoolPatriot2012]

I used to watch this with my Dad back when I was like 10 or 11 and I loved this music, it so catchy. Watching this show together is one of me favorite memories of my Dad.

[bluejeckett]

@TheStevieGee999 I posted that comment a year ago and still I get notifications about people carrying on, all I was going off was one of the old Bil annuals where its referred to as Overdrive, I didnt realise there were 2 names cos both versions of The Bill theme tune are essentially the same, just one is slower and has older synthetics

[TheStevieGee999]

@bluejeckett Your right, the first theme was called 'Overdrive' which the beginning was used from 1984-1987. The second (and more widely recognised) theme was called 'Overkill'.