Half the World Away was originally approached about using an Oasis song for a series about a working-class family in Manchester, he suggested "Married with Children" and was confused when "Half the World Away" was chosen. On tour in America when "The Royle Family" was first screened, he claims the penny did not drop until he returned to the United Kingdom to find the series a huge success and viewed it, feeling the song was perfect for the series. He now claims not to think of "Half the World Away" as an Oasis song, but rather as the theme tune to "The Royle Family".
Arena (UK TV series) The Space, and will continue to expand. Werner Herzog has praised the series as "the oasis in the sea of insanity that is television". The programme's theme music is taken from the title track of the 1975 album Another Green World by Brian Eno, himself the subject of a 2010 "Arena" film subtitled "Another Green World". The "Arena" opening titles were voted among the "Top 5 Most Influential Opening Titles in the History of Television" by "Broadcast" magazine in 2004. Anthony Wall has been the Editor of "Arena" since 1985. He joined the series in 1978 and became one of