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".
Close to Home (1989 TV series) London Television Centre in front of a live studio audience. Father and son team Brian Bennett and Warren Bennett wrote the original theme tune and incidental music for both series of "Close to Home". The eponymous opening title theme was sung by Paul Nicholas. The opening titles of series one feature a series of stop motion animated household ornaments which each dissolve to reveal a principal cast member, who is then named with a caption. The titles end with a static shot of a tea set and a mouse unexpectedly pops its head up from inside a tea cup. For