When I heard that theme tune I knew I was up past my bedtime.
@Ravinder22204 жыл бұрын
I always used to watch this on BBC One in the 90s. Hearing the theme tune sends shivers down my spine. It always used to scare me, and it still does to this very day. After watching an episode of 999, I used to be so scared to walk up the stairs to bed because I had the 999 theme tune playing in my head. This was an amazing show on BBC one. It ended back in 2003.
@vincentvaga45422 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same mate! Fuking terrified me as a kid! 😂
@neniaemm61272 жыл бұрын
Every video I see of this show people are commenting the same thing! I thought I was the only one who was terrified of this theme tune as a kid, but apparently we all were lol. This and the X-files theme, I did not want to walk upstairs alone after that.
@stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын
Dispise the 21st Century when programs like this were discontinued, Crimewatch and This were programs to watch .
@stuartwilliam30010 ай бұрын
Remember the one night a week staying up could never sleep after
@reevespeterson5 жыл бұрын
The music just puts you immediately on edge.
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
Brilliant composition.
@reevespeterson5 жыл бұрын
Andy JS For some reason I heard that in the voice of Alan Partridge.
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
@@reevespeterson I'm not offended, I'm a big fan of Alan Partridge, epecially when he dances to Music For Chameleons by Gary Numan.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
In full agreement It was rather scary the theme tune particularly at the end credits of the 90s series.
@rogerboltoncomposer Жыл бұрын
Nice to hear my music again. Thank you for posting this 🙂
@ajs41 Жыл бұрын
I love this theme music. One of my favourites.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
The BBC should have released a boxset of this show. I can’t believe they didn’t it was pure gold and very useful and at times exciting and scary.
@TheMysticDave5 жыл бұрын
Yeah. There are loads of bits I remember that aren’t on KZbin. I’m surprised my mum let me watch it. I was a kid.
@omalone11694 жыл бұрын
Have you seen his documentary kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaKTlWh7ZbSpo5I What are men for
@mikereger11864 жыл бұрын
Knowing the BBC they have probably trashed the tapes.
@clioflano421 Жыл бұрын
Michael Buerk... Wonderful & Fantastic program
@clioflano421 Жыл бұрын
You're the crimewatch Guy!!ajays
@englishcrumpet562 жыл бұрын
Brings back the memories! Used to watch this growing up
@Romanplaystation4 жыл бұрын
Lots of comments (and rightfully so) about the chilling theme music. It gave me goose pimples just, as it always did back in the nineties. Don't think I picked up on it as a child, but I'm convinced the composer was heavily inspired by the theme tune to Carpenter's 'Halloween'.
@jaydmhearne3 жыл бұрын
The best cure for the Sunday night anxiety feeling in the 1990’s was the 999 theme tune and watching people getting impaled and burned alive
@swiftlydoesit84805 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia or what? First time I’m hearing that bone chilling music in the past 20 odd years!
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
I thought this show started a lot later, around 1995, not 1992.
@swiftlydoesit84805 жыл бұрын
Andy JS Yeah I also remember watching this around the mid 90s but certainly not as far back as 92
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
It ran on till 2003 from 1992 I think. Without doubt the greatest real life rescue series of all time. Nothing can beat it.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
999 was the scariest show ever I think.
@muk88045 жыл бұрын
Totally. The legend that is Michael Buerk was perfect to make it all the more chilling with his supreme narration! I was terrified and hooked!
@jordywoody145 жыл бұрын
The chilling intro music was ominous. I loved the show a lot.
@cent19895 жыл бұрын
999 is apart of my youth. That soundtrack !!
@coolcattigger5 жыл бұрын
Another show that I used to watch passed my bedtime. Alongside London’s burning, I seemed to have learned more from this than I would’ve done at school
@KittyKatt_Luna80s9 ай бұрын
Eva's story gave me chills - and poor Karen! 😞 She and the seven others that perished didn’t deserve that - all thanks to negligence!
@lyndaburn64285 жыл бұрын
Loved it even though the music terrified me. Thanks Andy
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
The music was spine chilling particularly at the end credits from the 90s series. I’d say maybe one of the scariest tv theme tunes ever although that’s probably up for debate.
@lyndaburn64285 жыл бұрын
steven mathur I agree. It would be good to make it into a dance tune. Might give it a go. I love theme tunes but this is the scariest. Always remember the fear watching this.
@slayersdeath4 жыл бұрын
yeah same here great show music scared me
@georginacat76673 жыл бұрын
Anyone else, as a kid up to no good, used to hear Micheal Burke in their head?
@oranjelibertine2 жыл бұрын
This was definitely up there with Crimewatch UK for scary atmosphere and a sense of dread.
@ajs412 жыл бұрын
The one I always remember is the episode where a car driver had an accident and ended up being impaled by a metal pole through his body. Amazingly it missed all his vital organs.
@jackhadroom45405 жыл бұрын
Take a shot every time Mike says "got more than they bargained for"
@vickigeorge54445 жыл бұрын
I was 7 when this was on, and I loved watching this, and I really wanted to be a paramedic. Then I started to watch Casualty 😁
@sharifahaliyah4 жыл бұрын
vicki george absolutely amazing programme! Miss those days.
@ryanredmond874 жыл бұрын
Absolute hero uploading this
@rachaelboakes3292 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this show when I was kid I grew up in the 1990s
@Mae-Tai Жыл бұрын
999 - a Friday night staple from childhood! Epic theme tune. Episodes which scarred me for life but taught me a lot! I'm sure I'm not alone on that front 😅 I liked that Michael Buerk always stated prior to a reconstruction whether it featured actors, real witnesses, the actual rescue team, and/ or professional enthusiasts/ stunt actors. Wish they'd do the same with similar shows like Seconds from Disaster or Air Crash Investigation.
@stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын
Was only 19 when 999 Came out ,Still leaves chills down my spine watching this 🥺 Hope those who experienced those accidents and were there are OK .
@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын
I remember the 999 series well-it was presented by the then newsreader Michael Buerk, of course. It was on BBC1 after the 9.00pm News (as it was then) at 9.30-10.20pm mainly on a Tuesday or Wednesday night. It was produced by BBC Bristol at the time. It showed reconstructions of 999 events. Of course now you have similar series like Ambulance on BBC1; Saving Lives At Sea on BBC2; Police Interceptors; Traffic Cops; and so on on the other channels too. Thank you of course!!
@brucedanton3669 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@enola19162 жыл бұрын
This was such a good show xxx
@rayoflight65055 жыл бұрын
Another great show thanx
@user-dp6cw9po5kАй бұрын
It's Staggering to Believe it's Now 32 Years since the Debut of this Nightmare-inducing yet Informative BBC Series!
@Lee-wg7en2 жыл бұрын
the top three I remember from this show: 1. javelin stuck through schoolboy's head (yes, through his brain) 2. man falling on to a fence spike, impaling him somewhere near the groin 3. boy being chased round a tent and falling, hitting his thigh on a peg. nothing happens, then weeks later he either dies or has a heart attack caused by a blood clot from the artery being crushed by that fall
@Peter-ix1ym2 жыл бұрын
Can you recall a lad falling down a ravine, I think he dropped his hat or something. He was my mate would like to find the episode
@bendover96633 жыл бұрын
Ah good memories watching this and strange but true on itv as a kid as both started about 92-93... both theme tunes just bring back those memories as others have mentioned.... we, as in my family, use to turn off the lights in the lounge for both programmes to make it scarier haha
@Lee-wg7en2 жыл бұрын
feel so sorry for Eve, hope the landlord was put away and she got loads of compensation
@mikereger11864 жыл бұрын
The BBC simply does not do this calibre of programme any more. And there are no presenters of Buerk’s calibre to present it, either.
@ajs414 жыл бұрын
Buerk was one of my favourite newsreaders. I try to listen to the Moral Maze on Radio 4 just because he presents it.
@curlyanneb19734 жыл бұрын
Those boys at the lake!!!! What hero’s. Didn’t even think!!! And he’s got Elvis lips. They would make a daddy and momma so proud. And they should have followed the ambulance.
@mandajane88153 жыл бұрын
Omg,I remember watching an episode of this on my own i must have been around 10/11 yr olds,it was a car crash and the panel fencing went straight through the mans(drivers) chest scarred me for life it did 💀 i'll never forget it
@Peter-ix1ym2 жыл бұрын
I remember that, same here. For years after seeing them posts reminded me of it
@Mae-Tai Жыл бұрын
That segment is on KZbin - I just watched it and you can too, and re-traumatise yourself all over again 😂
@ryanohara4765 жыл бұрын
Cheers Andy loved 999 i remember an episode i think it was a chip shop disaster but i remember a man who was bleeding walking around hid chippy ive always remembered that Weather that was 999 or another show i don't know! I do remember an episode of a girl doing a rolly Polly down an embankment in a park and she rolled Into a wasps nest! Nasty!
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
Yes Ryan I think it’s from the lifesavers series where a chippy owner was badly scolded by the hot fat. I’m a fan of old tv listings from the 90s so I’ll check to see if that ep was from the lifesavers series.
@ryanohara4765 жыл бұрын
Cheers Steven thanks for that! I knew I remembered him bleeding aswell very nasty!
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
Not surprised he was dam lucky to survive after something like that. Can you remember how he got badly scolded though to cause the accident?
@ryanohara4765 жыл бұрын
I remember being very young at the time I saw it. I was born 1991 so I must have been aged 4, 5 or 6. it's creepy how i seem to remember it so vividly! Thats all i remember im afraid be fantastic to see it again though poor chap hope hes ok now!
@bramblepigs-rarebreedtamwo26613 жыл бұрын
I got pulled in as an extra to the reconstruction and it was very lifelike indeed. Those lads were amazing. By chance I met Isobel a few years later, a brave and lucky girl. And now some irresponsible people disable the 'killcord' while in charge of a boat.....
@itsdinger2 жыл бұрын
First broadcast the day I was born, very cool.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
Wow andy thanks for this. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen first episode before or not. Do you have anymore 999 eps to upload?
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
I might have one or two others, not sure.
@emmagrundy175 жыл бұрын
wow this was a great series. if you have more please upload them.
@116tunes2 жыл бұрын
That theme tune though. Chills!
@craiggilchrist42233 жыл бұрын
Dunno what was worse to hear as a kid. The theme to this or casualty. Scary man.
@scousertom03883 жыл бұрын
And thus, a legend was born.
@dreamclaw00 Жыл бұрын
Eva's eyebrows are next level.
@stephenkissane42682 жыл бұрын
The day today did an amazing spoof of this using a shepards dog
@ajs412 жыл бұрын
I'll have to watch it some time, if I can find it.
@eddieedwards56685 жыл бұрын
Cheers Andy, haven't really seen many of these at all, will be very interesting to watch though.....
@mshroye25 жыл бұрын
Michael Burke is no Bill shatner but I’d rather someone like him doing rescue 911
@juliemilburn71055 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andy do u have more please
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
I'm on holiday at the moment, but I'll see when I get back.
@Landie_Man5 жыл бұрын
A quick google shows that This aircraft; the Sky Van, was destroyed in an accident a year after this was recorded. G-OVAN
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks.
@fm_eccles77922 жыл бұрын
used to love watching this, till this day I can still remember one of the bonfire night specials, some daft git pouring petrol inside his bonfire & went up like a Christmas tree. can image this shocked alot of folk.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
Hi andy did you come across anymore 999 eps you have available to upload?
@Weaknessisnotavirtue2 жыл бұрын
🎶dobedo dododo dobedo🎶
@nigelparkin37733 жыл бұрын
Just watched the Julia Bradbury Walking prog and recalled Buerk's calling of Salcombe.. what he called it. It's got even posher since then! A lot of folks I knew there watched it for the 3rd story. That accident was still fresh in the memory..
@danielmalcolm24613 жыл бұрын
I enjoy these programmes of 999 lifesavers should bring it back or something similar
@charleydobbs13833 жыл бұрын
I remember at school we were shown an episode where someone got electrocuted by a pylon.....was really traumatising
@ajs413 жыл бұрын
I remember watching that too. It was in about 1986.
@victoriaharbach59682 ай бұрын
32 years ago next week 😮
@BlytheWorld19725 жыл бұрын
how fab
@applemask5 жыл бұрын
It's YOUR blood
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
I have a dvd recorder now and want to put some old 999 eps of mine from vhs onto KZbin. How do I do it,
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
We've still got a machine which is a combination of video and DVD and you can copy from one to the other. But most big towns will have a business which is able to do the job for you.
@pcbhaddicted5 жыл бұрын
Hi andy are you hoping to upload the other 999 eps you said you had over the weekend?
@stormkennedy79395 жыл бұрын
@@pcbhaddicted have you had any luck with the converting of the EPs ? If not I could possibly help
@antonywaterson59033 жыл бұрын
Steven did you manage to upload your 999 vids?
@urbexingwithshaun Жыл бұрын
funny how they got a crucial part so wrong at the end when they were saying how you could save someones life as the first thing you do if you come across a person unconciouse on the floor is 1 STOP LOOK AROUND ASSES THE ARE FOR ANY DANGERS 2 THINK IS IT SAFE TO GO NEAR/TOUCH THEM only then procede if if safe to do so
@Lak7025 жыл бұрын
Mate I love you for this. I'm admin on "John's true crime page" on Facebook. You're welcome to join and share your videos
@johnking51749 ай бұрын
Loved the theme tune as a kid, hated the rest of the show. Scared the crap out of me. I was 7 years old when it started in 1992.
@ajs419 ай бұрын
Did you hate it because it scared you, or for other reasons?
@johnking51749 ай бұрын
@@ajs41 It was terror for a kid - I remember some of the reconstructions - a guy was impaled on a fence when he tried to climb over it, losing pints of blood out of his impaled foot - a family are nearly burnt to death in their home in a house fire - kids nearly electrocute themselves when they think a wire fence is fine to touch - the list goes on, imagine what this does to a 7 year old watching in 1992? Scared me shitless.
@ajs414 жыл бұрын
The first reconstruction is from 10th January 1985: news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_4045000/4045495.stm
@michaelpout47982 жыл бұрын
Why didn't the caretaker make the phone call if there's that strong smell of gas I bet he regrets deeply for not doing so
@carolinejohnston63215 жыл бұрын
ANDY JS CAN YOU UPLOAD MORE EPISODES OF BBC 999 FROM 1992-2003 PLEASE FROM DJ GEMMA J
@ripperevo2011rrchamp5 жыл бұрын
Looking back, this was actually a great series on the whole but after a while, hearing the theme tune is more annoying than scary. I actually think the series was only really scary because of the theme tune but how many times did they need to play it before it got annoying? Otherwise the series was just as dramatic as it needed to be.
@Sam-bz1hr4 жыл бұрын
Just this little camcorder lol
@ajs414 жыл бұрын
On the one hand that camcorder is a lot smaller than they were just a couple of years earlier, but at the same time my family bought a camcorder just a few months after this and it was quite a bit smaller. The sizes of them was changing very rapidly around this time.
@stormkennedy79395 жыл бұрын
@andy js thankyou so much 😁😁 been waiting for new full 999 episodes for years ! Have you anymore throughout early 00s and 90s
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
Not many, but a few.
@stormkennedy79395 жыл бұрын
@@ajs41 cool mate thankyou do you know when they will be uploaded ? Also how do you get hold of them out of curiosity 😊
@joniwatt78952 жыл бұрын
I am looking for season 1 episode 7, will pay ££
@ajs412 жыл бұрын
Why are you particularly interested in this episode? I don't have it myself unfortunately.