EastEnders | The first time the 1993 Theme/Titles were used

#EastEnders

[@darrenclements]

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[@randomgame1322]

It really is 😂

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[@artsed08]

When titles were titles... Nice and lengthy, no irritating halfwit yacking over the top, no promotion of what's on next or a number to call if we've been affected by issues raised in the programme, no captions telling us to "get inspired" by something, no daft studio logos or regional oneupmanship - just the cast, the crew and EastEnders © BBC MCMXCIII

[@jazzbassrob]

Did you also have to walk 10 miles to school in your day

[@Ravinder2220]

This version of the theme is nice and long. Love it

[@tinblue]

Think you will find these were the original Sunday credits which were much longer because they covered all the weekday credits.

[@morganm5370]

tinblue No seriously at some stage the credits were this long. When the show first started the entire cast were in the credits for each episode, even if they weren’t in that episode.

[@tinblue]

Morgan Philpott I’ve watched eastenders since the first episode. The titles were never that long except on Sunday.

[@campgalore]

I think I am the only person in the country that actually preferred this version! I remember people complaining to Points of view about it as their dogs weren't howling at the TV any more?! Surely that would have been a good thing? LOL

[@tubzy2001]

I liked it too

[@frothe42]

I do as well. Still seems modern after all these years. Should go back to it.

[@dsd310580]

Always loved this version better!

[@anngulliver5964]

😁. We used to have a cockatoo that used to croak "oh no" whenever she heard this theme music

[@dsd310580]

I remember the uproar, when this debuted, 23 years ago. I always loved this more than the original. I thought I was the only one.

[@Scripture-Man]

I remember the uproar too. I think this version is fine. Most soaps moved on and updated their tunes, but Eastenders got stuck in the 80s because of the fan uproar. I wish Neighbours had been forced to keep its 80s tune, the new versions aren't as good.

[@mrsmchistory]

I remember the uproar too, hard to believe that it was 26 years ago though!

[@frothe42]

I love this theme, as a fan of EastEnders here in the US 🇺🇸. They used to show this on BBC America, thank goodness I can episodes on KZbin. I cannot stand that dreadful Danny Dyer (Mick), I wish Kat and Alfie would take back the Queen Vic.

[@kurthaven7708]

Saxophones and that drum roll are hardly fitting for somber storylines, most people laughed at it, slightly disconnected from the narrative it seems

[@nanair2007mk]

I remember the uproar so many people complained they had to change it back, I like both I would rather just go back to the 80s early 90s when it was centered around families not the ratings

[@robertbrighton9797]

That fucking key change though

[@gezatherton1071]

Glad to see that the episodes have lengthened since!

[@NumaticVacuum]

Yeh by about 1:10 seconds, these credits role for 1:40 seconds and the regular short theme now runs for around 30 seconds...

[@anngulliver5964]

Yeah, nowadays we can here at least two characters saying "Get aht of my 'ouse" in one episode.

[@jpbdude4223]

Ann Gulliver lol

[@del-boysnostalgiatvads7416]

RogueTrader 101 you’re gayyyy

[@ryanmonaghan7201]

😂😂😂

[@mudkipdan]

Never knew this theme existed until I saw classic repeats of Eastenders, on Drama channel during 1st lockdown. 2020 is an rotten year, yet somehow finding stuff like this stops it being an complete train wreck. An underrated theme song.

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

Apparently people kept writing in to the bbc saying they didn’t like it and want the original back personally I prefer this one

[@randomgame1322]

The VHS quality is kinda comforting for some nostalgic reason.

[@khangphamchannel016]

It’s nice to see good VHS quality like this can made viewers feel comforting. I was born in 2006, and I was probably one of the last kids in this generation to know about VHS. :)

[@user-le3vw9jw4p]

Random Game o

[@diarmuiddineen3871]

I loved this and the Sharon Benson version "I'll always believe in you'', It has dated and would have been changed since though, the early 90s were obsessed with saxophone!

[@rileysutton633]

If there was a US version of EastEnders, this should be the theme.

[@ame9418]

it would be called "missisipi"

[@chrispratt4life.274]

It would need loads of McDonalds stores on the map.

[@gemmadakin34]

You have the Simpson's. lol.

[@george_fg]

There wouldn’t be it’s called *eastenders* for a eeat

[@george_fg]

Reason

[@Uksoapfan]

Shortest ever episode lol.

[@stickytapenrust6869]

I keep expecting Barry White to say something like “Oh yeah baby, oh mama” over the end credits.

[@olivergardner5120]

I think this tune sounds like something from one of these daytime television programs. Itr also sounds like you could be listening to it sipping cocktails on a beach :')

[@unlokia]

Maybe if you're into sipping them on *Skegness* beach, yeah. 😂

[@neongirluk]

The Jazzy closing to Phil's serious expression is inspired and hilarious.

[@alexrobinson3970]

yes

[@stargaming0328]

+NeonLadyUK with the perfect pinch of erotica. Masterpiece!

[@spring552]

NeonLadyUK k

[@charlieminaj2]

NeonLadyUK meme😏😅

[@salfordiandy4987]

I really love the violins at the beginning, so dramatic.

[@iangoldenwales]

Loved this version. By far the best.

[@Kanefan701]

I don't remember this version too well. But it's great to hear it again.

[@97channel]

The drum roll is the exact same sound produced by an empty wheelie bin being dragged down a short flight of steps.

[@anngulliver5964]

Thanks for this tip. We've got two wheelie bins. One of them is indeed empty after the refuge collectors visited this morning

[@anngulliver5964]

Thanks for the tip. We've got two wheelie bins and one of them is indeed empty after the refuge collectors visited this morning

[@nazakatali244]

Is this a true behind the scene, or a joke?

[@rainirodriguez2931]

@@nazakatali244 I think it's meant to be a joke

[@jaredjackson8526]

That's exactly where the recording of this theme ended up.

[@zoehine8507]

[@AH_Derby]

This episode was on the UK Drama channel today, in their Classic Eastenders slot from 1pm. I liked this version of the theme. The drum thuds are better too.

[@gemmadakin34]

Yes it was. I don't think he's very happy.

[@creamclassic]

Have actually waited YEARS for the first time this was used to be uploaded! So thank you very much :)

[@HarryBennellick]

It’s amazing how long the outros were back then. Before everything had to be shortened to make room for adverts

[@NumaticVacuum]

Omg I love it, wish they still used these.

[@rileysutton633]

1:29 Sharon Benson: Now my heart is sailing Male singer: Over land and sea to you, I got to find my heart, it's true Sharon: Just try to understand, I'll always believe in you

[@Clavinovaman]

'Male singer' - that's Simon May.

[@--Fish]

People just don't like change. I liked the 1993 theme

[@tahmidmihaz2171]

I wish this theme was still in use (sighs)

[@simplywonderful1]

At least you were able to read and appreciate the cast members. Nowadays it rushes so fast in half a minute you can barely catch a thing it says

[@Scripture-Man]

I do think that modern credits are way too fast, but this is ridiculously slow, and I'm a very slow reader.

[@martymcfly5434]

@@Scripture-Man Does she show still have a closing credit now seems to be a thing of the past for most tv shows these days?!👍

[@humaxboy1]

May have been an Eastenders omnibus ending ?

[@drwhotvwam]

Or the bbc announcer whitters on endlessly

[@NumaticVacuum]

This is so fabulously 90s! 😂🙈

[@user-vh6ts9uf6c]

What a cast though

[@MultiVince95]

Great video

[@Tomsonic41]

Never knew this theme existed until I came across it on an old VHS tape from 1994! Better than the piano theme, I think.

[@creamclassic]

Have already subscribed to it mate :) can't wait to relive all those memories haha! Big thanks to you and all your hard work......all the best :)

[@gemmadakin34]

I love this tune.

[@SuperDougie89]

“Hello and welcome to Eastenders Gmtv. On today’s show we’ll be discussing if England can qualify for the 1994 World Cup and later should Dirty Den be allowed in a German taxi ever again”

[@sjjb2]

think one of the best tunes used as a update now back to like old times forever and ever ...come on eastenders update now from this to 2020

[@SG4860]

I loved this theme! And those were the days we had credits you could read too! Wish they would bring this back.....I'm sure the anti-Jazz viewers would get used to it....it's far superior to that plinky-plonk theme that is so old now!

[@anngulliver5964]

They were just angry that their dogs had stopped howling along to the theme tune when this one came on. Howling dogs is a must for Eastenders

[@crees1445]

I loved it.

[@user-le3vw9jw4p]

Ksjslaks

[@bradleyferguson1087]

This is the best

[@markgenner7290]

Anyone Can Fall In Love.

[@DuncanMcA]

I’ll Always Believe In You

[@fmorant2222]

sounfs like an American theme tune for soap!!!

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

+Therese Mackenzie - yes, you'd think it was called The East and the Enders ;-)

[@eoin7]

+Messylin The east of the end

[@georgebennett972]

I didn’t know sounfs are sounds

[@Doraemon-sw1zn]

EastEnders is a British show.

[@qn2h]

The End of the East

[@garethburrell]

Bring that music back!

[@BoilsonA]

Sounds like Kenny G in playing the Saxophone 🎷. Its brilliant 👏 .

[@mark89474]

subscribed :)

[@AndrewChapman]

So Phil got to have the first doof doof shot with the 1993-99 titles and 1993-94 jazzy theme.

[@mixsynth]

God, I'd forgotten about this. Hilariously over the top.

[@wrasslinshortz]

Nah

[@boldbeautifulau]

How so?

[@teleaddict23]

What were they thinking? The original is a classic that didn’t need updating.

[@adambirchenall2530]

Yep i remember this theme, it was short lived, most people hated it so then they changed it back to near the original

[@themoores9817]

No Millennium Dome/O2 Arena! They should have kept this theme, I know so many others have said so but it invigorated the boring theme used today! If we cannot have this then I want the old/older Casualty theme back because the crap they are still using today is terrible! It sounds like something out of the dark ages when it’s all about progression!

[@Scripture-Man]

This version of the tune is great - the only bad part is the saxophone, which makes it sound slick, schmaltzy and Carribean. If you replaced the sax with the iconic "whistle" noise, this would have been an excellent update. Oh and this has reminded me how long end credits used to be! I remember now, whenever you changed channel, half the time it would be on end credits, so you'd have to sit there for 5 minutes waiting to see what was on next (unless the channel was closing down for the night) LOL

[@malalikesroblox]

LOL

[@Hulk2k6]

I just felt it tried to hard to be "Hip", even a little kid. Every other soap had changed its song by 1993 (Everyone but Corrie and H&A) so They probably felt they had to keep up w/ the Joneses. Glad they went back to what is pretty much the current theme structure.

[@kristianharris1473]

i actually liked this version sounds modern

[@patton303]

Ah yes. When the world briefly went through a smooth jazz vortex in the 90’s. Thank God we came out of it ok.

[@MAD4DS]

@creamclassic No problem at all! Thanks for subbing! :D :D

[@db20987db]

I like the jazzy doof-doof better than the normal one!

[@booers79]

These sound more 80s than 90s. It's like it's trying to be Dallas or Dynasty.

[@user-le3vw9jw4p]

Jsksosks

[@booers79]

@@user-le3vw9jw4p Thanks for that informative and insightful response 🙄

[@Docmartha900]

Although I did like this theme tune.. I'm glad it's actually been replaced because I love the original doof-doofs :P Without them.. The show wouldn't be right.. Every night it's on I just wait for that! Doof Doof da-da-da doof doof da doof. :P

[@iwillb3inurcmm3nts3ction7]

11 May 1993 - Grant is out of prison

[@EastEndersWALFORD]

BBC ONE viewers were probably thinking what this was on TV until they noticed the EastEnders logo fade in

[@garypritchard6070]

just another east on the enders of life

[@creamclassic]

I think because Dot was such a popular character (and still is) the public would refer to her outright as Dot Cotton as opposed to "Dot from EastEnders". Hence why she was credited with her surname. Probably way off here lol, but it's just my theory. She's been a Branning for 10 years now, but the press and public still say Dot Cotton.......and rightly so :P

[@del-boysnostalgiatvads7416]

This theme tune too jazzy!

[@megasiblys]

Ahh why can't they bring this back

[@gemmadakin34]

RIP Barbara Windsor. X

[@aaronjamesfolan]

I like everything except the ending duff duff who else ?

[@mango4606]

Me.

[@luvhart]

Why am I the only person who likes the 'jazzy' version??

[@carlyicarly9937]

Same I love it💗😭🥺

[@CrossroadsLad]

Everybody's character name comes up on the screen with first names only, such as 'Sharon', 'Kathy', all except Dot's which comes up on the screen as 'Dot Cotton'. (rather than just 'Dot').

[@MAD4DS]

London No Dippy Dolly Actually, both Dot and Nick were credited with their surnames throughout some of the years, contrary to the rest of the cast.

[@CrossroadsLad]

+Jas Bahra It was because she was referred to as 'Dot Cotton', typical 'EastEnders' line back then.... "keep it quiet here comes Dot Cotton, the bush telegraph, if she finds out, it will make her day", or " Dot Cotton was in Dr.Legg's surgery , complaining as usual about her migraines". There use to be a Dot in our neighbour hood, she was a lolly lady, she was always called Dot Shepherd, never just Dot., some grown ups called her Lolly, even after she long retired.

[@derekhorne8076]

Additionally there were (and occasionally still are) characters that call her Mrs Cotton/Mrs C or Mrs Branning/Mrs B rather than Dot

[@JustB3NJI]

I only came for the Saxaphone.

[@kaihiwatari111]

The drum roll reminds me of In the Air Tonight haha

[@user-le3vw9jw4p]

Kslsksls,a

[@KevinBrown-bs5do]

Needs too be brought back

[@lasotimmons1781]

38 years ago lol

[@danielstanford907]

Did anyone know that 20 years after this, Sean Maguire went onto to appearing in American Fantasy drama Once Upon a Time?

[@BobbyWgn]

Bloody hell how long are the end titles!

[@matthewnealis7220]

19 years ago from 2012 was 1993

[@joeritchie7286]

EastEnders shortest episode Grant: Alright Brav Cue drums/closin credits

[@paulinegenner2588]

Very Long Theme Tune 📺🎵🎷🎻❤

[@PaulKinnear]

1 min 40 of closing music -whoa

[@joeritchie7286]

It shudda been sung by Barry White

[@LittleRichard1988]

I love the fretless bass sound, one of the few sounds that was synthesized. Possibly from a Roland U-20, or U-220. I think the piano sound is also synthesized. In fact everything apart from the guitars and saxophone sounds synthesized.

[@Clavinovaman]

No, the drums, strings, electric guitar and sax were all real.

[@Kazavop]

Drunk drummer xD

[@pluto1111777]

Although even Dot lost lost her surname aswell sometime in the mid 1990's I think. No idea why she was always left out lol

[@MattWindsor91]

Boom. Boom boom. PAP! Boom boomboomboomboom. 🥁 0:34

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

This tune wasn't bad but it was wrong for EastEnders, this sounds more American

[@KevsterWilson]

No doubt the episodes were cut short to have to play that ridiculous long title at the end! Or just have no adverts for the next program.

[@MAD4DS]

@creamclassic Your very welcome.. and better yet, i will be uploading this episode and alot more jazzy episodes on another youtube page called: SoapGold If you search on here you should find it! :D I cant send links via comments :/

[@circle2867]

How long did it last

[@abfabrobs]

Notice in the closing credits, all characters appear by their first name only. Except for one character, whose full name is displayed. Strange.

[@Taporeee]

On the Nightshift

[@sharantattersall3174]

Who’s watching in 2020

[@terrysmith7671]

Very Knots landing

[@ryanmonaghan7201]

It's weird I like these 😂 but I prefer the original lol

[@cambogauci7009]

He up

[@Irishgui83]

It's like the middle 8 of an 80s power ballad played to a homoerotic bromance video.

[@timelordgeek16]

What was with that theme??

[@elizabethshepherd9747]

Everyone clapped in my house when the big doof was back

[@Mattbarson23]

Don’t get me wrong, I like this theme, BUT I can understand why viewers didn’t like it in comparison to the original. It’s all about the doof doofs!!

[@jpbdude4223]

Ha ha.. Tucker Jenkins from Grange Hill in the credits (Todd Carty) 1:19 2:12 Doesn’t that sound like highway

[@Hulk2k6]

After a while they started chopping out everybody's first names. A lot of soaps did that to the regulars (Neighbours, Emmerdale, etc) at first

[@deaneast9411]

it in London with lots off taxis invold in the theme

[@deaneast9411]

their changing eastenders theme

[@814912]

How long was this theme tune used?

[@MAD4DS]

May 11th 1993 - April 7th 1994

[@siobhanmolloy2886]

1 year

[@matthewnealis7220]

MAD4DS