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This Week

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First episode dateJanuary 12, 2003
Final episode dateJuly 18, 2019
Presented by Andrew Neil
Networks BBC One
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This Week was a BBC One current affairs and politics TV programme, screened late on Thursday evenings. It was hosted by former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum.

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Alan Hawkshaw: Grange Hill and Countdown composer dies aged 84

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The musician who wrote the theme tunes for Grange Hill , Countdown, and Channel 4 News has died aged 84.

Alan Hawkshaw was also a member of The Shadows , toured with the Rolling Stones , and was sampled by Jay-Z.

He was admitted to hospital This Week with pneumonia and died in the Early Hours of Saturday, his agent said.

His wife Christine: " It was heartbreaking to Say Goodbye to Alan, my husband of 53 years and the love of My Life . "

She Said in a statement Hawkshaw had been unable to speak for The Past two months but she " knew he was at peace".

Hawkshaw wrote The Music for More Than 35 films and " countless" television programmes,

RIP Alan Hawkshaw , who composed some of The Most iconic theme tunes in British TV History - including Grange Hill , Channel 4 News and Countdown.

Here's 80 seconds of his genius:

— Tom Hourigan (@TomHourigan) The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.

In the 1960s Hawkshaw was in rock'n'roll group Emile Ford & The Checkmates, which toured with the Rolling Stones .

He joined The Shadows in the 1970s and worked as Olivia Newton-John's musical director, arranger and pianist.

He was awarded Best Arrangement by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences for Newton-John's " I Honestly Love You".

Hawkshaw was instrumental in a host of hits and worked with artists including Barbra Streisand , Tom Jones , Lulu and David Bowie .

A statement from talent agency called Hawkshaw " one of The Most sampled musicians in The World ".

" Hip Hop producers in particular have plundered Alan's catalogue of works including the biggest of them all, Jay-Z with Pray which featured on the American Gangster album, " it said.

" Alan would often joke, 'I'm one of the oldest rap artists in The World . '

" He also famously said of Streisand, 'Barbara held this song of mine eight years until I sent her a note via one of her lawyers saying please record it before one of us dies. '"

She went on to record his song Why Let It Go.

In 2004, in association with the Performing Rights Society, he Set Up The Alan Hawkshaw Foundation at Leeds College of Music, the area he came from.

The scholarship programme gives financial help to gifted musicians.

Hawkshaw also underwrote the Radlett Junior Tennis Tournament, in the Hertfordshire town where he lived and, according to his website, donated 10% of his income to less well-off People .



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