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LEGENDARY TV music composer Alan Hawkshaw has died at the age of 84. Tributes poured in for the creator of the Countdown, Grange Hill and Channel 4 News theme tunes today. The composer had produced ...

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Alan Hawkshaw, who also wrote the theme tunes for Grange Hill, Countdown and Channel 4 news, died in the early hours of Saturday aged 84. The Leeds-born composer had been admitted to hospital with ...

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Alan was behind some of British TV theme tunes including Countdown, Grange Hill and the Channel 4 News. The news was shared this evening by talent agency DNYA Music Limited. "The proud Leeds born ...