Help needed to name a tune

[Segilla]

The theme music for the BBC B&W TV series Animal Vegetable Mineral? was by ...

Telemann?

Or can anyone please name a well-known melody of his which is tunefully original?

Thanks

[french frank]

The theme music for the BBC B&W TV series Animal Vegetable Mineral? was by ...

Bach.

It's the Preludio from the Partita No 3, BWV 1006.

You can hear a tinny snatch of it here. You need RealPlayer to listen I think. Or take my word - I've just checked on my recording of the Sonatas and Partitas (couldn't remember which one it was).

[Norfolk Born]

Bach.

It's the Preludio from the Partita No 3, BWV 1006.

You can hear a tinny snatch of it here. You need RealPlayer to listen I think. Or take my word - I've just checked on my recording of the Sonatas and Partitas (couldn't remember which one it was).

That explains why it sounds so weird on my PC. I'll take your word for it!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

this?

[rauschwerk]

According to Wikipedia (yes, I know, it's not gospel truth), there was no TV series with that title.

A piece by Telemann was used for The Brains Trust: it was Tilting at Windmills from the Don Quixote suite. In those far-off days it was played in a plodding manner, but recent HIPP performances are very lively and enjoyable.

[Segilla]

According to Wikipedia (yes, I know, it's not gospel truth), there was no TV series with that title.

A piece by Telemann was used for The Brains Trust: it was Tilting at Windmills from the Don Quixote suite. In those far-off days it was played in a plodding manner, but recent HIPP performances are very lively and enjoyable.

Thanks for the Don Quixote information. That's what I was looking for.

There most certainly was a long-running series of 'Animal, Vegetable, Mineral' (1952–60). It was a quiz game, an archaeological variant of Twenty Questions.

Sir Mortimer Wheeler was a regular participant. Amusing and canny he knew the contents of many museums from their catalogues.
The somewhat sour Julian Huxley was another regular. I think that Glyn --- was the chairman.

[french frank]

I think that Glyn --- was the chairman.

Dr Glyn Daniel, Fellow of Clare Coll Cam. For whom the words suave and urbane were invented. The clip I linked to is a short video piece with GD and Sir Mortimer W.

Calum - yes, that's the jobbie! On the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral clip it's so distorted I thought at first it was a string band rather than a solo. What is Wikipedia on about? They said, 'Contrary to some reports, there was NO TV programme called Animal, Vegetable, Mineral'???

[Segilla]

What is Wikipedia on about? They said, 'Contrary to some reports, there was NO TV programme called Animal, Vegetable, Mineral'???

Glyn Daniel. Yes, that's him and I agree with the decription of him.

From Wiki articles:-

Julian Huxley.
Later, he was a regular panelist on one of the BBC's first quiz shows (1955) Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? in which participants were asked to talk about objects chosen from museum and university collections.

Mortimer Wheeler
He appeared in three television series that aimed to bring archaeology to the public: 'Animal, Vegetable, Mineral' (1952–60), which was a quiz game, an archaeological variant of Twenty Questions, ... .

Spotting errors in Wiki articles being one of my pursuits, if you can give me the source where the denial is stated I will correct it. And it looks as if Wheeler's article needs a ? !

[french frank]

Spotting errors in Wiki articles being one of my pursuits, if you can give me the source where the denial is stated I will correct it.

I was just responding (incredulously) to rauschwerk's Msg #5, hence the three ???s

I hope Wikipedia would accept this as proof of the programme's existence. And the clip seems to clinch the matter.

See also this! (NB We are now in 2012...)