The theme tune just brings a tear to my eye

The BBC paid 7 million pounds to show Titanic.

It's like the opening of Poirot

Today's Breakfast TV intro is so bland in comparison.

Oh No Its Lovejoy lol😂

Vauxhall Vectra…what a beast lol

paris olympics starts next friday

not much to watch then

These are beautiful

I remember this show was on the telly while I had to watch my mother get raped and killed by my stepfather. A lot of people talking about being nostalgic about it but for me it is purely about bad memories.

I'd love one right now.

Great intro only topped by BBC Italia 90

Good theme but doesn't beat Mexico 86 and Italia 90

I was 14 years old then. Long hot summer days, no worries and brilliant footballers / great themes.

Christmas is a natural hotbed for vintage TV!

This is the song I remember, I was 11 years old, what a time to be alive!!!

Had this tune in my head for the Euro 24

This small clip shows the UK peaked in 1986.

carol get yur scunts aff smillie

Naughty Anneka not paying for a bus ticket

Absolutely brilliant intro sequence / theme tune. Overshadowed at the time by BBC's effort but for me my favourite package of any football tournament.

best world cup theme ever ,takes me back to my 1st world cup too as a teenager👍

GOOD OLD 1980s Days ✝️🇪🇺

Who won?

Euro 24 should reuse that intro

Great theme, better known for its use in We Need Answers with messrs Horne, Key and Watson ('Let's Meet the Contestants')

Unabridged version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ckL7lGXfB6E.html

One of the best intros ever and very French,what they should do to the host nation

I was 10.... starting at "big school" in September 1984, a life of firsts ahead of me. What is wonderful about this is that for all the changes, society, graphics, London's skyline Tower Bridge remains the same. So this intro is lovely

Still brings a shiver down the spine when you hear the opening lines . Classic theme and credits .

That poor little girl falling off that swing. 😢

Ricky Gervais talk over

Mirka is so badass!

Hands down the best ever football tournament theme.

Too bad they were discontinued.

Yaaaaasssss!! A Vauxhall Nova!!

This was better than BBC for once.

I know this was their European Championships music at the time but it should have been Zadok the Priest.

I was in extra in Pirate Prince - a French guard. I had the briefest fight scene with beautiful Thandi Newton.

Look at this world now. There is always one problem after another. That has to stop as soon as possible. WE NEED YOU, ANNEKA!

That Matthaus goal from that angle is sublime

Written by Jeff Wayne

The best tv football theme without a doubt. When football had true greats.

Just played this for my great gran, she loved it and brought back lovley memories. thank you for sharing ❤

Makes me cry

There is definitely something mystical about this tune.. Floating around the mind often..

Des here!!

Opt out, opt out - Iris… cue

Imagine the betrayal I felt as a young child, seeing this awesome intro, only for it to be a dull-as-dishwater politics show.

The sega ad is just peak marketing