I *heart* TV

A lot.

So, in honour of my couch-potatoness, I've decided to compile a list of my top 5 TV theme tunes. There are fewer things in this world that excite me more than the sweet chimes of a great theme song announcing the imminent start of Idiot Box Goodness. I must emphasise that this list is not exhaustive and does not suggest that these are my favourite TV shows (the absence of "Family Guy" & "The Office" should've given the latter point away) - just my 5 favourite kickass theme songs.

5. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency : A beautiful composition (unfortunately I don't think this short clip does the entire theme justice) which captures the mystique, strength and melancholy of the great nation of Botswana. I first watched an episode of this brilliant HBO show while I was in the States (and, incidentally, reading the first novel in this warm and utterly fantastic series by Alexander McCall Smith for a class) and I remember bawling my eyes out for atleast 5 minutes into the episode. Really makes you miss Mama Africa, this one does.

4. 30 Rock : Composed by Tina Fey's amazing husband, Jeff Richmond, this theme tune is such a perfect fit for the funniest TV show on earth, it answers any questions one would have as to why the two got married. I love the cheesy a cappella, farty trumpets, the jazzy drum beat, the rockin-rollin nature of the bars cascading on top of each other (like a lot of the hi-larious dialogue of the show actually) - it captures the very essence of the riot that is 30 Rock.

3. The Big Bang Theory : The Barenaked Ladies wrote this song specially for the TV show and boy did they do a good job! Basically they try and cram in the entire history of our universe in a short-but-sweet little tune. Part of the fun of this song comes in the form of lyric-fishing - i.e. trying to figure out what the HECK the fellows are saying...and once you do figure it out (which for me, by the way, was one of my proudest moments), you're amazed by exactly how brilliant the words are! Just like the endearing nerd-tagonists of the show (easily one of the best sitcoms in recent memory, along with "How I Met Your Mother"), this song is smart and super fun. Sing it with me..."It all started with the big bang...BANG!"

2. Dr. Who : Yeah, this one's predictable - I know. But GOD it's just SO good! There will never be a more iconic theme tune than this one. Social suicide - I love Dr. Who, always have. And whenever I would hear this tune emanate from our TV's speakers, my heart would leap. I'm not one of those die-hard Dr. Who fans who can hear a mere five seconds of the opening clip and pronounce from which era of the show it's pulled from, but even I know the masterful "ooooooooweeeeooooo" that makes this theme song the perfect embodiment of the mysterious adventure of the show.

And the No. 1 theme tune is.... *drum roll*

1. BIG BROTHER UK : OK OK, before all you snooty TV connoisseurs go all connoisseur-y on me, lemme just say that Big Brother is not one of my favourite TV shows of all time (although, it must be said, BB UK season 5 was AWE-some!), but this theme tune is EASILY the best in the history of TV. In my humble opinion, of course :P Makes you wonder why more EDM (for novices who still don't know -- EDM = Electronic Dance Music) DJ's aren't roped in to create theme tunes for TV shows. Paul Oakenfeld's remix is just killer (ahh yes the good old days when ole Oaky's stuff wasn't so wasn't shit/commercial) and still remains one of the most easily recognisable theme tunes out there. And no, I'm not biased/I didn't pick it just because it's EDM. It really is kickass. Really, really...

**Special mention: X-Files...good god, it's creep-tastic!**

So, which theme songs make your list?