The swelling theme tune to the BBC tv drama The Onedin Line - now enjoying a re-run on Freeview - was the unmistakable sound of Sunday evenings to generations of people in the 1970s.
Whether it was school or work the next day, the excerpt from Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus that opened each episode was like a factory hooter that announced the weekend was over and a return to the daily grind. At a time when there were literally only three television channels to choose from, it regularly drew audiences in their tens of millions.
For people in Liverpool, the long-running series had special resonance as it was set in the city when it was at its 19th century height as a trading port - although none of it was actually filmed here. Instead, various locations around Devon and Exeter were used for the outdoor scenes, which had the strange effect of making Liverpool look like a sleepy fishing village instead of the economic powerhouse, second only to London, it was in the period in which the drama was set.
