The Stationary Ark

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The Stationary Ark
Starring Gerald Durrell
Narrated byGerald Durrell
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Release16 September (1975-09-16) 
9 December 1975 (1975-12-09)

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Theme song

The theme to Stationary Ark, originally composed by John Mills-Cockell, became popularized in the mid-1980s with a cover version (only very loosely based on the original theme [1] ) released by Georg Feil [2] for the Commodore 64 and its SID chip.

The theme (along with the show) was assumed to be lost media until October 4th, 2022, where a recording of the show's opening surfaced on Youtube. [3]

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References

  1. "Synth Sample". comp.sys.cbm newsgroup. 19 February 1991. (Georg Feil:) Note that the Stationary Ark thing is only loosely based on the television show (it appears as improvised from memory by a friend).
  2. "Nectarine Demoscene Internet Radio www.scenemusic.eu - Streaming Blaizer with Silkcut". www.scenemusic.net. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAsv-nqJ4VY