Some TV themes just refuse to go away and leave us in peace.

They are stuck in our heads forever. You could be innocently sitting in a bar or a pub having a nice drink, when someone’s annoying mobile starts playing the A-Team. Then, bang! You can’t get the damn tune out of your head. What makes it even worse is you don’t want to either.

Give it a few more hours (and a few more drinks) and you will annoyingly start shouting “a pity the fool” at your mates, who despite their protestations, also start to feel nostalgic and end up humming the tune on their drunken way home. It’s like torture.

Well, just to continue the cycle, hecklerspray has come up with 10 TV tunes from the glorious 80s for you to ponder. Now, some of the series started in the 70s. We are well of it, but we only picked the ones which subsequently ran during most of the 80s. Anyway, enjoy. If you can.

15. Dallas

Crap series, but undeniably catchy tune.

14. Bergerac

This British cop drama, just like the Channel Island of Jersey where it was set, had very little else going for it. Almost made you want to watch it – almost!

13. Blackadder

One of the best British comedies ever – with a fantastic theme tune to match.

12. Only Fools and Horses

Has a theme tune ever summed up a series better?

11. Diff’rent Strokes

The third best reason to watch the series, with the second being the amusing midget. So what’s the first? A morbid curiosity over what happened to their child stars.

10. Knightrider

Gotta love the Hoff, the best Kit car ever – and the annoying catchy theme tune.

9. Taxi

Sometimes strays into the world of 70s cheese, but very catchy nonetheless. Definitely one you would whistle too.

8. Monkey

If you have never seen Monkey, please bear with us. It’s not something you can really describe in just a few sentences. The last person we tried to describe it to assumed we were taking something. In fact, an acid trip is possibly the best way to describe it. OK, here goes. A monkey god is thrown out of heaven and enslaved in a mountain for pissing on Buddha’s hand. He is freed by a very feminine-looking boy priest on the understanding he helps protect her, sorry, him to India on some kind of religious pilgrimage. Are you keeping up? To help them they have a fish monster called Sandy, a pig monster called Pigsey and a talking horse. OK, we give up. Anyway, the theme tune, just like Monkey himself, is kickass. Although started in the 70s, it ran mainly during the 80s (mainly in the UK).

7. Magnum

Gotta love the funky guitar.

6. Airwolf

Hands up if you have tried to play this on a keyboard. Sad, isn’t it?

5. Miami Vice

A theme tune which caught the mood of the time perfectly. Even if Crocket’s dodgy suits didn’t.

4. The Dukes of Hazzard

You just can’t help singing along.

3. Hill Street Blues

We are not ashamed to say it’s actually a really nice tune.

2. Cheers

An undeniable classic theme tune which still holds up today.

1. A-Team

The sad thing is – this really is my ringtone. So many good memories.