Ronald Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment Musical Director. He composed the theme tunes for many well known British sitcoms of the 1970s and 1980s, including Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, To the Manor Born and Yes Minister. Early life Ronald Hazlehurst was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire in 1928, to a railway worker and piano teacher. Having attended a grammar school, he left at the age of 14 and became a clerk for a cotton mill. From 1947 to 1949 he did his National Service as a bandsman in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. During his spare time, he played in a band, and soon became a professional musician earning £4 a wee

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