The Tube (TV series)

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The Tube
Genre	Music
Directed by	Gavin Taylor Bernard Preston
Presented by	Jools Holland Paula Yates Leslie Ash Muriel Gray Gary James Michel Cremona Felix Howard Nick Laird-Clowes Mike Everitt Tony Fletcher Margi Clarke
Theme music composer	Jan Hammer & Jeff Beck (Series 1–2) Jeff Beck & Trevor Horn (Series 3–4) Andrew Poppy (Series 5)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	121
Production
Executive producers	Malcolm Gerrie Andrea Wonfor Crispin Evans
Producers	Malcolm Gerrie Paul Corley John Gwyn
Running time	90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Tyne Tees Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	5 November 1982 (1982-11-05) – 24 April 1987 (1987-04-24)
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The Tube is a United Kingdom music television programme, which ran for five series, from 5 November 1982 to 24 April 1987. It was filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne and produced for Channel 4 by Tyne Tees Television, which had previously produced the similar music show Alright Now and the music-oriented youth show Check it Out for ITV; production of the latter ended in favour of The Tube.

The Tube was presented live by hosts including Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash, Muriel Gray, Gary James, Mark Miwurdz (Mark Hurst), Michel Cremona, Felix Howard, Tony Fletcher, Nick Laird-Clowes and Mike Everitt. The show was directed by Gavin Taylor; Geoff Wonfor directed some of the insert videos along with other staff programme director of Tyne Tees Television Martin Cairns. Many other specials were made, including one for the eve of the millennium.

The brand name was relaunched by Channel 4 as an online radio station in November 2006.