---
name: "Ronnie Hazlehurst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronnie-hazlehurst"
fi1m_id: "ronnie-hazlehurst"
imdb_id: "nm0372024"
tmdb_id: 1086968
wikidata_id: "Q3398651"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 March 1928"
died: "1 October 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T10:21:42.100545+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ronnie Hazlehurst

## Identity

Ronnie Hazlehurst

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronnie-hazlehurst
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronnie-hazlehurst
- **IMDb ID:** nm0372024
- **TMDB ID:** 1086968
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3398651
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hazlehurst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086968

Composer. Born 13 March 1928 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK. Died 1 October 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 March 1928, Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 October 2007
- **Active:** 1964–1979
- **Frequently works with:** [Gareth Gwenlan](https://film.one/person/gareth-gwenlan.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Hazlehurst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398651, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086968

## Biography

Ronald Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer and conductor. He joined the BBC in 1961 as a staff arranger and became Light Entertainment Musical Director in 1968.

Hazlehurst composed incidental music for *The Likely Lads* (1964) and theme tunes for numerous BBC sitcoms and other programmes, including *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), *To the Manor Born* (1979), *Are You Being Served?*, *Last of the Summer Wine* and *Yes Minister*. He also served as musical director for the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), Fi1m 83, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Yes, Prime Minister* (2013), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Legacy of Reginald Perrin* (1996), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Children's Royal Variety Performance* (1990), Music Director
- *All in Good Faith* (1985), series, Music
- *The Magnificent Evans* (1984), series, Music
- *The Hello Goodbye Man* (1984), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *By the Sea* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Three of a Kind* (1981), series, Music Director
- *Coming Home* (1981), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sink or Swim* (1980), series, Original Music Composer
- *Time of My Life* (1980), series, Original Music Composer
- *To the Manor Born* (1979), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Other One* (1977), series, Music
- *Are You Being Served? The Movie* (1977), as Theme Song Performance
- *The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin* (1976), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-and-rise-of-reginald-perrin.md)
- *The Picnic* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Not in Front of the Children* (1967), series, Music
- *The Likely Lads* (1964), series, Music

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