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Sitcom Advent Calendar Day Fifteen

If It Moves, File It was an LWT vehicle for John Bird written by Troy Kennedy Martin. It ran for a single series between August and October in 1970. It was Kennedy Martin’s first foray into sitcom territory, though he did write The Italian Job too.

It was about two secretive civil servants, and here’s the opening theme tune:

If It Moves, File It
Day Fifteen
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