<P> Our Tune is a long - standing feature / segment on British radio presented by broadcaster Simon Bates . Having begun by at least 1979 it was originally part of his mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 , where it aired daily throughout the 1980s and early 1990s . The feature has more recently been heard on Smooth Radio , where Bates presented the Breakfast Show from 2011 to 2014 . An edition of Our Tune typically features a personal story submitted by a listener together with a song that has significance to the person or situation . Many of these stories , which are read out over Nino Rota 's Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet have a tragic narrative such as illness or death , although not all end on such an unhappy note . </P>
<P> Our Tune is a long - standing feature / segment on British radio presented by broadcaster Simon Bates . Having begun by at least 1979 it was originally part of his mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 , where it aired daily throughout the 1980s and early 1990s . The feature has more recently been heard on Smooth Radio , where Bates presented the Breakfast Show from 2011 to 2014 . An edition of Our Tune typically features a personal story submitted by a listener together with a song that has significance to the person or situation . Many of these stories , which are read out over Nino Rota 's Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet have a tragic narrative such as illness or death , although not all end on such an unhappy note . </P>
who used to do our tune on radio 1
who used to do our tune on radio 1
Simon Bates
Simon Bates