This is young Nicholas Battye, and his is the distinctive voice heard during the opening and closing titles of each episode in the Titch TV series.

The song was composed by famous musician Michael Nyman with lyrics by Pat Hutchins. Pat had decided that she wanted a Yorkshire boy to sing the song, and Nicholas was selected after Mollusc Music held auditions at his school.

Would you like to sing along?

Well now you can!

Here are are two sound files which you will be able to listen to if you have RealPlayer installed on your computer. (If you don't have it, you can download it for free, from here).

The first sound file includes Nicholas' singing to help you practice, the second does not.