Sidney Sager's musical career was interrupted by the Second World War, during which he fought with the British Expeditionary Force in France and was evacuated from Dunkirk.
[3] Sager was involved for many years with the BBC Wildlife Unit at Bristol, although he also wrote scores for drama on television and radio.
One of the most well-remembered programmes he scored was The Best of Friends, starring John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, and Patrick McGoohan as Sydney Cockerell, Laurentia McLachlan, and George Bernard Shaw respectively.
In 1960 he wrote the score for Delilah The Sensitive Cow,[4] a story written and narrated by his friend Johnny Morris, the television presenter, which was released as a record by Decca.
The secondary theme also concludes the series in a light jazz arrangement, establishing a lighter tone before the final twist is revealed.