Ill Met by Goonlight - Revision history

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	A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-10}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 28461/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 28461).		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-10}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 28461/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 28461).

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-03-14}}, its ratings were 1.9 million.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-03-14}}, its ratings were 1.9 million.

	The show was repeated:		The show was repeated:
	*Wednesday 8pm, {{Date\|1957-03-18}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 3.0 million listeners.		*Wednesday 8pm, {{Date\|1957-03-18}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 3.0 million listeners.
	*Friday 12.00 noon, {{Date\|1983-09-11}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day'' (as ''Ill Met by Goon light'' {{sic}}).		*Friday 12.00 noon, {{Date\|1983-09-11}} on [[BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day'' (as ''Ill Met by Goon light'' {{sic}}).

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==

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	~~First Home Service Broadcast:~~
	~~Thursday 14 March 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million.~~

	~~Repeats:~~
	~~Monday 18 March 1957, 8pm, 3.0 million [Light Programme];~~
	~~Sunday 11 September 1983, 12.00 noon (Radio 4 in Smash of the Day as Ill Met by Goon light]~~

	'''''Ill Met by Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the seventh series.		'''''Ill Met by Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the seventh series.

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	\| episode = 23		\| episode = 23
	\| writer = [[Spike Milligan]]		\| writer = [[Spike Milligan]]
	\| based_on =		\| based_on = ''[[w:Ill Met by Moonlight (film)\|Ill Met by Moonlight]]''
	\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]		\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
	\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]		\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*~~Ellington~~: ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''		*Geldray: ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
	*~~Geldray~~: ''[[w:Basin Street Blues\|Basin Street Blues]]''		*Ellington: ''[[w:Basin Street Blues\|Basin Street Blues]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 24461		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 24461
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|10\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|10\|df=y}}
	\| airdate = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|14\|df=y}}		\| airdate = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|14\|df=y}}
	\| length = {{duration\|m=31\|s=53}}		\| length = {{duration\|m=31\|s=03}}
	\| guests =		\| guests =
	\| prev = [[The Africa Ship Canal]]		\| prev = [[The Africa Ship Canal]]
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			First Home Service Broadcast:
			Thursday 14 March 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million.

	~~'''''~~Ill Met by ~~Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The~~ Goon ~~Show]~~]~~. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.~~		Repeats:
			Monday 18 March 1957, 8pm, 3.0 million [Light Programme];
			Sunday 11 September 1983, 12.00 noon (Radio 4 in Smash of the Day as Ill Met by Goon light]

	~~A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-17}}, 5pm. at~~ [[~~w:KOKO (music venue)\|~~The ~~Camden Theatre~~]]~~, Camden Town, London (DLO 25010)~~. ~~The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507)~~.		'''''Ill Met by Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the seventh series.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-10}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 28461/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 28461).

			The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-03-14}}, its ratings were 1.9 million.

	The show was repeated:		The show was repeated:
	*Wednesday ~~9.31pm~~, {{Date\|~~1958~~-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		*Wednesday 8pm, {{Date\|1957-03-18}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 3.0 million listeners.
	*Friday 9.~~30pm~~, {{Date\|~~1964~~-03-06}} on ~~the~~ [[w:BBC ~~Home Service~~\|~~Home Service~~]] in ''~~Vintage Goons~~''~~, to 0.5 million listeners.~~		*Friday 12.00 noon, {{Date\|1983-09-11}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day'' (as ''Ill Met by Goon light'' {{sic}}).
	*Friday 9.30pm, {{~~Date\|1965-08-20~~}} ~~on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment~~).

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	'~~To open the~~ scene, ~~take~~ a ~~knife and cut along the dotted line~~. ~~Inside you will find the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)\|Great North Road]] in an icy blizzard.' This~~ is ~~how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of~~ the latest ~~unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs~~. ~~Listeners~~ can, in ~~fact, buy~~ a ~~copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath~~.		Here is a tale of adventure to fire anyone's imagination! The scene is set in Crete in 1942, where Lieutenant Seagoon is on a daring mission to capture General von Gutern. His mission cannot fail, for he is armed with the latest and most deadly secret weapon - an army sock filled with luke-warm spaghetti. But unfortunately anything can happen in a Goon Show – and it does.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:~~I Kiss Your Hand, Madame~~\|~~I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame~~]]'' {{small\|([[w:~~Ralph Erwin~~\|~~Ralph Erwin~~]] (music) / [[w:~~Fritz Rotter~~\|~~Fritz Rotter~~]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' {{small\|([[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[w:Ted Koehler\|Ted Koehler]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:~~The Late, Late Show (album)~~\|~~The Late Late Show~~]]'' {{small\|(~~Murray Berlin (music) /~~ [[w:~~Roy Alfred~~\|~~Roy Alfred~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Basin Street Blues\|Basin Street Blues]]'' {{small\|([[w:Spencer Williams\|Spencer Williams]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO ~~72138~~]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 24461]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 24461 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission .<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	The TLO ~~72138~~ master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and domestic ~~recordings~~ of ~~both~~ the original transmission ~~and the 1964 repeat~~.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==

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	\| music = *Ellington: ''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[Basin Street Blues]]''		*Ellington: ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
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			[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

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	\| episode = 23		\| episode = 23
	\| writer = [[Spike Milligan]]		\| writer = [[Spike Milligan]]
	\| based_on = ''[[w:Ill Met by Moonlight (film)\|Ill Met by Moonlight]]''		\| based_on = ''[[Ill Met by Moonlight (film)\|Ill Met by Moonlight]]''
	\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]		\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
	\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]		\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
	*Ellington: ''[[~~w:Basin Street Blues\|~~Basin Street Blues]]''		*Ellington: ''[[Basin Street Blues]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 24461		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 24461
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|10\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1957\|03\|10\|df=y}}
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	'''''Ill Met by Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the seventh series.		'''''Ill Met by Goonlight''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the seventh series.

	A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-10}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 28461/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 28461).		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1957-02-10}}, 5pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 28461/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 28461).

	The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-03-14}}, its ratings were 1.9 million.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-03-14}}, its ratings were 1.9 million.
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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	Here is a tale of adventure to fire anyone's imagination! The scene is set in Crete in 1942, where Lieutenant Seagoon is on a daring mission to capture General von Gutern. His mission cannot fail, for he is armed with the latest and most deadly secret weapon - an army sock filled with luke-warm spaghetti. But unfortunately anything can happen in a Goon Show – and it does.		Here is a tale of adventure to fire anyone's imagination! The scene is set in [[Crete]] in 1942, where Lieutenant Seagoon is on a daring mission to capture General von Gutern. His mission cannot fail, for he is armed with the latest and most deadly secret weapon - an army sock filled with luke-warm spaghetti. But unfortunately anything can happen in a Goon Show – and it does.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Harold Arlen\|~~Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[~~w:Ted Koehler\|~~Ted Koehler]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' {{small\|([[Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[Ted Koehler]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[~~w:Basin Street Blues\|~~Basin Street Blues]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Spencer Williams\|~~Spencer Williams]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Basin Street Blues]]'' {{small\|([[Spencer Williams]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 24461]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 24461 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission .<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 24461]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 24461 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission .<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==
	*''Ill Met by Goonlight'', a script written by Spike alone which sent up the newly released wartime movie ''[[w:Ill Met by Moonlight (film)\|Ill Met by Moonlight]]'' starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] and based on a true commando mission to capture a German general in [[~~w:Crete\|~~Crete]].		*''Ill Met by Goonlight'', a script written by Spike alone which sent up the newly released wartime movie ''[[Ill Met by Moonlight (film)\|Ill Met by Moonlight]]'' starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] and based on a true commando mission to capture a German general in [[Crete]].

	*This show required the sound effect of a sackful of spaghetti being flung at someone, and – striving for authenticity – Spike couldn't capture exactly the noise he wanted. In desperation, he asked the BBC canteen to cook him some spaghetti, took his sock off, poured the spaghetti in, took it down to the studio and recorded it… only to find it still didn't sound right.		*This show required the sound effect of a sackful of spaghetti being flung at someone, and – striving for authenticity – Spike couldn't capture exactly the noise he wanted. In desperation, he asked the BBC canteen to cook him some spaghetti, took his sock off, poured the spaghetti in, took it down to the studio and recorded it… only to find it still didn't sound right.