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	*[[Spike Milligan]]		*[[Spike Milligan]]

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	*Ellington Quartet:		*Ellington Quartet:
	*''[[Minnie the Moocher]]''		*''[[Minnie the Moocher]]''
			*Incidental music:
			*[[Angela Morley\|Wally Stott]]
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO\|SLO]] 5277		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO\|SLO]] 5277
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|03\|23\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|03\|23\|df=y}}

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			*[[Stanley Black]] and The BBC Dance Orchestra
	*Harry Secombe:		*Harry Secombe:
	*''[[Granada (song)\|Granada]]''		*''[[Granada (song)\|Granada]]''

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	'''''Show 26''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry the [[Toreador]]'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninth show in the second series.		'''''Show 26''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry the [[Toreador]]'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninth show in the second series.

	Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} (SLO 5277a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} at 9pm. ~~The~~ recording ~~session was~~ recorded at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} (SLO 5277a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} at 9pm. Both recording sessions were recorded at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date\|1952-03-25}} at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date\|1952-03-25}} at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.

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	The show had now changed its name from ''Crazy People'' to "'''''[[The Goon Show]], featuring those crazy people…'''''"		The show had now changed its name from ''Crazy People'' to "'''''[[The Goon Show]], featuring those crazy people…'''''"

	'''''Show 26''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry the Toreador'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninth show in the second series.		'''''Show 26''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry the [[Toreador]]'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninth show in the second series.

	Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} (SLO 5277a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} at 9pm. The recording session was recorded at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} (SLO 5277a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date\|1952-03-23}} at 9pm. The recording session was recorded at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Handsome Harry the Toreador
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 9
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*Harry Secombe:
*''[[Granada (song)|Granada]]''
*Max Geldray:
*''[[Oh, You Beautiful Doll]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[Minnie the Moocher]]''
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO]] 5277
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|03|23|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|03|25|df=y}}
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| prev = [[Show 25]]
| next = [[Show 27]]
| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 2]]
| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs|—]]
| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|-]]
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The series 2 shows didn't have 'official' episode names ''per se'', but for ease of reference using the show number and ''Handsome Harry'' sketch name is to differentiate them.

The show had now changed its name from ''Crazy People'' to "'''''[[The Goon Show]], featuring those crazy people…'''''"

'''''Show 26''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry the Toreador'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninth show in the second series.

Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date|1952-03-23}} (SLO 5277a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date|1952-03-23}} at 9pm. The recording session was recorded at [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street|New Bond Street]], London.

The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-03-25}} at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Saturday at 12.15pm, {{Date|1952-03-29}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 0.7 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*''Handsome Harry the Toreador'': Harry tells [[Andrew Timothy]] how last summer he was short of money to pay his Spanish hotel bill.
*''Pureheart builds a Jet Fighter, X9'': Where the Captain recounts how the previous year the [[Air Ministry]] asked him to build a new fighter plane.
*''Survey of Britain'': The crew take a look at film studios, the workforce and politics.
*''Major Bloodnok (2nd/7th Bombay Biddis at Goonistan) attacks the Mad Mullah'': The Major is ordered to march across the [[Azi]] river to the relief of [[Pondicherry]].

==Music==
*[[Harry Secombe]] sang ''[[Granada (song)|Granada]]'' {{small|([[Agustin Lara]])}}.
*[[Max Geldray]] performed ''[[Oh, You Beautiful Doll]]'' {{small|([[Nat Ayer|Nat D Ayer]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] ({{small|pays tribute to [[Danny Kaye]] with}}) ''[[Minnie the Moocher]]'' {{small|([[Cab Calloway]]/[[Irving Mills]])}}.

==Show Trivia==
The script for this show carried only a single sketch: ‘The Goons’ version of [[H. Rider Haggard|Rider Haggard]]’s [[She: A History of Adventure|She]], entitled ''Her'' which was presented ‘''in four dramatic scenes''’. This script was far closer to the structure of the later editions of the series, following the quest conducted by the Earl of Secombe, Major Bloodnok and Captain Pureheart accompanied by characters such as Carstairs, Malfeasance, [[Eccles]], Flowerdew, Abdul and Ellinga (Ray Ellington’s ‘''native''’); there were also interludes to poke fun at the British politicians of the day. When this edition was scheduled in the later 9.45pm slot on Tuesday 18th (to allow for a special broadcast on ''Britain in Europe''), Scotland failed to carry it.

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 5277]] (Secombe's pre-recording session on SLO 5277a). (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2017 |page=28|type=Booklet 1 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>

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