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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Handsome Harry Secombe and the Lost Million
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 10
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*Harry Secombe:
*''My Heart and I''
*Max Geldray:
*''[[Tea for Two (song)|Tea for Two]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]''
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO]] 5380
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|03|30|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|04|01|df=y}}
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| prev = [[Show 26]]
| next = [[Show 28]]
| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 2]]
| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs|—]]
| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|-]]
}}

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 27''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry Secombe and the Lost Million'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the tenth show in the second series.

Harry Secombe's musical section was recorded separately from the main show session at 6pm on Sunday, {{Date|1952-03-30}} (SLO 5380a). The main show recording session commenced later that Sunday, {{Date|1952-03-30}} 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|1952-04-01}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, {{Date|1952-04-03}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 4.7 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*''Handsome Harry Secombe and the Lost Million'': Threatened Harry discovers that his safe has been robbed;
*''Pureheart'': Finds the Captain telling Tim about how he proposed a tunnel under the [[English Channel]] to the [[Permanent secretary (UK)|Permanent Under Secretary]] of State for Large Holes;
*''[[Grand National|The Grand National]]'': Offers [[Michael Bentine]] and [[Raymond Glendenning|Raymond Goondenning]]’s commentary ahead of next Saturday’s race;
*''Major Von Bloodnok – German Secret Agent’ has the military historian relating the tale of Oberleutenant Von Bloodnok, the first German agent parachuted into Britain from [[Zeppelin]] in the [[World War I|14-18 war]].

==Music==
*[[Harry Secombe]] sang ''My Heart and I'' {{small|([[Richard Tauber]]/Fred Tysh)}}.
*[[Max Geldray]] performed ''[[Tea for Two (song)|Tea for Two]]'' {{small|([[Vincent Youmans]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] ({{small|pays tribute to [[Johnnie Ray]] with}}) ''[[Cry (Churchill Kohlman song)|Cry]]'' {{small|([[Churchill Kohlman]])}}.

==Show Trivia==
In this show Spike's Miss Bannister appeared as ‘Auntie Bannister’ to Captain Pureheart while in the commentary for the Grand National – due to be run the following Saturday – Peter appeared again as Raymond Goondenning (spoofing [[Raymond Glendenning]]). This edition aired in the later slot of 9.45pm on [[April Fool’s Day]] because of the discussion ''Governing London''. It also gained a substantial audience when repeated in a new slot on the Light Programme at 7.30pm on Thursday 3 April; almost five million listeners had tuned in for The Goon Show when it replaced ''Anything Goes'', while ballet music was placed in its vacated slot at Saturday lunchtime.

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 5380]] (Secombe's pre-recording session on SLO 5380a). (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>

==References==
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