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

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	*''[[String Quartet in E]]''		*''[[String Quartet in E]]''
	*''Vive La Compagnie''		*''Vive La Compagnie''
			*Incidental music:
			*[[Angela Morley\|Wally Stott]]
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SBU\|SBU]] 83555		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SBU\|SBU]] 83555
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|05\|04\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|05\|04\|df=y}}

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*[[Max Geldray]] performed ''[[The Trolley Song]]'' {{small\|([Hugh Martin]]/[[Ralph Blane]])}}.		*[[Max Geldray]] performed ''[[The Trolley Song]]'' {{small\|([[Hugh Martin]]/[[Ralph Blane]])}}.
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''[[Boum!]]'' {{small\|([[Charles Trenet]])}}.		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''[[Boum!]]'' {{small\|([[Charles Trenet]])}}.
	*The Goons sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]’s parodies of the ''[[String Quartet in E]]'' {{small\|([[Luigi Boccherini]])}}, ''Vive La Compagnie'' {{small\|(traditional)}}.		*The Goons sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]’s parodies of the ''[[String Quartet in E]]'' {{small\|([[Luigi Boccherini]])}}, ''Vive La Compagnie'' {{small\|(traditional)}}.

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	==Show Trivia==		==Show Trivia==
	The fifteenth show saw Bloodnok appearing in the Pureheart sketch while the final narrative was a French revolutionary item. Harry was now also playing an idiotic northern character called Bass, ~~Peters’~~ ‘Sanders’ character was featuring more prominently, and the opening sketch saw fun poked at the BBC Head of Variety and the department’s reliance on Listener Research Reports		The fifteenth show saw Bloodnok appearing in the Pureheart sketch while the final narrative was a French revolutionary item. Harry was now also playing an idiotic northern character called Bass, Peter's ‘Sanders’ character was featuring more prominently, and the opening sketch saw fun poked at the BBC Head of Variety and the department’s reliance on Listener Research Reports

	==Technical==		==Technical==

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	==Show Trivia==		==Show Trivia==
	The ~~fourteenth~~ show ~~experimented with~~ a ~~new closing adventure with neither Bloodnok nor Slocombe~~, ~~but concerning~~ the ~~Mexican bandit El Gato (Harry).~~		The fifteenth show saw Bloodnok appearing in the Pureheart sketch while the final narrative was a French revolutionary item. Harry was now also playing an idiotic northern character called Bass, Peters’ ‘Sanders’ character was featuring more prominently, and the opening sketch saw fun poked at the BBC Head of Variety and the department’s reliance on Listener Research Reports

	==Technical==		==Technical==

Kurt: Created page with "{{Italictitle}} {{Infobox Goon Show episode | title = Harry Secombe Educates the BBC | series = The Goon Show | image = | image_alt = | caption = | series_no = 2 | episode = 15 | writer = Spike Milligan Larry Stephens | editor = Jimmy Grafton | producer = Dennis Main Wilson | music = Max Geldray: ''The Trolley Song'' Ellington Quartet: ''Boum!'' *The Goo..."

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Created page with "{{Italictitle}} {{Infobox Goon Show episode | title = Harry Secombe Educates the BBC | series = The Goon Show | image = | image_alt = | caption = | series_no = 2 | episode = 15 | writer = *Spike Milligan *Larry Stephens | editor = Jimmy Grafton | producer = Dennis Main Wilson | music = *Max Geldray: *''The Trolley Song'' *Ellington Quartet: *''Boum!'' *The Goo..."

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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Harry Secombe Educates the BBC
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 15
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*Max Geldray:
*''[[The Trolley Song]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[Boum!]]''
*The Goons (Grafton's Parodies)
*''[[String Quartet in E]]''
*''Vive La Compagnie''
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SBU|SBU]] 83555
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|05|04|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|05|06|df=y}}
| length =
| guests =
| prev = [[Show 31]]
| next = [[Show 33]]
| 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 32''''' (aka ''Harry Secombe Educates the BBC'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the second series.

The show recording session was on Sunday, {{Date|1952-05-04}} at 9pm and was recorded at The [[Playhouse Theatre#BBC studios|Playhouse Theatre]], [[Northumberland Avenue]], Central London.

The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-05-06}} at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.2m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, {{Date|1952-05-08}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 4.7 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*Harry Secombe has to educate the BBC after he is summoned by the Head of Variety following poor figures for The Goon Show in a Nosey Parker Listener Research Report;
*In another tale of engineering genius from 1944, Captain Pureheart builds the Mulberry Harbour;
*The Goons interview Olympic possibles in training such as Sid Flange, Ernie Splutmuscle and Jasper Bass;
*In 1789, Lord Nugent Gascoine travels to France in order to rescue the King from being executed by revolutionaries.

==Music==
*[[Max Geldray]] performed ''[[The Trolley Song]]'' {{small|([Hugh Martin]]/[[Ralph Blane]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''[[Boum!]]'' {{small|([[Charles Trenet]])}}.
*The Goons sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]’s parodies of the ''[[String Quartet in E]]'' {{small|([[Luigi Boccherini]])}}, ''Vive La Compagnie'' {{small|(traditional)}}.

==Show Trivia==
The fourteenth show experimented with a new closing adventure with neither Bloodnok nor Slocombe, but concerning the Mexican bandit El Gato (Harry).

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SBU|SBU 83555]]. (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[Bush 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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