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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Handsome Harry Secombe Compiles a Dictionary
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 17
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*Max Geldray:
*''[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[The Continental (song)|The Continental]]''
*The Goons
*''Goon Welsh Number Operatic Sequence''
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO]] 8202
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|05|18|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|05|20|df=y}}
| length =
| guests =
| prev = [[Show 33]]
| next = [[Show 35]]
| 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 34''''' (aka ''Handsome Harry Secombe Compiles a Dictionary'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the second series.

The show recording session was on Sunday, {{Date|1952-05-18}} 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|1952-05-20}} at 9.30pm (except Midlands and Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, {{Date|1952-05-22}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 3.6 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*Handsome Harry Secombe’ finds Harry compiling a dictionary and a new version of The Goon Show made in Japan for foreign audiences.
*''[[Last battle of Bismarck|Sinking of the Goonmark]]'' A recounting of Captain Pureheart attacking the German ship in the ''Venerable'' on 6 May 1944.
*''Home, Light and Third Programme Gimmick'': Sees the Goons shaking up the channel styles with critical analysis of jokes in ''Ray is Hilarious'' and [[Shakespeare]] performed with popular music.
*''Welsh Spot'' tells the story of how King Ug Elfrida Athelsta Hainult Eglata (better known as King Fred) attacked King Ecgbert in the year [[803]].

==Music==
*[[Max Geldray]] played ''[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' {{small|([[Arthur Johnston]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] ({{small|pays tribute to [[Ginger Rogers]] with}}) ''[[The Continental (song)|The Continental]]'' {{small|([[Con Conrad]]/[[Herb Magidson]])}}.
*The Goons sing ''Goon Welsh Number Operatic Sequence'' {{small|([[Jimmy Grafton]]/[[Wally Stott]])}}.

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 8202]]. (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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[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
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