The Evils of Bushey Spon - Revision history

Kurt at 14:11, 2 March 2023

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	A pre-recording (DLO 50769B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-16}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 50769) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 50769B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-16}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 50769) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.

	== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ ~~Stancliffe<br />of~~ BBC Transcription Services ==		== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffeof BBC Transcription Services ==
	At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.		At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.
	Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.		Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.

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	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.

	== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffe of BBC Transcription Services ==		== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffe<br />of BBC Transcription Services ==
	At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.		At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.
	Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.		Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.

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	~~SHOW 8/25: The Evils of Bushey Spon (aka The Evils afBushey Green) (CD 5,Track 11)~~
	~~Pre-recording: Sunday 16 March 1958, 6.30pm, Camden. DLO 50769B.~~
	~~Recording: Sunday 16 March 1958, 9pm, Camden. TLO 50769.~~
	~~First Home Service Braadcort: Monday 17 March 1958, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.1 million. RI: 66.~~
	~~Repeat: Thursday2 0 March 1958, I 0pm,2 .6 million [Light Programme].~~
	~~BBC Records Synopsis by E 'Stan' Stancliffe of BBC Transcription Services: At a meeting of the~~
	~~Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was~~
	~~read having been first submitted in 1919.Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for~~
	~~the lamp post. Soon, two men Started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage on Bushey Spon, watched~~
	~~daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say - indeed what he might do -~~
	~~when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa.This programme is more than a story of a~~
	~~lamp post. It is the story of a man - Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time,~~
	~~a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.~~
	~~Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and,~~
	~~as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.~~
	~~Music: Max Geldray plays Lulu's Back in Town (Harry Warren/Al Dubin);The Ray Ellington Quartet plays~~
	~~Youll Better Know It (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn).~~

	'''''The Evils of Bushey Spon''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-fifth show in the eighth series.		'''''The Evils of Bushey Spon''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-fifth show in the eighth series.

	A pre-recording (DLO ~~25010~~) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-01-19}}, ~~5pm~~. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO ~~22507~~) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 50769B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-16}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 50769) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	~~The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-01-20}}, its ratings were 2.6 million~~.

	The ~~show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-12-26}}, on the~~ [[w:BBC ~~Light Programme~~\|~~Light Programme~~]] ~~to 2.3 million listeners.~~		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 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 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~~ ==		== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffe of BBC Transcription Services ==
	~~'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~~.		At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.
			Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.

	==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:Lulu's Back in Town\|Lulu's Back in Town]]'' {{small\|([[w:Harry Warren\|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Al Dubin\|Al Dubin]] (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 ''You'd Better Know It'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]] / [[w:Billy Strayhorn\|Billy Strayhorn]])}}

	==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 50769]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived intact in [[BBC Transcription Services\|TS]], and has been used for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]]. The opening announcement was taken from a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	~~The TLO 72138 master~~ tape ~~no longer exists~~, and ~~the version of~~ the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] 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#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	8/25 - The Evils Of Bushey Spon. Originally recorded on TLO 50769.This tape survived intact in TS, and has been used for this issue. The opening announcement was taken from a domestic recording of the original transmission.

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

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	*Ellington: ''You'd Better Know It''		*Ellington: ''You'd Better Know It''
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	'''''The Evils of Bushey Spon''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-fifth show in the eighth series.		'''''The Evils of Bushey Spon''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-fifth show in the eighth series.

	A pre-recording (DLO 50769B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-16}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 50769) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 50769B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-16}}, 6.30pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 50769) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-17}}, its ratings were 1.1 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-03-20}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.

	== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffeof BBC Transcription Services ==		== BBC Records Synopsis by E ‘Stan’ Stancliffeof BBC Transcription Services ==
	At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of 1958, the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in 1919. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.		At a meeting of the Bushey Spon Council in the spring of [[1958]], the Committee Report on a Proposed Lamp Post was read having been first submitted in [[1919]]. Various schemes were put into operation to find a design for the lamp post. Soon, two men started to dig a hole outside a quiet cottage in Bushey Spon, watched daily by an elderly couple who feared what their 'Master' would say – indeed what he might do – when eventually a concrete lamp post arrived from Africa. This programme is more than a story of a lamp post. It is the story of a man – Mr A. E. Matthews, veteran actor and a great character of his time, a man of determination who resisted the idea of a new concrete post being erected outside his cottage.
	Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.		Mr Matthews was able to join the Goons to tell his story and give his view on concrete lamp posts and, as a bonus, over-acting on Goon Shows.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~w:Lulu's Back in Town\|~~Lulu's Back in Town]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Harry Warren\|~~Harry Warren]] (music) / [[~~w:Al Dubin\|~~Al Dubin]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Lulu's Back in Town]]'' {{small\|([[Harry Warren]] (music) / [[Al Dubin]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''You'd Better Know It'' {{small\|([[~~w:Duke Ellington\|~~Duke Ellington]] / [[~~w:Billy Strayhorn\|~~Billy Strayhorn]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''You'd Better Know It'' {{small\|([[Duke Ellington]] / [[Billy Strayhorn]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 50769]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived intact in [[BBC Transcription Services\|TS]], and has been used for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]]. The opening announcement was taken from a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 50769]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived intact in [[BBC Transcription Services\|TS]], and has been used for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]]. The opening announcement was taken from a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==
	*An earlier episode in the series, ''[[Tiddleywinks]]'', had a series of ad-libs from [[Lalkaka]] and [[Banajee]] about a concrete lamp post were a reference to the activities of 89 year-old stage and film actor [[A. E. Matthews]] who had spent Saturday 8 March sitting on a chair over a hole outside Prospect Cottage, Little Bushey Lane in Bushey Heath preventing council workmen from erecting the ‘''hideous monstrosity''’ outside his house.		*An earlier episode in the series, ''[[Tiddleywinks]]'', had a series of ad-libs from [[Lalkaka]] and [[Banajee]] about a concrete lamp post were a reference to the activities of 89 year-old stage and film actor [[A. E. Matthews]] who had spent Saturday 8 March sitting on a chair over a hole outside Prospect Cottage, Little Bushey Lane in Bushey Heath preventing council workmen from erecting the ‘''hideous monstrosity''’ outside his house.

	*Spike had been delighted by the stand taken by A.E. Matthews ('Matty') against the urban council of Bushey Heath, and in tribute to him had written a script entitled ''The Evils of Bushey Green'' in which he wanted the veteran actor to make a brief appearance. A BBC car would be sent to collect the octogenarian at 6.30pm and then take him home again once recording at the Camden had been completed; ‘''Mr Milligan has asked me to let you know that he is in complete agreement with you about the erection of the lamp-post, and needless to say the questions you will be asked by the cast during the recording, will be based on the whole issue,''’ assured Doreen. She then wrote to Spike to confirm Matty's attendance: ‘''I have had a word with Mrs Matthews, and have tried to outline to her the type of thing Mr Matthews will be required to do, i.e. have said that he will be asked questions by the cast, and that he will not be overworked in any way, and that the theme will obviously be based on the lamppost issue.''’ After Spike had delivered the script for Doreen to type on Friday morning, Doreen wrote to Spike, ‘''A.E. Matthews will be in the studio at about 7.15pm – have not sent him a script, as the bulk of it does not affect him, and think he will probably work without one anyway! Personally speaking, Spike, for what it's worth – I think this script is the funniest, most topical and inspired one I've seen from any writer for a long, long time – shall look forward with great interest to seeing it performed on Sunday.''’		*Spike had been delighted by the stand taken by A.E. Matthews ('Matty') against the urban council of [[Bushey\|Bushey Heath]], and in tribute to him had written a script entitled ''The Evils of Bushey Green'' in which he wanted the veteran actor to make a brief appearance. A BBC car would be sent to collect the octogenarian at 6.30pm and then take him home again once recording at the Camden had been completed; ‘''Mr Milligan has asked me to let you know that he is in complete agreement with you about the erection of the lamp-post, and needless to say the questions you will be asked by the cast during the recording, will be based on the whole issue,''’ assured Doreen. She then wrote to Spike to confirm Matty's attendance: ‘''I have had a word with Mrs Matthews, and have tried to outline to her the type of thing Mr Matthews will be required to do, i.e. have said that he will be asked questions by the cast, and that he will not be overworked in any way, and that the theme will obviously be based on the lamppost issue.''’ After Spike had delivered the script for Doreen to type on Friday morning, Doreen wrote to Spike, ‘''A.E. Matthews will be in the studio at about 7.15pm – have not sent him a script, as the bulk of it does not affect him, and think he will probably work without one anyway! Personally speaking, Spike, for what it's worth – I think this script is the funniest, most topical and inspired one I've seen from any writer for a long, long time – shall look forward with great interest to seeing it performed on Sunday.''’

	*Then came ''The Evils of Bushey Green'' (retitled ''The Evils of Bushey Spon'' at the last moment); this very long script had various cuts made to it, omitting an opening discussion about Eurovision (the BBC having not taken part in the Song Contest the previous week), a visit by Bogg to Min and Hen to collect a kettle of hot water, and Bloodnok phoning Seagoon from Africa. Spike's script then had Matty entering to comment: ‘''I'm worth ten of all you ruddy councillors … Put my chair over the hole and chain me to a bottle of brandy … I'm sitting here until you take that blasted monstrosity away.''’ Following this it was planned that the various characters would ask Matty questions; ‘''Look sir, are you telling us our job?''’ asked Bloodnok, with Spriggs then saying, ‘''Do you think you could make a better lamp post?''’ Matty had not been given scripted responses and would simply answer the characters' questions until the dialogue would be drowned by a battle sound effect. However, Matty had other ideas and instead discussed his media appearances and the press coverage which had resulted from his stand against the council. (Ultimately Matty lost; when he woke on Friday 27 March, he found that council workers had installed the lamp-post at dawn).		*Then came ''The Evils of Bushey Green'' (retitled ''The Evils of Bushey Spon'' at the last moment); this very long script had various cuts made to it, omitting an opening discussion about [[Eurovision]] (the BBC having not taken part in the Song Contest the previous week), a visit by Bogg to Min and Hen to collect a kettle of hot water, and Bloodnok phoning Seagoon from Africa. Spike's script then had Matty entering to comment: ‘''I'm worth ten of all you ruddy councillors … Put my chair over the hole and chain me to a bottle of brandy … I'm sitting here until you take that blasted monstrosity away.''’ Following this it was planned that the various characters would ask Matty questions; ‘''Look sir, are you telling us our job?''’ asked Bloodnok, with Spriggs then saying, ‘''Do you think you could make a better lamp post?''’ Matty had not been given scripted responses and would simply answer the characters' questions until the dialogue would be drowned by a battle sound effect. However, Matty had other ideas and instead discussed his media appearances and the press coverage which had resulted from his stand against the council. (Ultimately Matty lost; when he woke on Friday 27 March, he found that council workers had installed the lamp-post at dawn).

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