The Fireball of Milton Street - Revision history

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Ellington: [[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]		*Ellington: [[Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]
	*Geldray: ''[[~~w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|~~Sweet Georgia Brown]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 72538		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 72538
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1955\|02\|20\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1955\|02\|20\|df=y}}
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	'''''The Fireball of Milton Street''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-second show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|20 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		'''''The Fireball of Milton Street''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-second show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|20 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|22 February 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|22 February 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.
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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	[[File:The Long Man of Wilmington - geograph.org.uk - 3007820.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Long Man of Wilmington]]		[[File:The Long Man of Wilmington - geograph.org.uk - 3007820.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Long Man of Wilmington]]
	In the little [[~~w:Sussex\|~~Sussex]] hamlet of [[w:Long Man\|Milton Street]] 'twixt [[~~w:Alfriston\|~~Alfriston]] and [[~~w:Polegate\|~~Polegate]], word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. [[Henry Crun]], the [[w:Gout\|gouty]] old village [[w:Alchemy\|alchemist]], had seen a strange [[Wikt:phenomenon\|phenomenon]] through his telescope. Then, on the night of Tuesday 11 January 1801, the [[~~w:Long Man of Wilmington\|~~Long Man of Wilmington]] disappeared. It was a night that never ended — darkness completely enveloped East Milton for more than 50 hours. The villagers said the sky had fallen but [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mistress Bannister]], an old trot from [[w:Pevensey\|Pevensey Marshes]], knew better. She had foreseen it all in her readings of the [[w:Uraninite\|pitchblende]].		In the little [[Sussex]] hamlet of [[Long Man\|Milton Street]] 'twixt [[Alfriston]] and [[Polegate]], word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. [[Henry Crun]], the [[Gout\|gouty]] old village [[Alchemy\|alchemist]], had seen a strange [[Wikt:phenomenon\|phenomenon]] through his telescope. Then, on the night of Tuesday 11 January 1801, the [[Long Man of Wilmington]] disappeared. It was a night that never ended — darkness completely enveloped East Milton for more than 50 hours. The villagers said the sky had fallen but [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mistress Bannister]], an old trot from [[Pevensey\|Pevensey Marshes]], knew better. She had foreseen it all in her readings of the [[Uraninite\|pitchblende]].

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]''{{refn\|group=nb\|In the CD notes of Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'<ref>Incorrect music name.</ref>}} {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[~~w:Jake Porter\|~~Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]''{{refn\|group=nb\|In the CD notes of Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'<ref>Incorrect music name.</ref>}} {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|~~Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Kenneth Casey\|~~Kenneth Casey]] / [[~~w:Ben Bernie\|~~Ben Bernie]] / [[~~w:Maceo Pinkard\|~~Maceo Pinkard]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[Kenneth Casey]] / [[Ben Bernie]] / [[Maceo Pinkard]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). This tape no longer exists. The source for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] was a compilation of a domestic recording and [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TGS\|TGS]] 94 disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). This tape no longer exists. The source for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] was a compilation of a domestic recording and [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TGS\|TGS]] 94 disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Kurt: clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Home Service → Home Service

2023-01-22T01:03:28Z

clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Home Service → Home Service

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	'''''The Fireball of Milton Street''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-second show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|20 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		'''''The Fireball of Milton Street''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-second show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date\|20 February 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|22 February 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|22 February 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on area), {{date\|25 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million. Then the show was repeated again on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Friday {{Date\|24 June 1955}} at 7.30pm where 3.8 million listened in.		The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on area), {{date\|25 February 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million. Then the show was repeated again on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Friday {{Date\|24 June 1955}} at 7.30pm where 3.8 million listened in.

	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	[[File:The Long Man of Wilmington - geograph.org.uk - 3007820.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Long Man of Wilmington]]		[[File:The Long Man of Wilmington - geograph.org.uk - 3007820.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Long Man of Wilmington]]
	In the little [[w:Sussex\|Sussex]] hamlet of [[w:Long Man\|Milton Street]] 'twixt [[w:Alfriston\|Alfriston]] and [[w:Polegate\|Polegate]], word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. [[Henry Crun]], the [[w:Gout\|gouty]] old village [[w:Alchemy\|alchemist]], had seen a strange [[Wikt:phenomenon\|phenomenon]] through his telescope. Then, on the night of Tuesday ~~11th~~ January 1801, the [[w:Long Man of Wilmington\|Long Man of Wilmington]] disappeared. It was a night that never ended — darkness completely enveloped East Milton for more than 50 hours. The villagers said the sky had fallen but [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mistress Bannister]], an old trot from [[w:Pevensey\|Pevensey Marshes]], knew better. She had foreseen it all in her readings of the [[w:Uraninite\|pitchblende]].		In the little [[w:Sussex\|Sussex]] hamlet of [[w:Long Man\|Milton Street]] 'twixt [[w:Alfriston\|Alfriston]] and [[w:Polegate\|Polegate]], word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. [[Henry Crun]], the [[w:Gout\|gouty]] old village [[w:Alchemy\|alchemist]], had seen a strange [[Wikt:phenomenon\|phenomenon]] through his telescope. Then, on the night of Tuesday 11 January 1801, the [[w:Long Man of Wilmington\|Long Man of Wilmington]] disappeared. It was a night that never ended — darkness completely enveloped East Milton for more than 50 hours. The villagers said the sky had fallen but [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Mistress Bannister]], an old trot from [[w:Pevensey\|Pevensey Marshes]], knew better. She had foreseen it all in her readings of the [[w:Uraninite\|pitchblende]].

	==Music==		==Music==

Kurt: /* Music */

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Music

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]''{{refn\|group=nb\|In the CD notes in Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'<ref>Incorrect music name.</ref>}} {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[w:Jake Porter\|Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]''{{refn\|group=nb\|In the CD notes of Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'<ref>Incorrect music name.</ref>}} {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[w:Jake Porter\|Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[w:Kenneth Casey\|Kenneth Casey]] / [[w:Ben Bernie\|Ben Bernie]] / [[w:Maceo Pinkard\|Maceo Pinkard]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[w:Kenneth Casey\|Kenneth Casey]] / [[w:Ben Bernie\|Ben Bernie]] / [[w:Maceo Pinkard\|Maceo Pinkard]])}}

Kurt at 00:11, 25 October 2022

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	\| next = [[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]		\| next = [[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]
	\| season_article =		\| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 5]]
	\| episode_list =		\| episode_list =
	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol25\|25]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol25\|25]]

Kurt at 00:13, 21 October 2022

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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#~~Vol13~~\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=~~2018~~ \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-~~7875~~-~~3266~~-3}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape no longer exists. The source for the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] was a compilation of a domestic recording and [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TGS\|TGS]] 94 disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2009 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]
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	[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]
			[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Eric Sykes]]

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
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	==References==		==References==

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]'' {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[w:Jake Porter\|Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)\|Ko Ko Mo]]''{{refn\|group=nb\|In the CD notes in Compendium Vol 2 this song name is given as 'Ko Ko Ko' rather than the correct 'Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)'<ref>Incorrect music name.</ref>}} {{small\|(Forest Gene Wilson (music) / [[w:Jake Porter\|Jake Porter]] (music) / Eunice Levy (lyrics))}}
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[w:Kenneth Casey\|Kenneth Casey]] / [[w:Ben Bernie\|Ben Bernie]] / [[w:Maceo Pinkard\|Maceo Pinkard]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Sweet Georgia Brown\|Sweet Georgia Brown]]'' {{small\|([[w:Kenneth Casey\|Kenneth Casey]] / [[w:Ben Bernie\|Ben Bernie]] / [[w:Maceo Pinkard\|Maceo Pinkard]])}}

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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72538]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

			==Notes==


	==References==		==References==

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Kurt at 03:12, 20 October 2022

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