The Goon Show series 3 - Revision history

Kurt: /* The Goons, a bit of a pantomime */clean up, replaced: BBC → BBC

2023-01-22T00:46:57Z

The Goons, a bit of a pantomime: clean up, replaced: BBC → BBC

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	The amended credits at the end of the show recorded on Sunday 25 January suggested that the script had been written solely by Larry; Graham was back for this show as Bloodnok’s batman Captain Scrongleshot. The same day, Michael Bentine was contracted for his first post-Goon BBC series, featuring on [[Come to Charlee!]] with [[Charlie Chester]] for producer Leslie Bridgmont from the end of February. Max appeared at the [[w:Sunderland Empire Theatre\|Middlesbrough Empire]] the following week, while in London there was concern about a venue for the extended run of ''The Goon Show'' with [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian 1]] being the only option available for Sunday 22 February. In fact, ''The Goon Show'' returned to the Aeolian that weekend when Dick joined the cast to record on Sunday 1 March; [[The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw\|this script]] saw the second part of a Western focusing on Crun at Dead Man’s Gulch which had begun a couple of weeks earlier.		The amended credits at the end of the show recorded on Sunday 25 January suggested that the script had been written solely by Larry; Graham was back for this show as Bloodnok’s batman Captain Scrongleshot. The same day, Michael Bentine was contracted for his first post-Goon BBC series, featuring on [[Come to Charlee!]] with [[Charlie Chester]] for producer Leslie Bridgmont from the end of February. Max appeared at the [[w:Sunderland Empire Theatre\|Middlesbrough Empire]] the following week, while in London there was concern about a venue for the extended run of ''The Goon Show'' with [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian 1]] being the only option available for Sunday 22 February. In fact, ''The Goon Show'' returned to the Aeolian that weekend when Dick joined the cast to record on Sunday 1 March; [[The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw\|this script]] saw the second part of a Western focusing on Crun at Dead Man’s Gulch which had begun a couple of weeks earlier.

	While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[~~w:BBC\|~~BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…		While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…

	Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.		Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.

Kurt: /* The Goons, a bit of a pantomime */clean up, replaced: Home Service → Light Programme

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The Goons, a bit of a pantomime: clean up, replaced: Home Service → Light Programme

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	While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…		While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…

	Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[w:BBC ~~Home Service~~\|~~Home Service~~]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.		Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.

	==Spike still struggling==		==Spike still struggling==

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	While preparing to take over as producer of ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for its third season, [[Peter Eton]] was informed on Monday 21 July that the next run would not be taken by the [[w:BBC World Service\|General Overseas Service]]. The show’s editor [[Jimmy Grafton]] also informed [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] that in the wake of the attempt to bring Goon humour to television in the form of [[Goonreel]] at the start of July, three of the show’s stars – [[Harry Secombe]], [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Peter Sellers]] – would be available for ‘another “Goon” show any time in October’ but did not yet know about the commitments of the fourth team member, [[Michael Bentine]].		While preparing to take over as producer of ''[[The Goon Show]]'' for its third season, [[Peter Eton]] was informed on Monday 21 July that the next run would not be taken by the [[w:BBC World Service\|General Overseas Service]]. The show’s editor [[Jimmy Grafton]] also informed [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] that in the wake of the attempt to bring Goon humour to television in the form of [[Goonreel]] at the start of July, three of the show’s stars – [[Harry Secombe]], [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Peter Sellers]] – would be available for ‘another “Goon” show any time in October’ but did not yet know about the commitments of the fourth team member, [[Michael Bentine]].

	During the summer break, Spike Milligan and [[Larry Stephens]] – the writers of ''The Goon Show'' – contributed to ''[[Forces All Star Bill]]'' which was to be produced by former Goons producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] for the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Along with the team’s friend [[Eric Sykes]], Larry also started to write for veteran entertainer [[Jimmy James (comedian)\|Jimmy James]]. Meanwhile Harry featured on BBC radio shows such as ''[[Seaside Variety]]'', ''Force All Star Bill'' and ''[[Summer Showtime]]'', while Peter could be heard on ''Music Hall''. Spike recorded an edition of ''[[Arthur’s Inn]]'' for Peter Eton, and he and Larry then ended up scripting two editions of the show to help Peter out when problems arose with other writers.		During the summer break, Spike Milligan and [[Larry Stephens]] – the writers of ''The Goon Show'' – contributed to ''[[Forces All Star Bill]]'' which was to be produced by former Goons producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] for the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]]. Along with the team’s friend [[Eric Sykes]], Larry also started to write for veteran entertainer [[Jimmy James (comedian)\|Jimmy James]]. Meanwhile Harry featured on BBC radio shows such as ''[[Seaside Variety]]'', ''Force All Star Bill'' and ''[[Summer Showtime]]'', while Peter could be heard on ''Music Hall''. Spike recorded an edition of ''[[Arthur’s Inn]]'' for Peter Eton, and he and Larry then ended up scripting two editions of the show to help Peter out when problems arose with other writers.

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	While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…		While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…

	Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.		Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.

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	'''Programme research and booklet notes by Andrew Pixley'''		'''Programme research and booklet notes by Andrew Pixley'''

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	The programme titles given to this series – where available – are as written on the BBC Archive copies after production and are often grammatically challenging! The shows generally consisted of two or three different sketches separated by musical items. Sketch titles announced on-air are presented in italics based on the available scripts, and it should be noted that spellings of character names varied from script to script.		The programme titles given to this series – where available – are as written on the BBC Archive copies after production and are often grammatically challenging! The shows generally consisted of two or three different sketches separated by musical items. Sketch titles announced on-air are presented in italics based on the available scripts, and it should be noted that spellings of character names varied from script to script.

Kurt: /* Wales and Harry */

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Wales and Harry

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	On Monday 22 December, Harry recorded the Christmas Day edition of [[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)\|Welsh Rarebit]] for the Welsh Light Programme. The festive edition of ''The Goon Show'' was moved to 9.30pm on the Friday Boxing Day, clearing the evening of Tuesday 23 for a broadcast of [[w:Messiah (Handel)\|Handel’s Messiah]] on the Home Service. However, on the Friday the Welsh Home Service scheduled the quiz ''Pawb Yn Ei Dro'' while listeners in Scotland heard the discussion ''A Matter of Opinion'' instead of the Goons. On Sunday 28 December, the Light Programme moved ''The Goon Show'' to 10am and the slot previously filled by ''With Heart and Voice'', placing abridged film soundtracks at the vacated 4.30pm slot; in the morning schedule, listening figures fell to around two million. Recording on ''Educating Archie'' resumed on Sunday 28 December, with ''The Goon Show'' back at the Piccadilly for recording from 9.30pm. Spike was still absent and the script – which reused the skit on [[The Archers (The Goon Show)\|The Archers]] from a [[w:Fortnight\|fortnight]] earlier – was revised around him; ‘Moriarty Milligan’ was said to be sick, leaving his cohort Giuseppe (Peter) to get Handsome Harry into another scrape.		On Monday 22 December, Harry recorded the Christmas Day edition of [[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)\|Welsh Rarebit]] for the Welsh Light Programme. The festive edition of ''The Goon Show'' was moved to 9.30pm on the Friday Boxing Day, clearing the evening of Tuesday 23 for a broadcast of [[w:Messiah (Handel)\|Handel’s Messiah]] on the Home Service. However, on the Friday the Welsh Home Service scheduled the quiz ''Pawb Yn Ei Dro'' while listeners in Scotland heard the discussion ''A Matter of Opinion'' instead of the Goons. On Sunday 28 December, the Light Programme moved ''The Goon Show'' to 10am and the slot previously filled by ''With Heart and Voice'', placing abridged film soundtracks at the vacated 4.30pm slot; in the morning schedule, listening figures fell to around two million. Recording on ''Educating Archie'' resumed on Sunday 28 December, with ''The Goon Show'' back at the Piccadilly for recording from 9.30pm. Spike was still absent and the script – which reused the skit on [[The Archers (The Goon Show)\|The Archers]] from a [[w:Fortnight\|fortnight]] earlier – was revised around him; ‘Moriarty Milligan’ was said to be sick, leaving his cohort Giuseppe (Peter) to get Handsome Harry into another scrape.

	On Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December, the BBC issued artiste contracts for a further eight editions of ''The Goon Show'' to be recorded at the Paris from 1 February to 22 March, with an option on six additional shows to be taken by Tuesday 31 March. A brief Listener Research Report on the fourth show of the run summarised 310 questionnaires on Monday 29, showing little change from the previous audience responses in which some said ‘''they missed Michael Bentine''’ and most enjoyed the ‘''genuinely lunatic''’ style of wit. Harry took part in Pocket Variety in [[w:Swansea\|Swansea]] on Tuesday 30; he was then appearing in the city as Miffins in the panto [[w:Puss in Boots\|Puss in Boots]] at the Empire Theatre. New ‘Goons’ announced the [[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]] on New Year’s Eve, breaking the story that Spike would be absent from the radio series for the next few editions: ‘His place will be taken by Graham Stark and Dick Emery on alternate weeks’. The same day, the BBC wrote to Larry Stephens about the change in payments because of Spike’s illness and the increased workload on himself and Jimmy, adding: ‘''The producer asks me to emphasise the importance of letting us have the scripts in sufficient time for them to be able to be used for broadcasting. This means in practice that if we are able to accept the scripts we must have them in the producer’s office without fail by the mid-day of the Wednesday so that they can be ready for recording on the following Sunday.''’		On Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December, the BBC issued artiste contracts for a further eight editions of ''The Goon Show'' to be recorded at the Paris from 1 February to 22 March, with an option on six additional shows to be taken by Tuesday 31 March. A brief Listener Research Report on the fourth show of the run summarised 310 questionnaires on Monday 29, showing little change from the previous audience responses in which some said ‘''they missed Michael Bentine''’ and most enjoyed the ‘''genuinely lunatic''’ style of wit. Harry took part in ''Pocket Variety'' in [[w:Swansea\|Swansea]] on Tuesday 30; he was then appearing in the city as Miffins in the panto [[w:Puss in Boots\|Puss in Boots]] at the Empire Theatre. New ‘Goons’ announced the [[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]] on New Year’s Eve, breaking the story that Spike would be absent from the radio series for the next few editions: ‘His place will be taken by Graham Stark and Dick Emery on alternate weeks’. The same day, the BBC wrote to Larry Stephens about the change in payments because of Spike’s illness and the increased workload on himself and Jimmy, adding: ‘''The producer asks me to emphasise the importance of letting us have the scripts in sufficient time for them to be able to be used for broadcasting. This means in practice that if we are able to accept the scripts we must have them in the producer’s office without fail by the mid-day of the Wednesday so that they can be ready for recording on the following Sunday.''’

	On New Year’s Day, [[w:The Stage\|The Stage]] carried the announcement: ‘PETER SELLERS wishes all his friends a Happy New Year. Thanks to Arnold Fringe, Harold Vest, The Arloo Tour, The Flunge Circuit, and Fern Muleboot for their continued guidance in the face of overwhelming odds […] Personal Management: The Hon. Terence Blatt.’ The same day, Peter resumed his live broadcasts of ''Ray’s a Laugh'' from the [[Paris Theatre\|Paris Cinema]].		On New Year’s Day, [[w:The Stage\|The Stage]] carried the announcement: ‘PETER SELLERS wishes all his friends a Happy New Year. Thanks to Arnold Fringe, Harold Vest, The Arloo Tour, The Flunge Circuit, and Fern Muleboot for their continued guidance in the face of overwhelming odds […] Personal Management: The Hon. Terence Blatt.’ The same day, Peter resumed his live broadcasts of ''Ray’s a Laugh'' from the [[Paris Theatre\|Paris Cinema]].

Kurt: /* A three act structure */

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A three act structure

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	==A three act structure==		==A three act structure==
	The new three-act structure was established with Max performing the first number and Ray and his quartet the second. Opening ‘No 1 (Third series)’ was a sketch about Peter Eton which featured Spike’s [[Minnie Bannister\|Miss Bannister]] character as Eton’s secretary, Miss Flangebox, in the opening sequence. The middle section of the show was an adventure which focused on the characters of Fred Bogg, Major Bloodnok and Eccles, while the final third returned to the magazine format with Peter’s Splutmuscle character now referred to as Horsefern Walkboot and Harry doing a upper crust officer voice referred to as ‘Splenders’. The show ended with a fake trailer, supposedly promoting the subsequent edition.		The new three-act structure was established with Max performing the first number and Ray and his quartet the second. Opening ‘No 1 (Third series)’ was a sketch about Peter Eton which featured Spike’s [[Minnie Bannister\|Miss Bannister]] character as Eton’s secretary, Miss Flangebox, in the opening sequence. The middle section of the show was an adventure which focused on the characters of Fred Bogg, Major Bloodnok and Eccles, while the final third returned to the magazine format with Peter’s Splutmuscle character now referred to as Horsefern Walkboot and Harry doing a upper crust officer voice referred to as ‘Splenders’. The show ended with a fake trailer, supposedly promoting the subsequent edition.
			[[File:Cicely Courtneidge vignetted.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Cicely Courtneidge]]
	The following week, Harry joined Michael at the Croydon Empire, while Peter recorded a production called ''Foursome'' at the Paris on Monday 10. The Goon Show returned to its usual Home Service slot of 9.30pm on a Tuesday on 11 November – a slot which had recently been filled by ''Leave it to Me'' with [[Cicely Courtneidge]]. The debut edition attracted an audience of around two million, much the same as for the previous run.		The following week, Harry joined Michael at the Croydon Empire, while Peter recorded a production called ''Foursome'' at the Paris on Monday 10. The Goon Show returned to its usual Home Service slot of 9.30pm on a Tuesday on 11 November – a slot which had recently been filled by ''Leave it to Me'' with [[Cicely Courtneidge]]. The debut edition attracted an audience of around two million, much the same as for the previous run.

Kurt: /* References */

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References

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	[[Category:The Goon Show]]		[[Category:The Goon Show]]
	[[Category:The Goon Show series\|3]]		[[Category:The Goon Show series\|3]]
			[[Category:Goon Show history]]

Kurt: /* References */

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References

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	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:The Goon Show]]		[[Category:The Goon Show]]
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Kurt: /* A rushed birth */

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A rushed birth

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	==A rushed birth==		==A rushed birth==
			[[File:Graham Stark promo.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Graham Stark]]
	The film [[Down Among the Z Men]], shot by the Goons earlier in the year, was registered by the [[w:British Board of Film Classification\|British Board of Film Classification]] on Wednesday 24 September and was on release by the start of October. Back on ''Educating Archie'' from Sunday 14 September, Harry released his first commercial recording – ''[[w:Here in My Heart\|Here in My Heart]]'' backed with ''[[w:Faith Can Move Mountains\|Faith Can Move Mountains]]'' – as a 78rpm disc from [[w:HMV\|HMV]] on Thursday 16 October. Still appearing in variety, Peter and Harry were united for a week at the [[w:Dudley Hippodrome\|Hippodrome Theatre]] in [[w:Dudley\|Dudley]] from Monday 20 October and featured as part of the venue’s fourteenth birthday celebrations on that week’s ''Around the Halls'' from the Light Programme on Tuesday 21. Peter had been busy on tour in recent weeks, and had been heard on the BBC’s ''Star Show''. On Thursday 23 October, it was decided that the seventh show – provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 23 December – would be replaced by a 45-minute ‘Goons Melodrama’ which would air on the Home Service at 8.15pm on [[w:Boxing Day\|Boxing Day]]. Rumours that Harry would be leaving ''Educating Archie'' to rejoin ''The Goon Show'' featured in the [[w:Daily Express\|Daily Express]] on Friday 24 October. However, the BBC quickly had second thoughts regarding this notion and rearranged production to allow Harry to feature in both series. Peter and Spike appeared together on ''[[Don’t Spare the Horses]]'', a BBC TV variety show hosted by comedy legend [[Jimmy James (comedian)\|Jimmy James]] on Saturday 1 November; Harry had also been booked for other editions in this series’ run. That night, life changed for Spike. June went into labour as ''Don’t Spare the Horses'' was going out, and with the help of the family’s friend [[Graham Stark]] she was rushed to the Royal Northern Hospital where Laura Milligan was born in the early hours of Sunday 2 November. Within hours of getting home with Laura, June suffered a bout of post-natal fever and had to leave the baby in Spike’s hands. A full-time nurse from [[w:New Zealand\|New Zealand]] was assigned to assist the family, with Spike sleeping on the sofa and trying to write scripts around tending to his new daughter. Then Laura fell ill when she was given the wrong strength of milk mixture, Spike having followed the helpful but erroneous advice of the couple in the flat above. As Spike struggled to cope with all these different demands for his attention, the nurse became convinced that his wild-eyed appearance was the side effect of [[w:Alcoholism\|alcoholism]]…		The film [[Down Among the Z Men]], shot by the Goons earlier in the year, was registered by the [[w:British Board of Film Classification\|British Board of Film Classification]] on Wednesday 24 September and was on release by the start of October. Back on ''Educating Archie'' from Sunday 14 September, Harry released his first commercial recording – ''[[w:Here in My Heart\|Here in My Heart]]'' backed with ''[[w:Faith Can Move Mountains\|Faith Can Move Mountains]]'' – as a 78rpm disc from [[w:HMV\|HMV]] on Thursday 16 October. Still appearing in variety, Peter and Harry were united for a week at the [[w:Dudley Hippodrome\|Hippodrome Theatre]] in [[w:Dudley\|Dudley]] from Monday 20 October and featured as part of the venue’s fourteenth birthday celebrations on that week’s ''Around the Halls'' from the Light Programme on Tuesday 21. Peter had been busy on tour in recent weeks, and had been heard on the BBC’s ''Star Show''. On Thursday 23 October, it was decided that the seventh show – provisionally scheduled for Tuesday 23 December – would be replaced by a 45-minute ‘Goons Melodrama’ which would air on the Home Service at 8.15pm on [[w:Boxing Day\|Boxing Day]]. Rumours that Harry would be leaving ''Educating Archie'' to rejoin ''The Goon Show'' featured in the [[w:Daily Express\|Daily Express]] on Friday 24 October. However, the BBC quickly had second thoughts regarding this notion and rearranged production to allow Harry to feature in both series. Peter and Spike appeared together on ''[[Don’t Spare the Horses]]'', a BBC TV variety show hosted by comedy legend [[Jimmy James (comedian)\|Jimmy James]] on Saturday 1 November; Harry had also been booked for other editions in this series’ run. That night, life changed for Spike. June went into labour as ''Don’t Spare the Horses'' was going out, and with the help of the family’s friend [[Graham Stark]] she was rushed to the Royal Northern Hospital where Laura Milligan was born in the early hours of Sunday 2 November. Within hours of getting home with Laura, June suffered a bout of post-natal fever and had to leave the baby in Spike’s hands. A full-time nurse from [[w:New Zealand\|New Zealand]] was assigned to assist the family, with Spike sleeping on the sofa and trying to write scripts around tending to his new daughter. Then Laura fell ill when she was given the wrong strength of milk mixture, Spike having followed the helpful but erroneous advice of the couple in the flat above. As Spike struggled to cope with all these different demands for his attention, the nurse became convinced that his wild-eyed appearance was the side effect of [[w:Alcoholism\|alcoholism]]…

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	Harry Secombe started recording the new series of ''Educating Archie'' at the Paris on Sunday 17 May and spent the next week at the Chiswick Empire. The week after, Max was at the [[w:Candie Gardens\|Candie Gardens]] in [[w:Guernsey\|Guernsey]]. Peter Eton wrote to him on Friday 29 concerning the Coronation Week special, noting that because Max was unable to make the weekday recording on Monday 1 June he would not be able to take part in the broadcast. There was also no possibility of pre-recording his number to insert during transmission because of the cost of hiring the orchestra. As such, Max was engaged at the Portsmouth Royal on Monday 1 at the same time as Graham Stark joined Peter, Harry, Spike and the Ray Ellington Quartet for the 40-minute special at the Playhouse Theatre. The show meandered from fake news coverage with lampoons of [[w:Winston Churchill\|Winston Churchill]] and senior BBC figures through to a narrative in which Crun and his nephew Lord Hairy Seagoon mounted an expedition to Africa to ensure that a remote tribe did not miss out on the celebrations because of a breakdown with their radio. This broadcast was not aired by the Welsh Home Service which scheduled ''Llwybr y Mynydd'' instead. On Friday 5 June, Larry Stephens wrote to the BBC to inform them that he and Spike would not take on a month’s work offered on ''Star Bill'': ‘''Mr Milligan has to take a holiday out of London for health reasons.''’ On Wednesday 10, Peter Eton wrote to Spike to explain that the Light Programme had allowed him to commission further scripts for ''The Goon Show'' in advance: ‘''The position is that from now onwards, any script or part of a script which you would like to write for the new series will be paid for immediately you send it in. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to receive the first script from you in a few days’ time, and from then onward, if I receive a script every 10 days I should be in a delirium of delight.''’		Harry Secombe started recording the new series of ''Educating Archie'' at the Paris on Sunday 17 May and spent the next week at the Chiswick Empire. The week after, Max was at the [[w:Candie Gardens\|Candie Gardens]] in [[w:Guernsey\|Guernsey]]. Peter Eton wrote to him on Friday 29 concerning the Coronation Week special, noting that because Max was unable to make the weekday recording on Monday 1 June he would not be able to take part in the broadcast. There was also no possibility of pre-recording his number to insert during transmission because of the cost of hiring the orchestra. As such, Max was engaged at the Portsmouth Royal on Monday 1 at the same time as Graham Stark joined Peter, Harry, Spike and the Ray Ellington Quartet for the 40-minute special at the Playhouse Theatre. The show meandered from fake news coverage with lampoons of [[w:Winston Churchill\|Winston Churchill]] and senior BBC figures through to a narrative in which Crun and his nephew Lord Hairy Seagoon mounted an expedition to Africa to ensure that a remote tribe did not miss out on the celebrations because of a breakdown with their radio. This broadcast was not aired by the Welsh Home Service which scheduled ''Llwybr y Mynydd'' instead. On Friday 5 June, Larry Stephens wrote to the BBC to inform them that he and Spike would not take on a month’s work offered on ''Star Bill'': ‘''Mr Milligan has to take a holiday out of London for health reasons.''’ On Wednesday 10, Peter Eton wrote to Spike to explain that the Light Programme had allowed him to commission further scripts for ''The Goon Show'' in advance: ‘''The position is that from now onwards, any script or part of a script which you would like to write for the new series will be paid for immediately you send it in. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to receive the first script from you in a few days’ time, and from then onward, if I receive a script every 10 days I should be in a delirium of delight.''’

	==~~SERIES~~ 3 and Coronation Special==		==Series 3 and its Coronation Special==
	A recorded programme featuring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan [1-4, 17-25], Dick Emery [7, 9, 11, 13, 15], Carole Carr [7], Graham Stark [10,12, 14, 16, Special] with guest artist Valentine Dyall [14] and the voice of Ray Ellington with the Ray Ellington Quartet, and Max Geldray [except Special].		A recorded programme featuring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan [1-4, 17-25], Dick Emery [7, 9, 11, 13, 15], Carole Carr [7], Graham Stark [10,12, 14, 16, Special] with guest artist Valentine Dyall [14] and the voice of Ray Ellington with the Ray Ellington Quartet, and Max Geldray [except Special].

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	The amended credits at the end of the show recorded on Sunday 25 January suggested that the script had been written solely by Larry; Graham was back for this show as Bloodnok’s batman Captain Scrongleshot. The same day, Michael Bentine was contracted for his first post-Goon BBC series, featuring on [[Come to Charlee!]] with [[Charlie Chester]] for producer Leslie Bridgmont from the end of February. Max appeared at the [[w:Sunderland Empire Theatre\|Middlesbrough Empire]] the following week, while in London there was concern about a venue for the extended run of ''The Goon Show'' with [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian 1]] being the only option available for Sunday 22 February. In fact, ''The Goon Show'' returned to the Aeolian that weekend when Dick joined the cast to record on Sunday 1 March; [[The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw\|this script]] saw the second part of a Western focusing on Crun at Dead Man’s Gulch which had begun a couple of weeks earlier.		The amended credits at the end of the show recorded on Sunday 25 January suggested that the script had been written solely by Larry; Graham was back for this show as Bloodnok’s batman Captain Scrongleshot. The same day, Michael Bentine was contracted for his first post-Goon BBC series, featuring on [[Come to Charlee!]] with [[Charlie Chester]] for producer Leslie Bridgmont from the end of February. Max appeared at the [[w:Sunderland Empire Theatre\|Middlesbrough Empire]] the following week, while in London there was concern about a venue for the extended run of ''The Goon Show'' with [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian 1]] being the only option available for Sunday 22 February. In fact, ''The Goon Show'' returned to the Aeolian that weekend when Dick joined the cast to record on Sunday 1 March; [[The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw\|this script]] saw the second part of a Western focusing on Crun at Dead Man’s Gulch which had begun a couple of weeks earlier.

	While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[~~w:BBC\|~~BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…		While Max played at the Leicester Palace on Monday 2, the BBC learnt that Harry Secombe had been offered a chance to host thirteen variety programmes on the commercial rival [[w:Radio Luxembourg\|Radio Luxembourg]] from April to June; the Corporation noted that Harry was under an exclusivity contract which would prevent him taking up this offer until Tuesday 5 May. On Tuesday 3, concerned Variety Booking Manager Patrick Newman noted that the [[BBC]] would not want Harry ‘''to run parallel on Commercial Radio at any time when he is in one, let alone two, of our major shows.''’ There was a worry that Harry might exhaust himself with this workload…

	Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.		Peter was present at the [[w:London Trocadero\|Trocadero Restaurant]] in London to celebrate twenty-five years of the [[w:Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]], as screened by [[w:BBC TV\|BBC TV]] on Wednesday 4 February. On Friday 6, the cast of ''The Goon Show'' were offered contracts for another six editions to be recorded from 29 March to 3 May. Ray was now appearing at the [[w:Locarno Ballrooms\|Locarno Ballroom]] in [[w:Leeds\|Leeds]] for an extended booking, with Max squeezing in an appearance on ''Variety Matinee'' on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] on Saturday 7. On Sunday 8 February, the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] relocated ''The Goon Show'' to the afternoon slot of 2.15pm in place of ''America in Song'', leaving the 10am slot to a new run of ''Surprise Party from Paris''; the Goons’ ratings shot up to almost seven million. Actor [[Valentine Dyall]] – then rebuilding his acting career after the end of his famous radio chiller [[Appointment with Fear (radio)\|Appointment with Fear]] – was the guest artiste in the recording at 9.30pm back at King’s that evening. Having worked with Spike on the earlier series ''[[Bumblethorpe]]'', Valentine featured prominently in [[The Tragedy of Oxley Towers]] which occupied the last two thirds of the programme, generally the standard format of the scripts at this point. The same day, Harry also recorded the final show in the current run of ''[[Educating Archie]]''.

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	On Monday 22 December, Harry recorded the Christmas Day edition of [[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)\|Welsh Rarebit]] for the Welsh Light Programme. The festive edition of ''The Goon Show'' was moved to 9.30pm on the Friday Boxing Day, clearing the evening of Tuesday 23 for a broadcast of [[w:Messiah (Handel)\|Handel’s Messiah]] on the Home Service. However, on the Friday the Welsh Home Service scheduled the quiz ''Pawb Yn Ei Dro'' while listeners in Scotland heard the discussion ''A Matter of Opinion'' instead of the Goons. On Sunday 28 December, the Light Programme moved ''The Goon Show'' to 10am and the slot previously filled by ''With Heart and Voice'', placing abridged film soundtracks at the vacated 4.30pm slot; in the morning schedule, listening figures fell to around two million. Recording on ''Educating Archie'' resumed on Sunday 28 December, with ''The Goon Show'' back at the Piccadilly for recording from 9.30pm. Spike was still absent and the script – which reused the skit on [[The Archers (The Goon Show)\|The Archers]] from a [[w:Fortnight\|fortnight]] earlier – was revised around him; ‘Moriarty Milligan’ was said to be sick, leaving his cohort Giuseppe (Peter) to get Handsome Harry into another scrape.		On Monday 22 December, Harry recorded the Christmas Day edition of [[Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)\|Welsh Rarebit]] for the Welsh Light Programme. The festive edition of ''The Goon Show'' was moved to 9.30pm on the Friday Boxing Day, clearing the evening of Tuesday 23 for a broadcast of [[w:Messiah (Handel)\|Handel’s Messiah]] on the Home Service. However, on the Friday the Welsh Home Service scheduled the quiz ''Pawb Yn Ei Dro'' while listeners in Scotland heard the discussion ''A Matter of Opinion'' instead of the Goons. On Sunday 28 December, the Light Programme moved ''The Goon Show'' to 10am and the slot previously filled by ''With Heart and Voice'', placing abridged film soundtracks at the vacated 4.30pm slot; in the morning schedule, listening figures fell to around two million. Recording on ''Educating Archie'' resumed on Sunday 28 December, with ''The Goon Show'' back at the Piccadilly for recording from 9.30pm. Spike was still absent and the script – which reused the skit on [[The Archers (The Goon Show)\|The Archers]] from a [[w:Fortnight\|fortnight]] earlier – was revised around him; ‘Moriarty Milligan’ was said to be sick, leaving his cohort Giuseppe (Peter) to get Handsome Harry into another scrape.

	On Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December, the BBC issued artiste contracts for a further eight editions of ''The Goon Show'' to be recorded at the Paris from 1 February to 22 March, with an option on six additional shows to be taken by Tuesday 31 March. A brief Listener Research Report on the fourth show of the run summarised 310 questionnaires on Monday 29, showing little change from the previous audience responses in which some said ‘''they missed Michael Bentine''’ and most enjoyed the ‘''genuinely lunatic''’ style of wit. Harry took part in Pocket Variety in [[w:Swansea\|Swansea]] on Tuesday 30; he was then appearing in the city as Miffins in the panto [[w:Puss in Boots\|Puss in Boots]] at the Empire Theatre. New ‘Goons’ announced the [[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]] on New Year’s Eve, breaking the story that Spike would be absent from the radio series for the next few editions: ‘His place will be taken by Graham Stark and Dick Emery on alternate weeks’. The same day, the BBC wrote to Larry Stephens about the change in payments because of Spike’s illness and the increased workload on himself and Jimmy, adding: ‘''The producer asks me to emphasise the importance of letting us have the scripts in sufficient time for them to be able to be used for broadcasting. This means in practice that if we are able to accept the scripts we must have them in the producer’s office without fail by the mid-day of the Wednesday so that they can be ready for recording on the following Sunday.''’		On Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 December, the BBC issued artiste contracts for a further eight editions of ''The Goon Show'' to be recorded at the Paris from 1 February to 22 March, with an option on six additional shows to be taken by Tuesday 31 March. A brief Listener Research Report on the fourth show of the run summarised 310 questionnaires on Monday 29, showing little change from the previous audience responses in which some said ‘''they missed Michael Bentine''’ and most enjoyed the ‘''genuinely lunatic''’ style of wit. Harry took part in ''Pocket Variety'' in [[w:Swansea\|Swansea]] on Tuesday 30; he was then appearing in the city as Miffins in the panto [[w:Puss in Boots\|Puss in Boots]] at the Empire Theatre. New ‘Goons’ announced the [[w:Daily Mail\|Daily Mail]] on New Year’s Eve, breaking the story that Spike would be absent from the radio series for the next few editions: ‘His place will be taken by Graham Stark and Dick Emery on alternate weeks’. The same day, the BBC wrote to Larry Stephens about the change in payments because of Spike’s illness and the increased workload on himself and Jimmy, adding: ‘''The producer asks me to emphasise the importance of letting us have the scripts in sufficient time for them to be able to be used for broadcasting. This means in practice that if we are able to accept the scripts we must have them in the producer’s office without fail by the mid-day of the Wednesday so that they can be ready for recording on the following Sunday.''’

	On New Year’s Day, [[w:The Stage\|The Stage]] carried the announcement: ‘PETER SELLERS wishes all his friends a Happy New Year. Thanks to Arnold Fringe, Harold Vest, The Arloo Tour, The Flunge Circuit, and Fern Muleboot for their continued guidance in the face of overwhelming odds […] Personal Management: The Hon. Terence Blatt.’ The same day, Peter resumed his live broadcasts of ''Ray’s a Laugh'' from the [[Paris Theatre\|Paris Cinema]].		On New Year’s Day, [[w:The Stage\|The Stage]] carried the announcement: ‘PETER SELLERS wishes all his friends a Happy New Year. Thanks to Arnold Fringe, Harold Vest, The Arloo Tour, The Flunge Circuit, and Fern Muleboot for their continued guidance in the face of overwhelming odds […] Personal Management: The Hon. Terence Blatt.’ The same day, Peter resumed his live broadcasts of ''Ray’s a Laugh'' from the [[Paris Theatre\|Paris Cinema]].