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	==Peter is a naughty boy!==		==Peter is a naughty boy!==
			[[File:Milton rail crash.jpg\|thumb\|right\|The Milton/Didcot train crash]]
	Peter Eton was less than happy with Peter Sellers' behaviour when recording [[The International Christmas Pudding]] on Sunday 13 November: ‘''He did something which put Harry off. In the Max Geldray number I'' […] ''told him to stick to the script. We went back'' […] ''and he started fooling about again, and I said, "If you do that again, I'll fire you." He thought I wouldn't dare, so he did it again, so I hod to fire him. Later he come back and apologised.''’ Apologising to Pat Hillyard on Monday 14 November, Peter explained that the 'bother' was due to the ‘''Extreme mental stress of the previous week''’ and was ‘''surprised and shocked at Peter Eton's attitude''’ although admitting that he was in the wrong. Hillyard replied on Friday 18 that he took ‘''the gravest view of your refusal to re-record the opening spot''’ and wanted ‘''an assurance that this sort of thing will not happen again.''’ On Sunday 20 November, Peter responded to the BBC executive, saying that he had listened to the show in Coventry and felt that the show was unharmed by his behaviour, adding ‘''A very well known Actor Producer who is on ardent Goon fan'' […] ''happened to mention that he thought it was the best show of the present series.''’ Backing down from his suggestion of sabotage on Monday 21, Hillyard informed Peter, ‘''So, for as I am concerned, the incident is forgotten, and I hope that you too will forget it.''’		Peter Eton was less than happy with Peter Sellers' behaviour when recording [[The International Christmas Pudding]] on Sunday 13 November: ‘''He did something which put Harry off. In the Max Geldray number I'' […] ''told him to stick to the script. We went back'' […] ''and he started fooling about again, and I said, "If you do that again, I'll fire you." He thought I wouldn't dare, so he did it again, so I hod to fire him. Later he come back and apologised.''’ Apologising to Pat Hillyard on Monday 14 November, Peter explained that the 'bother' was due to the ‘''Extreme mental stress of the previous week''’ and was ‘''surprised and shocked at Peter Eton's attitude''’ although admitting that he was in the wrong. Hillyard replied on Friday 18 that he took ‘''the gravest view of your refusal to re-record the opening spot''’ and wanted ‘''an assurance that this sort of thing will not happen again.''’ On Sunday 20 November, Peter responded to the BBC executive, saying that he had listened to the show in Coventry and felt that the show was unharmed by his behaviour, adding ‘''A very well known Actor Producer who is on ardent Goon fan'' […] ''happened to mention that he thought it was the best show of the present series.''’ Backing down from his suggestion of sabotage on Monday 21, Hillyard informed Peter, ‘''So, for as I am concerned, the incident is forgotten, and I hope that you too will forget it.''’

	Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme ''What Goes On'', broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]''. Unfortunately, the same day there was a serious [[Derailment\|derailment]] of a [[Milton rail crash\|passenger train at Milton]] in which 11 people were killed. Suddenly a comedy show about a railway became decidedly less funny. In place of the recorded show, ''[[China Story (s05e17)\|China Story]]'' - a popular edition from the previous series and one of Spike's favourites - was put out in its place on Tuesday, while the Light Programme replaced that week's Sunday repeat with ''Family Favourites'' on 'financial grounds.'		Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme ''What Goes On'', broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]''. Unfortunately, the same day there was a serious [[Derailment\|derailment]] of a [[Milton rail crash\|passenger train at Milton]] in which 11 people were killed. Suddenly a comedy show about a railway became decidedly less funny. In place of the recorded show, ''[[China Story (s05e17)\|China Story]]'' - a popular edition from the previous series and one of Spike's favourites - was put out in its place on Tuesday, while the Light Programme replaced that week's Sunday repeat with ''Family Favourites'' on 'financial grounds.'

	==Peter Eton departs==		==Peter Eton departs==

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	==Eccles Sings==		==Eccles Sings==
	[[File:Rockall - geograph.org.uk - 1048791.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Rockall\|Rockall]] in all its glory]]		[[File:Rockall - geograph.org.uk - 1048791.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Rockall\|Rockall]] in all its glory]]
	The sudden changes of script which had plagued the end of the previous series returned. For the fourth show, Spike pulled his planned script, ''[[The Sale of Manhattan]]'', and instead substituted a tale entitled ''[[Napoleon's Piano]]'' to be recorded on 9 October; the replacement script introduced Eccles singing popular songs such as [[Alan Jay Lerner\|Alan Lerner]] and [[~~Frederick Loewe\|~~Frederick Loewe]]'s ''[[Lerner and Loewe#Paint Your Wagon\|I Talk to the Trees]]'' (plus the novelty songs ''Close the Door'' and [[~~Twenty Tiny Fingers\|~~Twenty Tiny Fingers]] in coming weeks), phrases such as ‘''Have a gorilla''’ and even a mention of [[HMS Boxer (F121)\|HMS Boxer]], the ship which took Spike to [[~~Salerno\|~~Salerno]] in Italy in 1943. More topically, it referred to the UK's [[Annexation\|annexing]] of [[~~Rockall\|~~Rockall]] on 18 September, and the associated brass plaque ceremony. However, by now, the [[~~Radio Times\|~~Radio Times]] has already been published with the wrong details. ''[[Napoleon's Piano]]'' was not taken by the Midlands, where coverage of the [[Norfolk and Norwich Festival\|Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival]] pre-empted it.		The sudden changes of script which had plagued the end of the previous series returned. For the fourth show, Spike pulled his planned script, ''[[The Sale of Manhattan]]'', and instead substituted a tale entitled ''[[Napoleon's Piano]]'' to be recorded on 9 October; the replacement script introduced Eccles singing popular songs such as [[Alan Jay Lerner\|Alan Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]]'s ''[[Lerner and Loewe#Paint Your Wagon\|I Talk to the Trees]]'' (plus the novelty songs ''Close the Door'' and [[Twenty Tiny Fingers]] in coming weeks), phrases such as ‘''Have a gorilla''’ and even a mention of [[HMS Boxer (F121)\|HMS Boxer]], the ship which took Spike to [[Salerno]] in Italy in 1943. More topically, it referred to the UK's [[Annexation\|annexing]] of [[Rockall]] on 18 September, and the associated brass plaque ceremony. However, by now, the [[Radio Times]] has already been published with the wrong details. ''[[Napoleon's Piano]]'' was not taken by the Midlands, where coverage of the [[Norfolk and Norwich Festival\|Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Musical Festival]] pre-empted it.

	The [[BBC World Service\|General Overseas Service]] kicked off their broadcasts on Thursday 13 October when ''[[The Man Who Won the War]]'' was broadcast at 10.30am, 10.1S pm and 5.30pm the following day. With the next show, [[The Case of the Missing CD Plates]], gags about [[Jimmy Young (broadcaster)\|Jimmy Young]]'s current chart hit ''The Man from Laramie'' started to feature. Meanwhile, there was further rescheduling of planned shows. Although the Radio Times informed listeners that the following Tuesday they could hear [[The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu]], the script delivered by Spike for recording on Sunday 23 October was [[Rommel's Treasure]]… as remarked upon by announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] in the show itself. This replacement drew upon the [[Western Desert campaign\|1942 Desert Campaign]] between the [[Allies of World War II\|Allies]] and [[Axis powers\|German-Italian forces]] of which Spike had been a part.		The [[BBC World Service\|General Overseas Service]] kicked off their broadcasts on Thursday 13 October when ''[[The Man Who Won the War]]'' was broadcast at 10.30am, 10.1S pm and 5.30pm the following day. With the next show, [[The Case of the Missing CD Plates]], gags about [[Jimmy Young (broadcaster)\|Jimmy Young]]'s current chart hit ''The Man from Laramie'' started to feature. Meanwhile, there was further rescheduling of planned shows. Although the Radio Times informed listeners that the following Tuesday they could hear [[The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu]], the script delivered by Spike for recording on Sunday 23 October was [[Rommel's Treasure]]… as remarked upon by announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] in the show itself. This replacement drew upon the [[Western Desert campaign\|1942 Desert Campaign]] between the [[Allies of World War II\|Allies]] and [[Axis powers\|German-Italian forces]] of which Spike had been a part.

	In the last week of October, Peter and Spike embarked upon a Goonish television venture, a filmed half-hour pilot episode spoofing British crime support films entitled [[The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-~~Horn\|The Case of the Mukkinese Battle~~ Horn]]. The script was mainly written by [[Larry Stephens]] (Spike's former writing partner on ''The Goon Show'') while [[Dick Emery]], who had deputised for Spike on the series in 1952/3, stood in for Harry. Characters such as Eccles, Henry and Minnie featured in this offering from [[~~Merton Park Studios\|~~Merton Park Studios]], the home of [[~~Scotland Yard\|~~Scotland Yard]] and other such references which Peter and Spike were sending up in an attempt to attract the British and American markets.		In the last week of October, Peter and Spike embarked upon a Goonish television venture, a filmed half-hour pilot episode spoofing British crime support films entitled [[The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn]]. The script was mainly written by [[Larry Stephens]] (Spike's former writing partner on ''The Goon Show'') while [[Dick Emery]], who had deputised for Spike on the series in 1952/3, stood in for Harry. Characters such as Eccles, Henry and Minnie featured in this offering from [[Merton Park Studios]], the home of [[Scotland Yard]] and other such references which Peter and Spike were sending up in an attempt to attract the British and American markets.

	==Goon trio sent to Coventry==		==Goon trio sent to Coventry==

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	On Thursday 22 September, Harry featured on [[~~Associated-Rediffusion\|~~Associated-Rediffusion]]'s ITV launch programme ''Channel Nine'', and the new commercial network then carried ATV's ''The Harry Secombe Show'' on Saturdays from 24 September to 29 October, with scripts by Eric Sykes. Thus the second edition of ‘''the extraordinary talking-type wireless Goon Show''’ referred to Harry's work for ATV. the fact that Ray Ellington had announced his plans to marry actress Ann West (later known as [[~~Anita West\|~~Anita West]]) and saw a jubilant [[Major Bloodnok]] start to comment ‘''I'm in condition tonight!''’ The 7.30pm [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] repeat of ''The Goon Show'' kicked off on Saturday 1 October, having been precluded the previous week by an omnibus of [[~~The Archers\|~~The Archers]]; these generally attracted a couple of million listeners. Next day, the team recorded [[The Lost Emperor]] at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian Hall]] rather than the [[KOKO (music venue)\|Camden]]. This show dropped the traditional play-out of ''[[~~Crazy Rhythm\|~~Crazy Rhythm]]'' composed by [[~~Irving Caesar\|~~Irving Caesar]], [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]] and [[Roger Wolfe Kahn\|Roger Kahn]] in favour of [[Ira Gershwin\|Ira]] and [[~~George Gershwin\|~~George Gershwin]]'s ''[[~~Oh, Lady Be Good!\|~~Oh, Lady Be Good!]]'', and over the next two weeks the orchestra would sign-off with ''[[~~A Gal in Calico\|~~A Gal in Calico]]'' by [[Arthur Schwartz\|Arthur Schwartz]] and then [[~~Jimmy McHugh\|~~Jimmy McHugh]]'s (and [[Dorothy ~~Field\|Dorothy Field~~]]) tune ''[[~~On the Sunny Side of the Street\|~~On the Sunny Side of the Street]]'' before ''Crazy Rhythm'' was again adopted. Following recording of [[The Lost Emperor]], Peter and Max teamed up for a week's variety at the Hippodrome, Ipswich.		On Thursday 22 September, Harry featured on [[Associated-Rediffusion]]'s ITV launch programme ''Channel Nine'', and the new commercial network then carried ATV's ''The Harry Secombe Show'' on Saturdays from 24 September to 29 October, with scripts by Eric Sykes. Thus the second edition of ‘''the extraordinary talking-type wireless Goon Show''’ referred to Harry's work for ATV. the fact that Ray Ellington had announced his plans to marry actress Ann West (later known as [[Anita West]]) and saw a jubilant [[Major Bloodnok]] start to comment ‘''I'm in condition tonight!''’ The 7.30pm [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] repeat of ''The Goon Show'' kicked off on Saturday 1 October, having been precluded the previous week by an omnibus of [[The Archers]]; these generally attracted a couple of million listeners. Next day, the team recorded [[The Lost Emperor]] at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian Hall]] rather than the [[KOKO (music venue)\|Camden]]. This show dropped the traditional play-out of ''[[Crazy Rhythm]]'' composed by [[Irving Caesar]], [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)\|Joseph Meyer]] and [[Roger Wolfe Kahn\|Roger Kahn]] in favour of [[Ira Gershwin\|Ira]] and [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Oh, Lady Be Good!]]'', and over the next two weeks the orchestra would sign-off with ''[[A Gal in Calico]]'' by [[Arthur Schwartz\|Arthur Schwartz]] and then [[Jimmy McHugh]]'s (and [[Dorothy Fields]]) tune ''[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]'' before ''Crazy Rhythm'' was again adopted. Following recording of [[The Lost Emperor]], Peter and Max teamed up for a week's variety at the Hippodrome, Ipswich.

	==Eccles Sings==		==Eccles Sings==

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 Peter Eton was less than happy with Peter Sellers' behaviour when recording [[The International Christmas Pudding]] on Sunday 13 November: ‘''He did something which put Harry off. In the Max Geldray number I'' […] ''told him to stick to the script. We went back'' […] ''and he started fooling about again, and I said, "If you do that again, I'll fire you." He thought I wouldn't dare, so he did it again, so I hod to fire him. Later he come back and apologised.''’ Apologising to Pat Hillyard on Monday 14 November, Peter explained that the 'bother' was due to the ‘''Extreme mental stress of the previous week''’ and was ‘''surprised and shocked at Peter Eton's attitude''’ although admitting that he was in the wrong. Hillyard replied on Friday 18 that he took ‘''the gravest view of your refusal to re-record the opening spot''’ and wanted ‘''an assurance that this sort of thing will not happen again.''’ On Sunday 20 November, Peter responded to the BBC executive, saying that he had listened to the show in Coventry and felt that the show was unharmed by his behaviour, adding ‘''A very well known Actor Producer who is on ardent Goon fan'' […] ''happened to mention that he thought it was the best show of the present series.''’ Backing down from his suggestion of sabotage on Monday 21, Hillyard informed Peter, ‘''So, for as I am concerned, the incident is forgotten, and I hope that you too will forget it.''’
-Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme What Goes On, broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping The Pevensey Boy Disaster. Unfortunately,
+Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme ''What Goes On'', broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]''. Unfortunately, the same day there was a serious [[w:Derailment|derailment]] of a [[w:Milton rail crash|passenger train at Milton]] in which 11 people were killed. Suddenly a comedy show about a railway became decidedly less funny. In place of the recorded show, ''[[China Story (s05e17)|China Story]]'' - a popular edition from the previous series and one of Spike's favourites - was put out in its place on Tuesday, while the Light Programme replaced that week's Sunday repeat with ''Family Favourites'' on 'financial grounds.'
-The Lost Year was recorded at the Garrick on Sunday I I, and saw Harry's chart success with On with
+==Peter Eton departs==
-the Motley (which peaked at number 16) becoming a running gag for the team, while the script also
+Rather than sell [[The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn]] to television, it was decided instead to screen it theatrically as a support film in the New Year. Meanwhile the deferred script ''[[The Sale of Manhattan]]'' was finally recorded on Sunday 27 November, after ''[[The Missing Christmas Parcel]]'' (Eric's insert for [[w:Children's Hour|Children's Hour]]) taped at lunchtime; in this, the Goons emphasised that gifts and letters for Christmas needed to be sent before 19 and 21 December respectively. Then, during the following week, Peter Eton - the producer who had made ''The Goon Show'' a success since taking the helm in 1952 – announced that in early 1956 he would be leaving [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] to become a producer at [[w:ITV Granada|Granada Television]].
-made reference to BBC announcers - such as Leslie Mitchell - having defected to ITV stations. Peter
-too was about to hit the big time with acclaim for his role in The Ladyl<illers which premiered just before
+Another postponed script, ''[[The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu]]'', was taped on Sunday 4 December, and again contained gags directed at commercial television. A few days later on Thursday 8 December, ''[[The Missing Christmas Parcel]]'' kicked off the first quarter hour of ''[[w:Children's Hour|Children's Hour]]'', and even contained a brief contribution from senior BBC announcer [[John Snagge]], a fan of the show who had contributed to [[Nineteen-Eighty-Five (2)|Nineteen Eighty-Five]] the previous year.
 Christmas. With the stage show over, Spike appeared on BBC TV in Great Scott, It's Maynard while Peter
-and Max were in the variety bill Stars from the Goon Show at the Northampton New. Spike made minimal
+Planning ahead for Christmas on Friday 9 December.Assistant Head of Variety Jim Davidson indicated that two programmes would have to be recorded on Sunday 18 December, and noted that one of these could be a fresh version of the unbroadcast ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]'', but with all references to a train crash deleted. By now, the Coventry stage show was drawing to a close, with Spike rather dejected by some of the reception from local audiences whom he felt had not understood the finer aspects of his routine. Pinned to his dressing room door were notes which he had written reading, ‘''Mr S Milligan died at 8.10 again - Dr Sproles Thirk''’ and ‘''For sale: Ten-minute act with recorded applause - then ghastly silence - Apply within.''’ The show closed on Saturday IO December, and acidic asides to Coventry would feature in his forthcoming scripts.
-changes to The Pevensey Boy Disaster and, now entitled The Hastings Flyer - Robbed, it was recorded on
-Sunday 18 December before The Greens/ode Story. This new script thrust Wallace Greenslade centre
+''[[The Lost Year]]'' was recorded at the [[w:Garrick Theatre (Leman St)|Garrick]] on Sunday 11, and saw Harry's chart success with [[w:Vesti la giubba|On with the Motley]] (which peaked at number 16) becoming a running gag for the team, while the script also made reference to BBC announcers - such as [[w:Leslie Mitchell (broadcaster)|Leslie Mitchell]] – having defected to ITV stations. Peter too was about to hit the big time with acclaim for his role in [[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]] which premiered just before Christmas. With the stage show over, Spike appeared on BBC TV in ''[[Great Scott - It's Maynard!|Great Scott, It's Maynard]] while Peter and Max were in the variety bill ''Stars from the Goon Show'' at the Northampton New. Spike made minimal changes to ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]'' and, now entitled ''[[The Hastings Flyer — Robbed]]'', it was recorded on Sunday 18 December before ''[[The Greenslade Story]]''. This new script thrust [[Wallace Greenslade]] centre stage with a story built around him, and saw [[John Snagge]] drop in at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]] to take part in the recording with gags about Harry's chart hit. In this show, Peter's semi-regular Lew character was specifically ATV impresario [[Lew Grade]] - partner to [[Val Parnell]].
 stage with a story built around him, and saw John Snagge drop in at the Camden Theatre to take part
-in the recording with gags about Harry's chart hit. In this show, Peter's semi-regular Lew character was
+While Harry began rehearsals as Buttons in Cinderella at [[w:Palace Theatre, Manchester|Manchester's Palace Theatre]], Peter and Spike united for a [[w:BBC Light Programme|BBC Light Programme]] show, ''The Listening Room'', in which Peter Sellers would spoof ''The Critics'' and select as one of his records a new song by Spike. This was the nonsense piece entitled ''[[I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas]]'', written by Spike on his way home one night on the tube because he was unimpressed with the festive pop music on offer. The song was taped at [[w:Broadcasting House|Portland Place]] on the afternoon of Wednesday 28 December and included – along with Parlophone's unreleased [[w:The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)|Dance with Me, Henry]] – in Peter's live broadcast later that evening. On Friday 23 December Jim Davidson informed producer Pat Dixon – one of the original champions of the Goons at the BBC – that from Sunday 15 January 1956, he would be shadowing Peter as the new ringmaster attempting to keep order on ''The Goon Show''. That evening, Peter Sellers was massively impressed with the zany quality of ''[[The Dick Lester Show]]'' from [[w:Associated-Rediffusion|Associated-Rediffusion]], and phoned the writer/director, suspecting that he and Spike had found the creative force to bring the Goons to television in 1956…
 '''Programme notes, episode notes and cast biographies researched and written by Andrew Pixley'''

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	‘''Goon Trio Will Head Birthday Show Comedy Team''’ announced the Coventry Standard on Friday 28 October, revealing that Spike, Harry and Peter would be together on stage for the city's birthday show for several weeks. After recording ''[[Foiled by President Fred]]'' – a story inspired by the deposing of President [[w:Juan Perón\|Juan Peron]] of [[w:Argentina\|Argentina]] following a revolution during September – on Sunday 30, the Goons travelled to the Midlands city where they appeared in the variety ''Birthday Show'' for the [[w:Coventry Theatre\|Coventry Hippodrome]] written by themselves along with [[Eric Sykes]], [[Jimmy Grafton]] (the Goons' original editor and Harry's agent) and [[Larry Stephens]]. ‘''This is a Birthday Treat to remember''’ declared the reviews. Meanwhile, Harry released his first record from [[w:Philips Records\|Philips]]: [[w:Vesti la giubba\|On with the Motley (Vesti la giubba)]].		‘''Goon Trio Will Head Birthday Show Comedy Team''’ announced the Coventry Standard on Friday 28 October, revealing that Spike, Harry and Peter would be together on stage for the city's birthday show for several weeks. After recording ''[[Foiled by President Fred]]'' – a story inspired by the deposing of President [[w:Juan Perón\|Juan Peron]] of [[w:Argentina\|Argentina]] following a revolution during September – on Sunday 30, the Goons travelled to the Midlands city where they appeared in the variety ''Birthday Show'' for the [[w:Coventry Theatre\|Coventry Hippodrome]] written by themselves along with [[Eric Sykes]], [[Jimmy Grafton]] (the Goons' original editor and Harry's agent) and [[Larry Stephens]]. ‘''This is a Birthday Treat to remember''’ declared the reviews. Meanwhile, Harry released his first record from [[w:Philips Records\|Philips]]: [[w:Vesti la giubba\|On with the Motley (Vesti la giubba)]].

	After having printed a synopsis for Foiled by President Fred which bore no resemblance at all to the finished programme, the Radio ~~T imes~~ decided that advance information was simply too unreliable, and from the show broadcast on Tuesday 8 November - Shangri-La Again!, a pastiche of the 1937 movie Lost Horizon based on James Hilton's novel - declined to print any further episode titles or synopses. Meanwhile, on Friday 4 November, the options to make thirteen further editions of The Goon Show were taken up by the BBC, with the shows to record from Sunday 18 December, with the formal contracts issued on Tuesday 15; with no recording on Christmas Day, the shows would continue taping from 1 January to 11 March at the Camden. Meanwhile, on Monday 14, the trio were contracted to record a special insert entitled Post Early for Christmas for Children's Hour, this was to be written by Eric Sykes. Peter Eton was less than happy with Peter Sellers' behaviour when recording The International Christmas Pudding on Sunday 13 November: 'He did something which put ~~Horry~~ off. In the ~~Mox Ge/dray~~ number I [~~. ..~~ ] told him to stick to the script. We went ~~bock~~ [~~. ..~~] and he started fooling about again, and I said, "If you do that again, I'll fire you." He thought I wouldn't dare, so he did it again, so I hod to fire him. ~~Loter~~ he come ~~bock~~ and apologised.' Apologising to Pat Hillyard on Monday 14 November, Peter explained that the 'bother'was due to the 'Extreme mental stress of the previous week'and was 'surprised and shocked at Peter Eton's attitude' although admitting that he was in the wrong. Hillyard replied on Friday 18 that he took 'the gravest view of your refusal to re-record the opening spot'and wanted 'on assurance that this sort of thing will not happen again.' On Sunday 20 November, Peter responded to the BBC executive, saying that he had listened to the show in Coventry and felt that the show was unharmed by his behaviour, adding 'A very well known Actor Producer who is on ardent Goon fan [ ~~...~~ ] happened to mention that he thought it was the best show of the present series.' Backing down from his suggestion of sabotage on Monday 21, Hillyard informed Peter, 'So for as I om concerned, the incident is forgotten, and I hope that you too will forget it.'		==The Radio Times is upset==
			After having printed a synopsis for [[Foiled by President Fred]] which bore no resemblance at all to the finished programme, the Radio Times decided that advance information was simply too unreliable, and from the show broadcast on Tuesday 8 November - [[Shangri-La Again\|Shangri-La Again!]], a pastiche of the 1937 movie [[w:Lost Horizon (1937 film)\|Lost Horizon]] based on [[w:James Hilton (novelist)\|James Hilton]]'s [[w:Lost Horizon\|novel]] - declined to print any further episode titles or synopses. Meanwhile, on Friday 4 November, the options to make thirteen further editions of ''The Goon Show'' were taken up by the BBC, with the shows to record from Sunday 18 December, with the formal contracts issued on Tuesday 15; with no recording on Christmas Day, the shows would continue taping from 1 January to 11 March at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden]]. Meanwhile, on Monday 14, the trio were contracted to record a special insert entitled [[The Missing Christmas Parcel\|Post Early for Christmas]] for [[w:Children's Hour\|Children's Hour]], this was to be written by [[Eric Sykes]].

			==Peter is a naughty boy!==
			Peter Eton was less than happy with Peter Sellers' behaviour when recording [[The International Christmas Pudding]] on Sunday 13 November: ‘''He did something which put Harry off. In the Max Geldray number I'' […] ''told him to stick to the script. We went back'' […] ''and he started fooling about again, and I said, "If you do that again, I'll fire you." He thought I wouldn't dare, so he did it again, so I hod to fire him. Later he come back and apologised.''’ Apologising to Pat Hillyard on Monday 14 November, Peter explained that the 'bother' was due to the ‘''Extreme mental stress of the previous week''’ and was ‘''surprised and shocked at Peter Eton's attitude''’ although admitting that he was in the wrong. Hillyard replied on Friday 18 that he took ‘''the gravest view of your refusal to re-record the opening spot''’ and wanted ‘''an assurance that this sort of thing will not happen again.''’ On Sunday 20 November, Peter responded to the BBC executive, saying that he had listened to the show in Coventry and felt that the show was unharmed by his behaviour, adding ‘''A very well known Actor Producer who is on ardent Goon fan'' […] ''happened to mention that he thought it was the best show of the present series.''’ Backing down from his suggestion of sabotage on Monday 21, Hillyard informed Peter, ‘''So, for as I am concerned, the incident is forgotten, and I hope that you too will forget it.''’

	Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme What Goes On, broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping The Pevensey Boy Disaster. Unfortunately,		Peter, Harry and Spike were interviewed at the Hippodrome for the Midlands Home Service magazine programme What Goes On, broadcast to the local listeners early on the evening of Friday 18 November. That Sunday, the trio were back in London taping The Pevensey Boy Disaster. Unfortunately,

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