The Goon Show series 7 - Revision history

Kurt: /* Anti-censorship Pat */

2023-03-20T00:33:25Z

Anti-censorship Pat

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	Spike appeared on ''[[Eamonn Andrews\|The Eamonn Andrews Show]]'' on BBC TV on Saturday 26 January, and the following day joined the others to record ''[[The Moon Show]]'', complete with references to the recently released adventure film ''[[Zarak\|Zarak]]'' which featured [[Anita Ekberg\|Anita Ekberg]] (one apparently sensuous poster of whom had been banned a fortnight earlier); by now, the audience were enthusiastically responding to the appearance of Little Jim. Peter Sellers recorded an appearance on the Light Programme's ''Calling the Stars'' on Saturday 2 February which was broadcast the following evening. Sunday 3 February also saw the taping of [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker\|The Mysterious Punch Up-The-Conker]] which featured a classic exchange of bizarre logic between the characters of [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]], [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Minnie Bannister]] singing [[Green Door\|Green Door]] (a hit in late 1956 for [[Frankie Vaughan\|Frankie Vaughan]]), and references to television police dramas from both sides of the Atlantic, with ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)\|Dragnet]]'' (being screened by ITV) and ''[[Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (then in its third series. with [[Jack Warner (actor)\|Jack Warner]] whistling ''[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner\|Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]'' as his theme tune).		Spike appeared on ''[[Eamonn Andrews\|The Eamonn Andrews Show]]'' on BBC TV on Saturday 26 January, and the following day joined the others to record ''[[The Moon Show]]'', complete with references to the recently released adventure film ''[[Zarak\|Zarak]]'' which featured [[Anita Ekberg\|Anita Ekberg]] (one apparently sensuous poster of whom had been banned a fortnight earlier); by now, the audience were enthusiastically responding to the appearance of Little Jim. Peter Sellers recorded an appearance on the Light Programme's ''Calling the Stars'' on Saturday 2 February which was broadcast the following evening. Sunday 3 February also saw the taping of [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker\|The Mysterious Punch Up-The-Conker]] which featured a classic exchange of bizarre logic between the characters of [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]], [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Minnie Bannister]] singing [[Green Door\|Green Door]] (a hit in late 1956 for [[Frankie Vaughan\|Frankie Vaughan]]), and references to television police dramas from both sides of the Atlantic, with ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)\|Dragnet]]'' (being screened by ITV) and ''[[Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (then in its third series. with [[Jack Warner (actor)\|Jack Warner]] whistling ''[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner\|Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]'' as his theme tune).
			[[File:Zarak poster.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
	Peter Sellers was the subject of the Home Service's ''Desert Island Discs'' on Monday 4 February (recorded on Wednesday 23 January) and that evening he appeared in cabaret at the [[London Trocadero\|Trocadero]] to celebrate the silver anniversary of the [[Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]]. Meanwhile, Spike was making plans for the summer. Rather than visit Australia as he had intended, he was keen to repeat the notion of the non-audience programme ''[[The Starlings]]'', which the Goons had made in 1954, and suggested six 45 minute shows could be made on a monthly basis. Pat wrote to Spike on Friday 8 about the new series for the autumn and indicated that he had put forwards Spike's suggestion for the other six shows.		Peter Sellers was the subject of the Home Service's ''Desert Island Discs'' on Monday 4 February (recorded on Wednesday 23 January) and that evening he appeared in cabaret at the [[London Trocadero\|Trocadero]] to celebrate the silver anniversary of the [[Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]]. Meanwhile, Spike was making plans for the summer. Rather than visit Australia as he had intended, he was keen to repeat the notion of the non-audience programme ''[[The Starlings]]'', which the Goons had made in 1954, and suggested six 45 minute shows could be made on a monthly basis. Pat wrote to Spike on Friday 8 about the new series for the autumn and indicated that he had put forwards Spike's suggestion for the other six shows.

Kurt at 20:10, 19 March 2023

2023-03-19T20:10:39Z

Show changes

Kurt: /* Music */

2022-12-04T23:48:36Z

Music

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	\| [[w:Freddie Bell\|Freddie Bell]]<br>Pep Lattanzi		\| [[w:Freddie Bell\|Freddie Bell]]<br>Pep Lattanzi
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	\|rowspan=2\|''[[The Nadger Plague]]''		\|rowspan=2\|''[[The Nadger Plague]]''
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	\| [[w:Hutch Davie\|Bob "Hutch" Davie]]<br>Marvin J. Moore		\| [[w:Hutch Davie\|Bob "Hutch" Davie]]<br>Marvin J. Moore
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	\|rowspan=2\|''[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]''		\|rowspan=2\|''[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]''
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	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
	\| ''~~Rockin'~~ and ~~Rollin'~~ Man''		\| ''Rockin’ and Rollin’ Man''
	\| ?		\| Ray Ellington<br>Dick Katz<br>Rubin
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	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
	\| ''All of You (All of Me)''		\| {{ordered list \| style=margin-left: -2em
			\| ''[[w:All of You (Cole Porter song)\|All of You]]''
			\| ''[[w:All of Me (jazz standard)\|All of Me]]'' }}
			\| {{ordered list \| style=margin-left: -2em
	\| [[w:Cole Porter\|Cole Porter]]		\| [[w:Cole Porter\|Cole Porter]]
			\| [[w:Seymour Simons\|Seymour Simons]]<br>[[w:Gerald Marks\|Gerald Marks]]}}
	\|-<!-- Row End -->		\|-<!-- Row End -->

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	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
	\| ''[[w:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)\|The Banana Boat Song]]''		\| ''[[w:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)\|The Banana Boat Song]]''
	\| Traditional		\| Traditional,<br>Arrangement by<br>[[w:Erik Darling\|Erik Darling]]<br>[[w:Bob Carey\|Bob Carey]]<br>[[w:Alan Arkin\|Alan Arkin]]
	\|-<!-- Row End -->		\|-<!-- Row End -->

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	\| Max Geldray		\| Max Geldray
	\| ''The Duke's Joke''		\| ''The Duke's Joke''
	\| Alan Clare		\| [[w:Alan Clare\|Alan Clare]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
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	\|rowspan=2\|''[[Ill Met by Goonlight]]''		\|rowspan=2\|''[[Ill Met by Goonlight]]''
	\| ~~The Ray Ellington Quartet~~		\| Max Geldray
	\| ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''		\| ''[[w:Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)\|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]''
	\| [[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music)<br>[[w:Ted Koehler\|Ted Koehler]] (lyrics)		\| [[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music)<br>[[w:Ted Koehler\|Ted Koehler]] (lyrics)
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~Max Geldray~~		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
	\| ''[[w:Basin Street Blues\|Basin Street Blues]]''		\| ''[[w:Basin Street Blues\|Basin Street Blues]]''
	\| [[w:Spencer Williams\|Spencer Williams]]		\| [[w:Spencer Williams\|Spencer Williams]]
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	\| Max Geldray		\| Max Geldray
	\| ''[[w:Get Happy (song)\|Get Happy]]''		\| ''[[w:Get Happy (song)\|Get Happy]]''
	\| Harold Arlen<br>Ted Koehler		\| [[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music)<br>[[w:Ted Koehler\|Ted Koehler]] (lyrics)
	\|-		\|-
	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
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	\| {{ordered list \| style=margin-left: -2em		\| {{ordered list \| style=margin-left: -2em
	\| [[w:James V. Monaco\|James V. Monaco]]<br>[[w:Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)\|Joseph McCarthy]]		\| [[w:James V. Monaco\|James V. Monaco]]<br>[[w:Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)\|Joseph McCarthy]]
	\| [[w:Richard Rodgers\|Richard Rodgers]]<br>[[w:Lorenz Hart\|Lorenz Hart]]}}		\| [[w:Richard Rodgers\|Richard Rodgers]] (music)<br>[[w:Lorenz Hart\|Lorenz Hart]] (lyrics)]]
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Kurt: /* Music */

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Music

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	\| The Ray Ellington Quartet		\| The Ray Ellington Quartet
	\| ~~[[w:~~Old Mother Hubbard~~\|Old Mother Hubbard]]~~		\| ''Old Mother Hubbard''
	\| Babe Wallis<br>[[Ray Ellington]]		\| Babe Wallis<br>[[Ray Ellington]]
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Kurt at 20:08, 3 December 2022

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	‘''This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the result of last night's big fight Patrick O'Donovan, labourer of no fixed address: six months. Michael O'Bolligan: fined five pounds. And now, at eight stone seven pounds, in transparent shorts, The Goon Show.''’		‘''This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the result of last night's big fight Patrick O'Donovan, labourer of no fixed address: six months. Michael O'Bolligan: fined five pounds. And now, at eight stone seven pounds, in transparent shorts, The Goon Show.''’
			<center>
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+ Series Cast / Crew		\|+ Series Cast / Crew
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	\| Ron Belchier \|\| FX / Grams (Episode 25)		\| Ron Belchier \|\| FX / Grams (Episode 25)
	\|}		\|}
			</center>

	''The Goon Show'', '''series seven''' was a series of 28 shows (including three specials) aired between {{Date\|1956-10-04}} and {{Date\|1957-08-22}}. [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Larry Stephens]] wrote all of the shows together, with the exception of [[Drums Along the Mersey\|7/2]] and [[Ill Met by Goonlight\|7/23]] which were written by Milligan on his own. This series had two producers, [[Peter Eton]] for the first two shows and the rest by [[Pat Dixon]]. All the shows were broadcast on a Thursday evening excepting [[What's My Line?\|7/10]] and [[Six Charlies in Search of an Author\|7/13]] which were broadcast on a Wednesday. Most of the shows were recorded the previous Sunday with the exception of [[The Sleeping Prince\|7/6]], [[Emperor of the Universe\|7/14]], [[Wings Over Dagenham\|7/15]] and [[The Rent Collectors\|7/16]]. Seven of the shows had guests including [[Valentine Dyall]], [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Bernard Miles]] and [[Jack Train]].		''The Goon Show'', '''series seven''' was a series of 28 shows (including three specials) aired between {{Date\|1956-10-04}} and {{Date\|1957-08-22}}. [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Larry Stephens]] wrote all of the shows together, with the exception of [[Drums Along the Mersey\|7/2]] and [[Ill Met by Goonlight\|7/23]] which were written by Milligan on his own. This series had two producers, [[Peter Eton]] for the first two shows and the rest by [[Pat Dixon]]. All the shows were broadcast on a Thursday evening excepting [[What's My Line?\|7/10]] and [[Six Charlies in Search of an Author\|7/13]] which were broadcast on a Wednesday. Most of the shows were recorded the previous Sunday with the exception of [[The Sleeping Prince\|7/6]], [[Emperor of the Universe\|7/14]], [[Wings Over Dagenham\|7/15]] and [[The Rent Collectors\|7/16]]. Seven of the shows had guests including [[Valentine Dyall]], [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Bernard Miles]] and [[Jack Train]].

Kurt at 20:08, 3 December 2022

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	‘''This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the result of last night's big fight Patrick O'Donovan, labourer of no fixed address: six months. Michael O'Bolligan: fined five pounds. And now, at eight stone seven pounds, in transparent shorts, The Goon Show.''’		‘''This is the BBC Home Service. Here is the result of last night's big fight Patrick O'Donovan, labourer of no fixed address: six months. Michael O'Bolligan: fined five pounds. And now, at eight stone seven pounds, in transparent shorts, The Goon Show.''’

			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+ Series Cast / Crew
			\|-
			! Name !! Role
			\|-
			\| [[Spike Milligan]] \|\| Voices
			\|-
			\| [[Harry Secombe]] \|\| Voices and loud singing
			\|-
			\| [[Peter Sellers]] \|\| Very many voices
			\|-
			\| [[Wallace Greenslade]] \|\| Announcer
			\|-
			\| [[Max Geldray]] \|\| Musician
			\|-
			\| [[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] \|\| Four musicians
			\|-
			\| [[Angela Morley\|Wally Stott]] \|\| Orchestra Conductor / Musical Director
			\|-
			\| [[Pat Dixon]]\|\| Producer
			\|-
			\| [[Peter Eton]] \|\| Producer (Episodes 1 and 2)
			\|-
			\| [[Jacques Brown]] \|\| Producer (''[[The Reason Why]]'')
			\|-
			\| Spike Milligan \|\| Scriptwriter
			\|-
			\| [[Larry Stephens]] \|\| Scriptwriter
			\|-
			\| Bobby Jay \|\| Studio Manager / Mixing Panel
			\|-
			\| Ian Cooke \|\| FX / Grams
			\|-
			\| Ron Belchier \|\| FX / Grams (Episode 25)
			\|}


	''The Goon Show'', '''series seven''' was a series of 28 shows (including three specials) aired between {{Date\|1956-10-04}} and {{Date\|1957-08-22}}. [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Larry Stephens]] wrote all of the shows together, with the exception of [[Drums Along the Mersey\|7/2]] and [[Ill Met by Goonlight\|7/23]] which were written by Milligan on his own. This series had two producers, [[Peter Eton]] for the first two shows and the rest by [[Pat Dixon]]. All the shows were broadcast on a Thursday evening excepting [[What's My Line?\|7/10]] and [[Six Charlies in Search of an Author\|7/13]] which were broadcast on a Wednesday. Most of the shows were recorded the previous Sunday with the exception of [[The Sleeping Prince\|7/6]], [[Emperor of the Universe\|7/14]], [[Wings Over Dagenham\|7/15]] and [[The Rent Collectors\|7/16]]. Seven of the shows had guests including [[Valentine Dyall]], [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Bernard Miles]] and [[Jack Train]].		''The Goon Show'', '''series seven''' was a series of 28 shows (including three specials) aired between {{Date\|1956-10-04}} and {{Date\|1957-08-22}}. [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Larry Stephens]] wrote all of the shows together, with the exception of [[Drums Along the Mersey\|7/2]] and [[Ill Met by Goonlight\|7/23]] which were written by Milligan on his own. This series had two producers, [[Peter Eton]] for the first two shows and the rest by [[Pat Dixon]]. All the shows were broadcast on a Thursday evening excepting [[What's My Line?\|7/10]] and [[Six Charlies in Search of an Author\|7/13]] which were broadcast on a Wednesday. Most of the shows were recorded the previous Sunday with the exception of [[The Sleeping Prince\|7/6]], [[Emperor of the Universe\|7/14]], [[Wings Over Dagenham\|7/15]] and [[The Rent Collectors\|7/16]]. Seven of the shows had guests including [[Valentine Dyall]], [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Bernard Miles]] and [[Jack Train]].

Kurt: /* Pat knew what was coming */

2022-12-03T17:35:58Z

Pat knew what was coming

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	In little over a month, the Goons would be back at the microphone to regale audiences across the world with crazy adventures old and new… and also the most demanding production schedule for their groundbreaking radio comedy yet…		In little over a month, the Goons would be back at the microphone to regale audiences across the world with crazy adventures old and new… and also the most demanding production schedule for their groundbreaking radio comedy yet…

	'''The above programme notes, episode notes and ephemera was researched and written by Andrew Pixley'''		'''The above programme notes, episode notes and ephemera was researched and written by [[Andrew Pixley]]'''

	==Episodes==		==Episodes==

Kurt: /* Episodes */

2022-12-03T17:18:47Z

Episodes

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	\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]		\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]
	\|align="center"\| [[Spike Milligan]]<br>[[Larry Stephens]]		\|align="center"\| [[Spike Milligan]]<br>[[Larry Stephens]]
	\|		\|Not broadcast in the UK until 1986
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs#Vol15\|15]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs#Vol15\|15]]

Kurt: /* Episodes */

2022-12-01T04:49:22Z

Episodes

Kurt: /* If 20 is good, 26 should be better */

2022-12-01T04:00:38Z

If 20 is good, 26 should be better

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	==If 20 is good, 26 should be better==		==If 20 is good, 26 should be better==
	‘''We are delighted to have a new series of 20 Goon programmes, we should be equally delighted to have 26, so perhaps in due course you could let Pat Dixon know if you can possibly write 6 more,''’ Head of Variety Pat Hillyard wrote to Spike on 22 October, noting that last year they had filled the schedules with repeats saying, ‘''but you, yourself, I know are against doing this – and so are we.''’ By late October, the two additional Christmas shows - for Transcription Services and General Overseas Service - were scheduled to be recorded in double-recordings with standard editions of ''The Goon Show'' on Sunday 2 and Sunday 9 December. Following this, Harry would not be available in early January, necessitating the cancellation of sessions at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden]] on Sunday 6 and 13 January, and so another pair of double recordings on Sunday 23 and 30 December. The three stars were contracted for the GOS recording on Wednesday 24, the same day that Pat Dixon sent a memo marked 'URGENT' to Pat Hillyard, telling him that he had just received the script for ''[[The Spectre of Tintagel]]'' - inspired by [[w:Thomas Malory\|Sir Thomas Malory]]'s ''[[w:Le Morte d'Arthur\|Le Morte D'Arthur]]'' – that morning and had discovered that Spike had written ‘''a substantial part''’ for [[Valentine Dyall]] which the funding could not cover. As such Pat Dixon needed an extra guest fee to be sanctioned, and was aware that the same thing had happened during his absence on ''[[Drums Along the Mersey]]''. ‘''I have written to Milligan to tell him that he simply must seek permission for the inclusion of extras before he commits us to them in terms of a completed script.''’ explained the producer, to which Jim Davidson, the Assistant Head of ~~Variecy~~, noted, ‘''jobs for the boys''’.		‘''We are delighted to have a new series of 20 Goon programmes, we should be equally delighted to have 26, so perhaps in due course you could let Pat Dixon know if you can possibly write 6 more,''’ Head of Variety Pat Hillyard wrote to Spike on 22 October, noting that last year they had filled the schedules with repeats saying, ‘''but you, yourself, I know are against doing this – and so are we.''’ By late October, the two additional Christmas shows - for Transcription Services and General Overseas Service - were scheduled to be recorded in double-recordings with standard editions of ''The Goon Show'' on Sunday 2 and Sunday 9 December. Following this, Harry would not be available in early January, necessitating the cancellation of sessions at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden]] on Sunday 6 and 13 January, and so another pair of double recordings on Sunday 23 and 30 December. The three stars were contracted for the GOS recording on Wednesday 24, the same day that Pat Dixon sent a memo marked 'URGENT' to Pat Hillyard, telling him that he had just received the script for ''[[The Spectre of Tintagel]]'' - inspired by [[w:Thomas Malory\|Sir Thomas Malory]]'s ''[[w:Le Morte d'Arthur\|Le Morte D'Arthur]]'' – that morning and had discovered that Spike had written ‘''a substantial part''’ for [[Valentine Dyall]] which the funding could not cover. As such Pat Dixon needed an extra guest fee to be sanctioned, and was aware that the same thing had happened during his absence on ''[[Drums Along the Mersey]]''. ‘''I have written to Milligan to tell him that he simply must seek permission for the inclusion of extras before he commits us to them in terms of a completed script.''’ explained the producer, to which Jim Davidson, the Assistant Head of Variety, noted, ‘''jobs for the boys''’.

	Spike, Harry and Peter were contracted for the Transcription Service Special on Thursday 25 October, the day that ''[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]'' was broadcast, promoted in the [[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] by a photo of guitarist Judd Proctor, pianist Dick Katz. bass player Kenneth Spang and vocalist Ray Ellington – alias the Ray Ellington Quartet. ''The Spectre of Tintagel'' was recorded with a recovered Spike on Sunday 28 October, and then Spike was the guest of [[Roy Plomley]] on [[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]], recorded on Wednesday 31 October for a planned transmission on Monday 5 November. ‘''For reasons best known to myself, I should like to have Peter Eaton {{sic}} back on the show.''’ ran an unexpected missive to Pat Hillyard from Spike on Thursday 1 November, ‘''Please reply as soon as possible, as I am most anxious to settle this matter.''’ Pat Hillyard replied simply the next day, ‘''It is quite out of the question that we should change the Producer of The Goon Show.''’		Spike, Harry and Peter were contracted for the Transcription Service Special on Thursday 25 October, the day that ''[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]'' was broadcast, promoted in the [[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] by a photo of guitarist Judd Proctor, pianist Dick Katz. bass player Kenneth Spang and vocalist Ray Ellington – alias the Ray Ellington Quartet. ''The Spectre of Tintagel'' was recorded with a recovered Spike on Sunday 28 October, and then Spike was the guest of [[Roy Plomley]] on [[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]], recorded on Wednesday 31 October for a planned transmission on Monday 5 November. ‘''For reasons best known to myself, I should like to have Peter Eaton {{sic}} back on the show.''’ ran an unexpected missive to Pat Hillyard from Spike on Thursday 1 November, ‘''Please reply as soon as possible, as I am most anxious to settle this matter.''’ Pat Hillyard replied simply the next day, ‘''It is quite out of the question that we should change the Producer of The Goon Show.''’

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	Spike appeared on ''[[Eamonn Andrews\|The Eamonn Andrews Show]]'' on BBC TV on Saturday 26 January, and the following day joined the others to record ''[[The Moon Show]]'', complete with references to the recently released adventure film ''[[Zarak\|Zarak]]'' which featured [[Anita Ekberg\|Anita Ekberg]] (one apparently sensuous poster of whom had been banned a fortnight earlier); by now, the audience were enthusiastically responding to the appearance of Little Jim. Peter Sellers recorded an appearance on the Light Programme's ''Calling the Stars'' on Saturday 2 February which was broadcast the following evening. Sunday 3 February also saw the taping of [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker\|The Mysterious Punch Up-The-Conker]] which featured a classic exchange of bizarre logic between the characters of [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]], [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Minnie Bannister]] singing [[Green Door\|Green Door]] (a hit in late 1956 for [[Frankie Vaughan\|Frankie Vaughan]]), and references to television police dramas from both sides of the Atlantic, with ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)\|Dragnet]]'' (being screened by ITV) and ''[[Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (then in its third series. with [[Jack Warner (actor)\|Jack Warner]] whistling ''[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner\|Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]'' as his theme tune).		Spike appeared on ''[[Eamonn Andrews\|The Eamonn Andrews Show]]'' on BBC TV on Saturday 26 January, and the following day joined the others to record ''[[The Moon Show]]'', complete with references to the recently released adventure film ''[[Zarak\|Zarak]]'' which featured [[Anita Ekberg\|Anita Ekberg]] (one apparently sensuous poster of whom had been banned a fortnight earlier); by now, the audience were enthusiastically responding to the appearance of Little Jim. Peter Sellers recorded an appearance on the Light Programme's ''Calling the Stars'' on Saturday 2 February which was broadcast the following evening. Sunday 3 February also saw the taping of [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker\|The Mysterious Punch Up-The-Conker]] which featured a classic exchange of bizarre logic between the characters of [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]], [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Minnie Bannister]] singing [[Green Door\|Green Door]] (a hit in late 1956 for [[Frankie Vaughan\|Frankie Vaughan]]), and references to television police dramas from both sides of the Atlantic, with ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)\|Dragnet]]'' (being screened by ITV) and ''[[Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (then in its third series. with [[Jack Warner (actor)\|Jack Warner]] whistling ''[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner\|Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]'' as his theme tune).
			[[File:Zarak poster.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
	Peter Sellers was the subject of the Home Service's ''Desert Island Discs'' on Monday 4 February (recorded on Wednesday 23 January) and that evening he appeared in cabaret at the [[London Trocadero\|Trocadero]] to celebrate the silver anniversary of the [[Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]]. Meanwhile, Spike was making plans for the summer. Rather than visit Australia as he had intended, he was keen to repeat the notion of the non-audience programme ''[[The Starlings]]'', which the Goons had made in 1954, and suggested six 45 minute shows could be made on a monthly basis. Pat wrote to Spike on Friday 8 about the new series for the autumn and indicated that he had put forwards Spike's suggestion for the other six shows.		Peter Sellers was the subject of the Home Service's ''Desert Island Discs'' on Monday 4 February (recorded on Wednesday 23 January) and that evening he appeared in cabaret at the [[London Trocadero\|Trocadero]] to celebrate the silver anniversary of the [[Windmill Theatre\|Windmill Theatre]]. Meanwhile, Spike was making plans for the summer. Rather than visit Australia as he had intended, he was keen to repeat the notion of the non-audience programme ''[[The Starlings]]'', which the Goons had made in 1954, and suggested six 45 minute shows could be made on a monthly basis. Pat wrote to Spike on Friday 8 about the new series for the autumn and indicated that he had put forwards Spike's suggestion for the other six shows.

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	\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]		\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]
	\|align="center"\| [[Spike Milligan]]<br>[[Larry Stephens]]		\|align="center"\| [[Spike Milligan]]<br>[[Larry Stephens]]
	\|		\|Not broadcast in the UK until 1986
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs#Vol15\|15]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs#Vol15\|15]]

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	\| ''[[Robin Hood]] ~~(and His Mirry Mon)"~~		\| ''[[Robin Hood]]''
	\|align="right"\| {{date\|'''Recorded'''<br>2 December 1956}}<br/>'''Broadcast'''<br>25 December 1988<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605710/the-goon-show-volume-34-by-spike-milligan-and-larry-stephens/9781787533554 \|title=The Goon Show: Volume 34 \|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>		\|align="right"\| {{date\|'''Recorded'''<br>2 December 1956}}<br/>'''Broadcast'''<br>25 December 1988<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605710/the-goon-show-volume-34-by-spike-milligan-and-larry-stephens/9781787533554 \|title=The Goon Show: Volume 34 \|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
	\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]		\|align="center"\| [[Pat Dixon]]
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	\| with [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]]		\| with [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]]
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|6]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|6]]
	\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs\|03]]		\|align="center"\|[[The Goon Show CDs#Vol3\|3]]
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