The Great Bank of England Robbery - Revision history

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	'''''The Great Bank of England Robbery''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ~~seventeenth~~ show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|17 January 1954}} The show was recorded started at 8.45pm on Sunday {{date\|21 March 1954}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		'''''The Great Bank of England Robbery''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-ninth show in the fourth series.

	~~The first British public broadcast~~ was on ~~the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday~~ {{~~date~~\|~~22 January~~ 1954}} ~~at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership~~ of ~~2.3m~~.		A rehearsal pre-recording show was performed and recorded (TLO 52583A) on Thursday {{Date\|8 April 1954}} which featured the performance of the Ray Ellington Quartet which was used in the broadcast show.

	The show~~'s first repeat~~ was the ~~next morning~~ at ~~8.45am, Saturday~~ {{date\|~~23 January~~ 1954}}, ~~on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million~~.		The main show was recorded the following Sunday at 9pm {{date\|11 April 1954}}. The recording/show took place at the [[w:Playhouse Theatre#BBC studio\|Playhouse Theatre]], Northumberland Avenue, near [[w:Trafalgar Square\|Trafalgar Square]], central London.

	No ~~known,~~ publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] the next day, Monday {{date\|12 April 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m.

			The show's first repeat was three weeks later at 1.10pm, Monday {{date\|17 May 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.5 million.

			No publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.

	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	~~From~~ [[w:~~ancient Egypt~~\|~~ancient Egypt~~]] ~~, land~~ of ~~[[Wikt:monolithic\|monolithic]] {{sic}}~~ [[w:~~pyramid~~\|~~pyramid]]~~s ~~and [[w:Karnak\|Karnak~~]]~~'s fallen temples, comes this gripping story~~ of the ~~discovery~~ of ~~a long-dead Egyptian priest~~'s ~~toomb~~. ~~It all started one day in 1889~~ in ~~the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of~~ this ~~tale.~~		'Tis not such a far cry from the respectable [[w:Bank of England\|Bank of England]] to a hovel in the Street of a Thousand Dustbins (in [[w:Chinatown, London\|London's Chinatown]]) in whose sinister atmosphere the seeds are planted for the crime of the century — the Great Bank of England Robbery! The trail leads from Chinatown to the bed of one of London's famous underground rivers which runs directly beneath the bank. What happens next isunfolded in this gripping tale…

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:~~My Blue Heaven (song)~~\|~~My Blue Heaven~~]]~~'' {{small\|(~~[[w:~~Walter Donaldson~~\|~~Walter Donaldson~~]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hot Toddy'' {{small\|([[w:Ralph Flanagan\|Ralph Flanagan]] / [[w:Herb Hendler\|Herb Hendler]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:~~Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)\|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]'' {{small\|([[w:Walter Donaldson\|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)~~\|~~Nagasaki~~]]'' {{small\|([[w:~~Harry Warren\|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon~~\|~~Mort Dixon~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Such a Night\|Such a Night]]'' {{small\|([[w:Lincoln Chase\|Lincoln Chase]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO ~~42416~~]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 52583]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

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	'''''The Great Bank of England Robbery''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-ninth show in the fourth series.		'''''The Great Bank of England Robbery''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-ninth show in the fourth series.

	A rehearsal pre-recording show was performed and recorded (TLO 52583A) on Thursday {{Date\|~~8 April~~ 1954}} which featured the performance of the Ray Ellington Quartet which was used in the broadcast show.		A rehearsal pre-recording show was performed and recorded (TLO 52583A) on Thursday {{Date\|1954-04-08}} which featured the performance of the Ray Ellington Quartet which was used in the broadcast show.

	The main show was recorded the following Sunday at 9pm {{date\|11 ~~April 1954~~}}. The recording/show took place at the [[w:Playhouse Theatre#BBC studio\|Playhouse Theatre]], Northumberland Avenue, near [[~~w:Trafalgar Square\|~~Trafalgar Square]], central London.		The main show was recorded the following Sunday at 9pm {{date\|1954-04-11}}. The recording/show took place at the [[Playhouse Theatre#BBC studio\|Playhouse Theatre]], Northumberland Avenue, near [[Trafalgar Square]], central London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] the next day, Monday {{date\|12 ~~April 1954~~}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] the next day, Monday {{date\|1954-04-12}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m.

	The show's first repeat was three weeks later at 1.10pm, Monday {{date\|17 ~~May 1954~~}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.5 million.		The show's first repeat was three weeks later at 1.10pm, Monday {{date\|1954-05-17}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.5 million.

	No publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.		No publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.

	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	'Tis not such a far cry from the respectable [[~~w:Bank of England\|~~Bank of England]] to a hovel in the Street of a Thousand Dustbins (in [[w:Chinatown, London\|London's Chinatown]]) in whose sinister atmosphere the seeds are planted for the crime of the century — the Great Bank of England Robbery! The trail leads from Chinatown to the bed of one of London's famous underground rivers which runs directly beneath the bank. What happens next ~~isunfolded~~ in this gripping tale…		'Tis not such a far cry from the respectable [[Bank of England]] to a hovel in the Street of a Thousand Dustbins (in [[Chinatown, London\|London's Chinatown]]) in whose sinister atmosphere the seeds are planted for the crime of the century — the Great Bank of England Robbery! The trail leads from Chinatown to the bed of one of London's famous underground rivers which runs directly beneath the bank. What happens next is unfolded in this gripping tale…

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hot Toddy'' {{small\|([[~~w:Ralph Flanagan\|~~Ralph Flanagan]] / [[~~w:Herb Hendler\|~~Herb Hendler]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hot Toddy'' {{small\|([[Ralph Flanagan]] / [[Herb Hendler]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[~~w:Such a Night\|~~Such a Night]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Lincoln Chase\|~~Lincoln Chase]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Such a Night]]'' {{small\|([[Lincoln Chase]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 52583]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 52583]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2018 \|page=26\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==