The Great Ink Drought of 1902 - Revision history

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	*Geldray: ''[[~~w:April in Paris\|~~April in Paris]]''		*Geldray: ''[[April in Paris]]''
	*Ellington: ''[[w:Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)\|Don't Blame Me]]'' / ''You Are My Lucky Star''		*Ellington: ''[[Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)\|Don't Blame Me]]'' / ''You Are My Lucky Star''
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	'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|21 ~~February 1954~~}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|1954-02-21}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|22 ~~February 1954~~}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|1954-02-22}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|27 ~~February 1954~~}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|1954-02-27}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

	No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.		No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.
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	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	[[File:Fountain pen writing (literacy).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A starving fountain pen is distraught, hungry and running on empty.]]		[[File:Fountain pen writing (literacy).jpg\|thumb\|right\|A starving fountain pen is distraught, hungry and running on empty.]]
	Pen manufacturers across the land are panicking for it is 1902, and the Great Ink Drought has hit. The public are requested to keep calm, and not fill their [[~~w:Fountain pen\|~~fountain pen]]s unless absolutely necessary. To find a new source of [[w:Fountain pen ink\|ink]], [[~~w:Blotting paper\|~~blotting paper]] manufacturer Henry Crun sends an expedition to drill the [[~~w:Inkwell\|~~inkwell]]s in [[~~w:China\|~~China]]. But financial lizard Sir Bernard Seagoon has bought shares in ink, and has disguised himself as John Chinaman in order to [[Wikt:thwart\|thwart]] the expedition. He, [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] plan to blow up the whole drilling area, with the help of [[Bluebottle]]… will they succeed?		Pen manufacturers across the land are panicking for it is 1902, and the Great Ink Drought has hit. The public are requested to keep calm, and not fill their [[fountain pen]]s unless absolutely necessary. To find a new source of [[Fountain pen ink\|ink]], [[blotting paper]] manufacturer Henry Crun sends an expedition to drill the [[inkwell]]s in [[China]]. But financial lizard Sir Bernard Seagoon has bought shares in ink, and has disguised himself as John Chinaman in order to [[Wikt:thwart\|thwart]] the expedition. He, [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] plan to blow up the whole drilling area, with the help of [[Bluebottle]]… will they succeed?

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~w:April in Paris\|~~April in Paris]]'' {{small\|([[w:Vernon Duke\|Vernon Duke]] / [[w:Yip Harburg\|E.Y. Harburg]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[April in Paris]]'' {{small\|([[Vernon Duke\|Vernon Duke]] / [[Yip Harburg\|E.Y. Harburg]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)\|Don't Blame Me]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Jimmy McHugh\|~~Jimmy McHugh]] / [[~~w:Dorothy Fields\|~~Dorothy Fields]])}} / ''You Are My Lucky Star'' {{small\|([[~~w:Nacio Herb Brown\|~~Nacio Herb Brown]] / [[~~w:Arthur Freed\|~~Arthur Freed]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Don't Blame Me (Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh song)\|Don't Blame Me]]'' {{small\|([[Jimmy McHugh]] / [[Dorothy Fields]])}} / ''You Are My Lucky Star'' {{small\|([[Nacio Herb Brown]] / [[Arthur Freed]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 49628]] (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 49628]] (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==

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	'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|21 February 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|21 February 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|22 February 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|22 February 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|27 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|27 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|21 February 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Great Ink Drought of 1902''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]] although the show is announced as ''Hansard Unexpurgated''. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|21 February 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|22 February 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|22 February 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

	The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|27 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|27 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.