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	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==
	*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' on Tuesday 4 March that the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Ministry of Works]] had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of [[James II of England\|King James II]] from [[Trafalgar Square]] to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]], making way for a new bronze of [[Walter Raleigh]] to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the [[Virginia\|Commonwealth of Virginia]]. The script also made references to Mrs [[Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth\|Gerald Legge]] (i.e. socialite [[Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer\|Raine McCorquodale]]), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!		*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' on Tuesday 4 March that the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Ministry of Works]] had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of [[James II of England\|King James II]] from [[Trafalgar Square]] to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]], making way for a new bronze of [[Walter Raleigh]] to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the [[Virginia\|Commonwealth of Virginia]]. The script also made references to Mrs [[Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth\|Gerald Legge]] (i.e. [[socialite]] [[Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer\|Raine McCorquodale]]), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!

	*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.		*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.

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	\| producer = [[Charles Chilton]]		\| producer = [[Charles Chilton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[w:It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]''		*Geldray: ''[[It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]''
	*Ellington: ''Lady Mac''		*Ellington: ''Lady Mac''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 51440		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 51440
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	'''''The Great Statue Debate''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-sixth, and final show, in the eighth series.		'''''The Great Statue Debate''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-sixth, and final show, in the eighth series.

	A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	Picture if you can, England's Parliament – five-hundred and thirty politicians and one man – tramping the country, and at their head an ordinary tobacco statue of [[w:James II of England\|James the Second]] (believed to be dead). This is the climax to the otherwise unbelievable story of a Homeless Government and its efforts to find a suitable house! You can't get the wood you know!		Picture if you can, [[Parliament of the United Kingdom\|England's Parliament]] – five-hundred and thirty politicians and one man – tramping the country, and at their head an ordinary tobacco statue of [[James II of England\|James the Second]] (believed to be dead). This is the climax to the otherwise unbelievable story of a Homeless Government and its efforts to find a suitable house! You can't get the wood you know!

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Harold Arlen\|~~Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[~~w:Yip Harburg\|~~Yip Harburg]] (lyrics) / [[~~w:Billy Rose\|~~Billy Rose]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]'' {{small\|([[Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[Yip Harburg]] (lyrics) / [[Billy Rose]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lady Mac'' {{small\|([[~~w:Duke Ellington\|~~Duke Ellington]] / [[~~w:Billy Strayhorn\|~~Billy Strayhorn]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lady Mac'' {{small\|([[Duke Ellington]] / [[Billy Strayhorn]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission. This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission. This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==
	*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the ''[[~~w:Daily Express\|~~Daily Express]]'' on Tuesday 4 March that the [[w:Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Ministry of Works]] had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of [[w:James II of England\|King James II]] from [[~~w:Trafalgar Square\|~~Trafalgar Square]] to the [[w:Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]], making way for a new bronze of [[~~w:Walter Raleigh\|Sir~~ Walter Raleigh]] to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the [[w:Virginia\|Commonwealth of Virginia]]. The script also made references to Mrs [[w:Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth\|Gerald Legge]] (i.e. socialite [[w:Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer\|Raine McCorquodale]]), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!		*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' on Tuesday 4 March that the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Ministry of Works]] had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of [[James II of England\|King James II]] from [[Trafalgar Square]] to the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]], making way for a new bronze of [[Walter Raleigh]] to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the [[Virginia\|Commonwealth of Virginia]]. The script also made references to Mrs [[Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth\|Gerald Legge]] (i.e. socialite [[Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer\|Raine McCorquodale]]), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!

	*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[~~w:Harold Macmillan\|~~Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[~~w:Recession\|~~recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.		*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.

	==References==		==References==

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	A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==

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	A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==

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	}}		}}

	~~SHOW 8/26: The Great Statue Debate (CD 6,Track I)~~

	~~Pre-recording:~~
	~~Sunday 23 March 1958, 6.30pm, Camden. DLO 51440B.~~

	~~Recording:~~
	~~Sunday 23 March I 9S8, 9pm, Camden. TLO 51440.~~

	~~First Home Service Braadcart:~~
	~~Monday 24 March 1958, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million. RI: S8.~~

	~~Repeot:~~
	~~Thursday27 March 1958, IOpm,2.3 million [Light Programme].~~

	'''''The Great Statue Debate''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-sixth, and final show, in the eighth series.		'''''The Great Statue Debate''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-sixth, and final show, in the eighth series.

	A pre-recording (DLO ~~25010~~) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-01-19}}, ~~5pm~~. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO ~~22507~~) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.		A pre-recording (DLO 51440B) session took place Sunday {{Date\|1958-03-23}}, 6.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 51440) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

	~~The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date\|1958-01-20}}, its ratings were 2.6 million~~.

	The ~~show was repeated on the following Thursday at 9.30pm, {{Date\|1958-12-26}}, on the~~ [[w:BBC ~~Light Programme~~\|~~Light Programme~~]] ~~to 2.3 million listeners.~~		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{1958-03-24}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated on the following Thursday at 10pm, {{Date\|1958-03-27}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
	*Friday 9.30pm, {{~~Date\|1964~~-03-06}} ~~on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons''~~, ~~to 0~~.5 million ~~listeners~~.
	*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date\|~~1965~~-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC ~~Home Service~~\|~~Home Service~~]] ~~in ''Let's Laugh Again'',~~ to 0.2 million listeners ~~(the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment)~~.

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==

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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission. This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission. This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==

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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 51440]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission. This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	The TLO 51440 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc~~, the [[Pick~~ of the ~~Goons\|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings~~ of ~~both~~ the original transmission and the ~~1964 repeat~~.~~<ref>~~{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>

	8/26 - The Great Statue Debate. Originally recorded on TLO 51440. This tape no longer exists, and this issue has been compiled from a tape in the Bernie Andrews collection, the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.This version includes several gags which were edited out of the original transmission version, plus the unused playout and the Goons' goodnight to the studio audience. Bill Greenslade's query about the recording is addressed to Bobby Jaye, the panel Studio Manager on this series.

	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==

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	==Show Notes==		==Show Notes==
	*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the Daily Express on Tuesday 4 March that the Ministry of Works had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of King James II from Trafalgar Square to the Foreign Office, making way for a new bronze of Sir Walter Raleigh to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The script also made references to Mrs Gerald Legge (i.e. socialite Raine McCorquodale), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!		*The final recording of the run came on Sunday 23 March with ''The Piano Clubber'' ({{aka}} [[The Dreaded Piano Clubber (VG)\|The Dreaded Piano Clubber]]) for the [[BBC Transcription Services\|Transcription Service]] and ''The Great Statue Debate'' for the Home Service. This new script was another collaboration between Spike Milligan and John Antrobus and was inspired by a story in the ''[[w:Daily Express\|Daily Express]]'' on Tuesday 4 March that the [[w:Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Ministry of Works]] had announced a plan to relocate the brass statue of [[w:James II of England\|King James II]] from [[w:Trafalgar Square\|Trafalgar Square]] to the [[w:Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office\|Foreign Office]], making way for a new bronze of [[w:Walter Raleigh\|Sir Walter Raleigh]] to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the [[w:Virginia\|Commonwealth of Virginia]]. The script also made references to Mrs [[w:Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth\|Gerald Legge]] (i.e. socialite [[w:Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer\|Raine McCorquodale]]), Minister for Housing Henry Brooke and the controversial Rent Act which had become law in July 1957, and even a supposed message from Sir Ian Jacob that the show was under-running!

	*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[w:Harold Macmillan\|Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[w:Recession\|recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.		*‘''They've never had it so good''’ - a remark made in 1957 by [[w:Harold Macmillan\|Harold Macmillan]], the Prime Minister of the day, about the degree of affluence among the population in general. This was indeed a time of rising living standards, although growth was uneven – Greenslade talks of ‘''the [[w:Recession\|recession]]''’ in the opening of ''The Great Statue Debate''.

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]'' {{small\|([[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music)~~<br>~~[[w:Yip Harburg\|Yip Harburg]] (lyrics)~~<br>~~[[w:Billy Rose\|Billy Rose]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It's Only a Paper Moon\|Paper Moon]]'' {{small\|([[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] (music) / [[w:Yip Harburg\|Yip Harburg]] (lyrics) / [[w:Billy Rose\|Billy Rose]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lady Mac'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]]~~<br>~~[[w:Billy Strayhorn\|Billy Strayhorn]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Lady Mac'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]] / [[w:Billy Strayhorn\|Billy Strayhorn]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

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