The Greatest Mountain in the World - Revision history

Kurt: /* BBC Audio Synopsis */

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BBC Audio Synopsis

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	== BBC Audio Synopsis ==		== BBC Audio Synopsis ==
	[[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Everest after being mounted by Hillary]]		[[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Everest after being mounted by Hillary]]
	There is [[Wikt:consternation\|consternation]] in the basement of the disused fish squirting factory when the Right (and Left) Honourable Sir [[Neddie Seagoon\|Harry Seagoon]] announces his intention of going one better than [[Edmund Hillary\|Sir Edmund Hillary]] and climbing a mountain higher than [[ Mount Everest\|Everest]]. Where will he find it? [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Crun]] has a bright(ish) idea — they'll build their own in [[Hyde Park]]. But they've reckoned without the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Works]] — and [[Eccles]]. The results are explosive. There's only one thing for it — deep sea mountaineering and an [[Wikt:Expedition\|expedition]] to locate the submerged Mount Fred. Yes folks, it's a climb down.		There is [[Wikt:consternation\|consternation]] in the basement of the disused fish squirting factory when the Right (and Left) Honourable Sir [[Neddie Seagoon\|Harry Seagoon]] announces his intention of going one better than [[Edmund Hillary\|Sir Edmund Hillary]] and climbing a mountain higher than [[ Mount Everest\|Everest]]. Where will he find it? [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Crun]] has a bright(ish) idea — they'll build their own in [[Hyde Park, London\|Hyde Park]]. But they've reckoned without the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Works]] — and [[Eccles]]. The results are explosive. There's only one thing for it — deep sea mountaineering and an [[Wikt:Expedition\|expedition]] to locate the submerged Mount Fred. Yes folks, it's a climb down.

	==Music==		==Music==

Kurt at 16:53, 27 February 2023

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Kurt: clean up, replaced: Home Service → Home Service

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clean up, replaced: Home Service → Home Service

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	'''''The Greatest Mountain in the World''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|28 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Greatest Mountain in the World''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|28 February 1954}} The recording was made at the [[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\|1 March 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|1 March 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|6 March 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.		The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|6 March 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
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	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive~~\|BBC Sound Archives~~]] on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[~~Acetate disc\|~~acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[w:British Library Sound Archive\|British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive]]s on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[w:British Library Sound Archive\|British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Kurt at 20:54, 29 October 2022

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	The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|6 March 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.		The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|6 March 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.

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

	== BBC Audio Synopsis ==		== BBC Audio Synopsis ==

Kurt: /* Ted kendall's Restoration */

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Ted kendall's Restoration

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	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 50206]] (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 50206]] (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>

	==Ted ~~kendall~~'s Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive\|BBC Sound Archives]] on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[Acetate disc\|acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[w:British Library Sound Archive\|British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive\|BBC Sound Archives]] on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[Acetate disc\|acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[w:British Library Sound Archive\|British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

Kurt: /* Music */

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Music

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	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Carnivalito'' {{small\|(Edmundo P Zaldivar)}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Carnivalito'' {{small\|(Edmundo P Zaldivar)}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]'' {{small\|([[w:Mack Gordon\|Mack Gordon]] / [[w:Harry Warren]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]'' {{small\|([[w:Mack Gordon\|Mack Gordon]] / [[w:Harry Warren\|Harry Warren]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''Carnivalito''		*Geldray: ''Carnivalito''
	*Ellington: ''[[w:(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]''		*Ellington: ''[[(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]''
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	'''''The Greatest Mountain in the World''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|28 ~~February 1954~~}} The recording was made at the [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Greatest Mountain in the World''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-third show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|1954-02-28}} The recording was made at the [[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\|~~1 March~~ 1954}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Monday {{date\|1954-03-01}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|~~6 March~~ 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.		The show's first repeat was on the following Saturday morning at 8.45am, {{date\|1954-03-06}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.

	== BBC Audio Synopsis ==		== BBC Audio Synopsis ==
	[[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Everest after being mounted by Hillary]]		[[File:Everest kalapatthar crop.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Everest after being mounted by Hillary]]
	There is [[Wikt:consternation\|consternation]] in the basement of the disused fish squirting factory when the Right (and Left) Honourable Sir [[Neddie Seagoon\|Harry Seagoon]] announces his intention of going one better than [[w:Edmund Hillary\|Sir Edmund Hillary]] and climbing a mountain higher than [[w: Mount Everest\|Everest]]. Where will he find it? [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Crun]] has a bright(ish) idea — they'll build their own in [[~~w:Hyde Park\|~~Hyde Park]]. But they've reckoned without the [[w:Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Works]] — and [[Eccles]]. The results are explosive. There's only one thing for it — deep sea mountaineering and an [[Wikt:Expedition\|expedition]] to locate the submerged Mount Fred. Yes folks, it's a climb down.		There is [[Wikt:consternation\|consternation]] in the basement of the disused fish squirting factory when the Right (and Left) Honourable Sir [[Neddie Seagoon\|Harry Seagoon]] announces his intention of going one better than [[Edmund Hillary\|Sir Edmund Hillary]] and climbing a mountain higher than [[ Mount Everest\|Everest]]. Where will he find it? [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Crun]] has a bright(ish) idea — they'll build their own in [[Hyde Park]]. But they've reckoned without the [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)\|Minister of Works]] — and [[Eccles]]. The results are explosive. There's only one thing for it — deep sea mountaineering and an [[Wikt:Expedition\|expedition]] to locate the submerged Mount Fred. Yes folks, it's a climb down.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Carnivalito'' {{small\|(Edmundo P Zaldivar)}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Carnivalito'' {{small\|(Edmundo P Zaldivar)}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Mack Gordon\|~~Mack Gordon]] / [[~~w:Harry Warren\|~~Harry Warren]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo\|I Got a Girl in Kalamazoo]]'' {{small\|([[Mack Gordon]] / [[Harry Warren]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 50206]] (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 50206]] (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>

	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive]]s on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[~~w:British Library Sound Archive\|~~British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		This show exists in the [[BBC Sound Archive]]s on MT20354, but the source for the release of this show on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]] was the BBC [[acetate disc]] from which the archive tape was copied. The disc is now stored in the [[British Library Sound Archive]].<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=9\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==