The History of Communications - Revision history

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	'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|24 January 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|24 January 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 Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]
	~~[[Category:Empty Goon Show episodes]]~~
	[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]		[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]		[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

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	\| prev = [[The Mummified Priest]]		\| prev = [[The Mummified Priest]]
	\| next = [[The Kippered Herring Gang]]		\| next = [[The Kippered Herring Gang]]
	\| season_article =		\| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 4]]
	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs\|—]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs\|—]]
	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]

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	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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 programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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>

			==[[Roger Wilmut]]'s Notes==
			{{reflist\|group=rw}}

	==References==		==References==

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	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==
	*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).		*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).{{r\|g=rw\|r=Part 1 of the script is ''The History of Communications'', originally part of the [[Show 7\|7th]] of the 1st series and later re-worked into ''[[The GPO Show]]''. Parts 2 and 3 are the ''Siege of Khartoum'' originally part of the [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill\|18th]] of the 3rd series.}}
	*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:French Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).		*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:French Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).

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	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==
	*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).		*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).
	*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).		*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:French Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).

	==Music==		==Music==

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	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==
	*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).		*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).
	*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the ~~[[w:~~Mardi~~\|Mardi]]~~ in [[w:Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).		*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).

	==Music==		==Music==

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	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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 programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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==
			{{reflist}}

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	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.		The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

	~~No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.~~		== Sketches ==
			*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).
	== ~~Transcription Service Remake Synopsis~~ ==		*''The Siege of [[w:Khartoum\|Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the [[w:Mardi\|Mardi]] in [[w:Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).
	~~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~~.

	==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 ''Buckets and Spades'' {{small\|([[w:John Lindsay\|John Lindsay]])}}
	*[[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:Kiss Me Again (1931 film)\|Kiss Me Again]]'' {{small\|([[w:Tommie Connor\|Tommie Connor]] (music) / Johnny Reine (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:'S Wonderful\|'S Wonderful]]'' {{small\|([[w:George Gershwin\|George Gershwin]] (music) / [[w:Ira Gershwin\|Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}

	==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 42416]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).

			==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
			This programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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>

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	'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|24 January 1954}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|24 January 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 Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|29 January 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''Buckets and Spades''		*Geldray: ''Buckets and Spades''
	*Ellington: ''[[w:Kiss Me Again (1931 film)\|Kiss Me Again]]'' / ''[[~~w:'S Wonderful\|~~'S Wonderful]]''		*Ellington: ''[[Kiss Me Again (1931 film)\|Kiss Me Again]]'' / ''[['S Wonderful]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 42842		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 42842
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1954\|03\|28\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1954\|03\|28\|df=y}}
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	'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|24 ~~January 1954~~}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The History of Communications''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|1954-01-24}} 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 Friday {{date\|29 ~~January 1954~~}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|1954-01-29}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|30 ~~January 1954~~}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.		The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|1954-01-30}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==
	*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).{{r\|g=rw\|r=Part 1 of the script is ''The History of Communications'', originally part of the [[Show 7\|7th]] of the 1st series and later re-worked into ''[[The GPO Show]]''. Parts 2 and 3 are the ''Siege of Khartoum'' originally part of the [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill\|18th]] of the 3rd series.}}		*''The History of Communications'' (from [[Show 7]]).{{r\|g=rw\|r=Part 1 of the script is ''The History of Communications'', originally part of the [[Show 7\|7th]] of the 1st series and later re-worked into ''[[The GPO Show]]''. Parts 2 and 3 are the ''Siege of Khartoum'' originally part of the [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill\|18th]] of the 3rd series.}}
	*''The Siege of [[~~w:Khartoum\|~~Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[w:French Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).		*''The Siege of [[Khartoum]]'' in which Mr Crun leads a relief force to aid Major Bloodnok and his men against the Mardi in [[French Sudan\|Sudan]] of the 1800s (from [[The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill]]).

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Buckets and Spades'' {{small\|([[~~w:John Lindsay\|~~John Lindsay]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Buckets and Spades'' {{small\|([[John Lindsay]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Kiss Me Again (1931 film)\|Kiss Me Again]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Tommie Connor\|~~Tommie Connor]] (music) / Johnny Reine (lyrics))}} / ''[[~~w:'S Wonderful\|~~'S Wonderful]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:George Gershwin\|~~George Gershwin]] (music) / [[~~w:Ira Gershwin\|~~Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Kiss Me Again (1931 film)\|Kiss Me Again]]'' {{small\|([[Tommie Connor]] (music) / Johnny Reine (lyrics))}} / ''[['S Wonderful]]'' {{small\|([[George Gershwin]] (music) / [[Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}

	==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]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 42416]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).

	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	This programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[w:AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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 programme (on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium Vol 14]]) came from an [[acetate disc]] cut from a domestic tape recording, probably taken from an [[AM broadcasting\|AM]] transmission. The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this and the next two shows ([[The Kippered Herring Gang\|4/19]] and [[The Toothpaste Expedition\|4/20]]) were taken from the recording of [[The Missing Prime Minister\|4/15]] issued in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13\|Compendium Vol 13]], as this is the best surviving fourth series closing announced by [[Wallace Greenslade]] and crediting [[Larry Stephens]], who drops out of the credits for [[The Case of the Vanishing Room\|4/21]] onwards.The opening was completed using material from other recordings in the same collection.<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>

	==[[Roger Wilmut]]'s Notes==		==[[Roger Wilmut]]'s Notes==