The Kippered Herring Gang - Revision history

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	'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 January 1954}} The recording was made at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 January 1954}} The recording was made 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\|5 February 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|5 February 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|6 February 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\|6 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	\| next = [[The Toothpaste Expedition]]		\| next = [[The Toothpaste Expedition]]
	\| 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#Vol10\|10]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]

Kurt at 15:35, 9 October 2022

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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 Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Booklet 2 that comes with [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium 14]] states that ~~this~~ song is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of [[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] and [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song) \|title=It Had to Be You (song) \|access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Booklet 2 that comes with [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium 14]] states that the song "It Had to Be You" is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of [[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] and [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song) \|title=It Had to Be You (song) \|access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (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 (from the same collection as [[The History of Communications\|4/18]]). The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this show, [[The History of Communications\|4/18]] 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 (from the same collection as [[The History of Communications\|4/18]]). The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this show, [[The History of Communications\|4/18]] 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>

			==Notes==
			{{reflist\|group=nb}}

	==References==		==References==

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Music

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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 Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:~~John Lindsay~~ (~~musician~~)\|John Lindsay]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Booklet 2 that comes with [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium 14]] states that this song is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of [[w:Isham Jones\|Isham Jones]] and [[w:Gus Khan\|Gus Khan]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song) \|title=It Had to Be You (song) \|access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}

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Music

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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 Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:John Lindsay\|John Lindsay]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:John Lindsay (musician)\|John Lindsay]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}

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	==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 48011]] (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==

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	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
			[[File:Kippered Herring.webp\|thumb\|right\|alt=A smoked fish\|A [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]], beloved by criminal gangs everywhere.]]
	This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[w:Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[w:Covent Garden\|Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…		This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[w:Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[w:Covent Garden\|Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…

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Transcription Service Remake Synopsis

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	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[w:Covent Garden\|Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…		This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[w:Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[w:Covent Garden\|Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]

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	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]''		*Geldray: ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]''
	*Ellington: ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]''		*Ellington: ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 48011		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 48011
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	\| prev = [[The History of Communications]]		\| prev = [[The History of Communications]]
	\| next = [[The Toothpaste Expedition]]		\| next = [[The Toothpaste Expedition]]
			\| season_article =
	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs\|—]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs\|—]]
	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|10]]
	}}		}}

			'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 January 1954}} The recording was made 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\|5 February 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

			The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|6 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

			== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
			This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[w:Covent Garden\|Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…

			==Music==
			*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
			*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[w:John Lindsay\|John Lindsay]])}}
			*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[w:That's My Weakness Now\|That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[w:Bud Green\|Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[w:Sam H. Stept\|Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}

			==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>

			==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 (from the same collection as [[The History of Communications\|4/18]]). The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this show, [[The History of Communications\|4/18]] 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 Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 January 1954}} The recording was made at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 January 1954}} The recording was made 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\|5 February 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|5 February 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|6 February 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\|6 February 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

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	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]''		*Geldray: ''[[It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]''
	*Ellington: ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' / ''[[~~w:That's My Weakness Now\|~~That's My Weakness Now]]''		*Ellington: ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' / ''[[That's My Weakness Now]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 48011		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 48011
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1954\|01\|31\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1954\|01\|31\|df=y}}
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	'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|31 ~~January 1954~~}} The recording was made at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		'''''The Kippered Herring Gang''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the nineteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date\|1954-01-31}} The recording was made 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\|~~5 February~~ 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Friday {{date\|1954-02-05}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.

	The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date\|~~6 February~~ 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\|1954-02-06}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.

	== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
	[[File:Kippered Herring.webp\|thumb\|right\|alt=A smoked fish\|A [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]], beloved by criminal gangs everywhere.]]		[[File:Kippered Herring.webp\|thumb\|right\|alt=A smoked fish\|A [[Kipper\|kippered herring]], beloved by criminal gangs everywhere.]]
	This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[w:Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[w:Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[w:Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[w:Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[~~w:Covent Garden\|~~Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[w:Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[w:Kipper\|kippered herring]]…		This is the tale of a criminal gang that has baffled police for more than 400 years — The Kippered Herring Gang. [[Neddie Seagoon]], the world's highest paid idiot, is asked by [[Scotland Yard\|Scotland Yard]] to look into their activities, but despite investigations and investigoontions, the Kippered Herring Gang struck again and again, three times. But the police have a dossier proving that their leader, Fred the Mad [[Houdini\|Houdini]], has a record (and a [[Phonograph record\|gramophone]]). Police cats are hot on the kipper scent, and track them to [[Billingsgate Fish Market\|Billingsgate]]. However, another group of cats lead police to [[Covent Garden]], where Seagoon questions a [[Harmonica\|mouth organ]] player, and forces him to admit that he plays a mouth organ. But will this be the breakthrough that Ned is searching for? When a gunman tries to shoot him over the telephone, Seagoon decides to take drastic measures and cuts off the gang's supply of [[Kipper\|kippered herring]]…

	==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 Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Isham Jones\|~~Isham Jones]] (music) / [[~~w:Gus Khan\|~~Gus ~~Khan~~]] (lyrics))}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Booklet 2 that comes with [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium 14]] states that the song "It Had to Be You" is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of [[~~w:Isham Jones\|~~Isham Jones]] and [[~~w:Gus Khan\|~~Gus ~~Khan~~]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song) \|title=It Had to Be You (song) \|access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[It Had to Be You (song)\|It Had to Be You]]'' {{small\|([[Isham Jones]] (music) / [[Gus Kahn]] (lyrics))}}{{refn\|group=nb\|Booklet 2 that comes with [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|Compendium 14]] states that the song "It Had to Be You" is written by "John Lindsay". This is incorrect, as the song is written by the team of [[Isham Jones]] and [[Gus Kahn]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Had_to_Be_You_(song) \|title=It Had to Be You (song) \|access-date=2022-10-09}}</ref>}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[~~w:That's My Weakness Now\|~~That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:Bud Green\|~~Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[~~w:Sam H. Stept\|~~Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Ever Leave Me'' {{small\|(Max Nesbitt / Harry Nesbitt / Rod Arden)}} / ''[[That's My Weakness Now]]'' {{small\|([[Bud Green]] (lyrics) / [[Sam H. Stept]] (music))}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 48011]] (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 48011]] (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 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 (from the same collection as [[The History of Communications\|4/18]]). The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this show, [[The History of Communications\|4/18]] 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 (from the same collection as [[The History of Communications\|4/18]]). The opening and closing were missing. The closing for this show, [[The History of Communications\|4/18]] 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>

	==Notes==		==Notes==