The Sleeping Prince - Revision history

Kurt at 13:52, 1 March 2023

2023-03-01T13:52:35Z

Kurt: clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Radio 4 → Radio 4, Home Service → Home Service (2)

2023-01-22T01:10:38Z

clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Radio 4 → Radio 4, Home Service → Home Service (2)

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	A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1956-11-04}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 16371 including ''[[w:Knees Up Mother Brown\|Knees Up Mother Brown]]'' played on piano by [[Spike Milligan]]). The recording for transmission (as ''The President's Protocol'') was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 14930).		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1956-11-04}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 16371 including ''[[w:Knees Up Mother Brown\|Knees Up Mother Brown]]'' played on piano by [[Spike Milligan]]). The recording for transmission (as ''The President's Protocol'') was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 14930).

	The originally scheduled [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The originally scheduled [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

	The show's repeats schedule was also disrupted. The originally scheduled repeat should have been Monday {{Date\|1956-11-12}} at 8pm, however it was again replaced by the repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]. The rescheduled repeat was at 8pm on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] {{Date\|1957-02-18}} to a listenership of 3.6 million. Then again 35 years later at 11pm on Monday {{Date\|1992-10-19}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''The Goons''.		The show's repeats schedule was also disrupted. The originally scheduled repeat should have been Monday {{Date\|1956-11-12}} at 8pm, however it was again replaced by the repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]. The rescheduled repeat was at 8pm on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] {{Date\|1957-02-18}} to a listenership of 3.6 million. Then again 35 years later at 11pm on Monday {{Date\|1992-10-19}} on [[BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''The Goons''.

	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
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	==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==		==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==
	''The President's Protocol'', the original title of ''The Sleeping Prince'', – an adventure about a [[w:Latin America\|Latin America]]n [[w:Revolution\|revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[w:Hungary\|Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.		''The President's Protocol'', the original title of ''The Sleeping Prince'', – an adventure about a [[w:Latin America\|Latin America]]n [[w:Revolution\|revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[w:Hungary\|Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.

	Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[w:Royal Command Performance\|Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ''The President's Protocol'' was retitled to ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the series.		Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[w:Royal Command Performance\|Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ''The President's Protocol'' was retitled to ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the series.

Kurt at 19:24, 4 December 2022

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	The originally scheduled [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The originally scheduled [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

	The show's repeats schedule was ~~alos~~ disrupted. The originally scheduled repeat should have been Monday {{Date\|1956-11-12}} at 8pm, however it was again replaced by the repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]. The rescheduled repeat was at 8pm on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] {{Date\|1957-02-18}} to a listenership of 3.6 million. Then again 35 years later at 11pm on Monday {{Date\|1992-10-19}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''The Goons''.		The show's repeats schedule was also disrupted. The originally scheduled repeat should have been Monday {{Date\|1956-11-12}} at 8pm, however it was again replaced by the repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]. The rescheduled repeat was at 8pm on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] {{Date\|1957-02-18}} to a listenership of 3.6 million. Then again 35 years later at 11pm on Monday {{Date\|1992-10-19}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''The Goons''.

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

Kurt at 19:23, 4 December 2022

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	\| series_no = 7		\| series_no = 7
	\| episode = 6		\| episode = 6 (20)
	\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]		\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]
	*[[Larry Stephens]]		*[[Larry Stephens]]
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	\| length = {{Duration\|m=30\|s=31}}		\| length = {{Duration\|m=30\|s=36}}
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	\| prev = [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker]]		\| prev = [[The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker]]
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	~~Pre-recording:~~
	~~Sunday 4 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 16371 (Knees Up Mother Brown played on piano by Spike Milligan).~~

	~~Recording:~~
	~~Sunday 4 November 1956, 9pm,The Camden Theatre as The President's Protocol. no 14930.~~

	~~Scheduled Home Service Broodcast:~~
	~~Thursday 8 November 1956, 8.30pm. Replaced by The Greenslade Story.~~

	~~Scheduled Repeat:~~
	~~Monday 12 November 1956, 8pm. Replaced by The Greenslade Story.~~

	~~First Home Service Broadcast:~~
	~~Thursday 14 February 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 67.~~

	~~Repeats:~~
	~~Monday 18 February I 9S7, 8pm, 3.6 million (Light Programme];~~
	~~Monday 19 October 1992, 11 pm [Radio 4 in The Goons].~~

	'''''The Sleeping Prince''''', though its original title was to have been ''The President's Protocol'', is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was originally intended for the show to be the sixth show in the seventh series, but due to political events in Hungary the schedule was disrupted and 'The Sleeping Prince'' was repositioned in the schedule to be the twentieth episode.		'''''The Sleeping Prince''''', though its original title was to have been ''The President's Protocol'', is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was originally intended for the show to be the sixth show in the seventh series, but due to political events in Hungary the schedule was disrupted and 'The Sleeping Prince'' was repositioned in the schedule to be the twentieth episode.

	~~Two~~ pre-recording ~~sessions~~ took place:		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1956-11-04}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 16371 including ''[[w:Knees Up Mother Brown\|Knees Up Mother Brown]]'' played on piano by [[Spike Milligan]]). The recording for transmission (as ''The President's Protocol'') was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 14930).
	*Wednesday {{Date\|~~1959~~-01-28}}, ~~4.15pm/5.15pm~~. [[~~Aeolian Hall~~ (~~London~~)\|~~Aeolian Hall~~]] ~~Studio 2~~ (~~TLO & C/~~DLO ~~76382, TLO 77924)~~
	*Saturday {{Date\|~~1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm,~~ [[~~Paris Theatre\|The Paris Cinema~~]] ~~(DLO 76513/A~~)

	The recording for transmission was created ~~at 8pm on~~ Sunday ~~{{Date\|1958-12-14}}~~, at ~~[[w:KOKO (music venue)\|~~The Camden ~~Theatre]]~~, ~~Camden Town, London~~ (TLO ~~72138~~).

	The ~~first~~ [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast ~~was~~ the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.		The originally scheduled [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

	The show was ~~repeated:~~		The show's repeats schedule was alos disrupted. The originally scheduled repeat should have been Monday {{Date\|1956-11-12}} at 8pm, however it was again replaced by the repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]. The rescheduled repeat was at 8pm on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] {{Date\|1957-02-18}} to a listenership of 3.6 million. Then again 35 years later at 11pm on Monday {{Date\|1992-10-19}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]] in ''The Goons''.
	*Wednesday 9.~~31pm,~~ {{Date\|~~1958~~-12~~-17~~}}, 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 ==

Kurt at 19:06, 4 December 2022

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	~~SHOW 158 (7/6 & 7/20): The Sleeping Prince (CDl,Track I)~~
	~~Pre-recording: Sunday 4 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 16371 (Knees Up Mother Brown~~
	~~played on piano by Spike Milligan).~~
	~~Recording: Sunday 4 November 1956, 9pm,The Camden Theatre as The President's Protocol. no 14930.~~
	~~Scheduled Home Service Broodcasl: Thursday 8 November 1956, 8.30pm. Replaced by The Greens/ode Story.~~
	~~Scheduled Repeat: Monday 12 November 1956, 8pm. Replaced by The Greens/ode Story.~~
	~~First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 14 February 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 67.~~
	~~Repeats: Monday 18 February I 9S7, 8pm, 3.6 million (Light Programme]; Monday 19 October 1992, 11 pm~~
	~~[Radio 4 in The Goons].~~
	~~Transcription Service Synopsis: Ed Hurn, the lively radio reporter, is sent to cover a dangerous assignment~~
	~~in the Republic of Yacabaku, where the newly-elected President, Mr Neddie To m Dick Harry Seagoon, is~~
	~~to be installed. But all is not well, and there are rumours of a coup. President Seagoon is in danger. How~~
	~~his brilliant stratagem saves the situation - and his life - is revealed in this programme.~~
	~~Music: Max Geld ray plays Hoe Down Rag (Roger Edens);~~

	'''''The Sleeping Prince''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ~~fifteenth~~ show in the seventh series.		Pre-recording:
			Sunday 4 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 16371 (Knees Up Mother Brown played on piano by Spike Milligan).

			Recording:
			Sunday 4 November 1956, 9pm,The Camden Theatre as The President's Protocol. no 14930.

			Scheduled Home Service Broodcast:
			Thursday 8 November 1956, 8.30pm. Replaced by The Greenslade Story.

			Scheduled Repeat:
			Monday 12 November 1956, 8pm. Replaced by The Greenslade Story.

			First Home Service Broadcast:
			Thursday 14 February 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 67.

			Repeats:
			Monday 18 February I 9S7, 8pm, 3.6 million (Light Programme];
			Monday 19 October 1992, 11 pm [Radio 4 in The Goons].

			'''''The Sleeping Prince''''', though its original title was to have been ''The President's Protocol'', is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was originally intended for the show to be the sixth show in the seventh series, but due to political events in Hungary the schedule was disrupted and 'The Sleeping Prince'' was repositioned in the schedule to be the twentieth episode.

	Two pre-recording sessions took place:		Two pre-recording sessions took place:
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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	~~'To open~~ the ~~scene~~, ~~take~~ a ~~knife and cut along~~ the ~~dotted line~~. ~~Inside you will find the~~ [[w:~~Great North Road (Great Britain)~~\|~~Great North Road~~]] in ~~an icy blizzard~~.~~' This~~ is ~~how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can,~~ in ~~fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath~~.		Ed Hurn, the lively radio reporter, is sent to cover a dangerous assignment in the Republic of Yacabaku, where the newly-elected President, Mr Neddie Tom Dick Harry Seagoon, is to be installed. But all is not well, and there are rumours of a [[w:Coup d'état\|coup]]. President Seagoon is in danger. How his brilliant stratagem saves the situation – and his life – is revealed in this programme.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''~~[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame\|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]~~'' {{small\|([[w:~~Ralph Erwin~~\|~~Ralph Erwin~~]] ~~(music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter\|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hoe Down Rag'' {{small\|([[w:Roger Edens\|Roger Edens]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:~~The Late, Late Show (album)~~\|~~The Late Late Show~~]]~~'' {{small\|(Murray Berlin (music)~~ / [[w:~~Roy Alfred~~\|~~Roy Alfred~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Time Takes Care of Everything'' {{small\|([[w:Nat King Cole\|Nat King Cole]] / Al Fields / [[w:Timmie Rogers\|Timmie Rogers]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO ~~72138~~]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14930]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]). This tape still exists, and was used for the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	~~The TLO 72138 master~~ tape ~~no longer~~ exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] ~~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#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	~~7/6 - The Sleeplnf Prince~~
	~~Originally recorded on TLO 14930. This tape still exists, and was ased for this issue.~~

	==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==		==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==
	''The President's Protocol'' – an adventure about a [[w:Latin America\|Latin America]]n [[w:Revolution\|revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[w:Hungary\|Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.		''The President's Protocol'', the original title of ''The Sleeping Prince'', – an adventure about a [[w:Latin America\|Latin America]]n [[w:Revolution\|revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[w:Hungary\|Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.

	Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[w:Royal Command Performance\|Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ~~Retitled~~ ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the ~~run~~.		Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[w:Royal Command Performance\|Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ''The President's Protocol'' was retitled to ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the series.

	==References==		==References==
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	Music: Max Geld ray plays Hoe Down Rag (Roger Edens);		Music: Max Geld ray plays Hoe Down Rag (Roger Edens);

	'''''The ~~Seagoon Memoirs~~''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.		'''''The Sleeping Prince''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.

	Two pre-recording sessions took place:		Two pre-recording sessions took place:
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	7/6 - The Sleeplnf Prince		7/6 - The Sleeplnf Prince
	Originally recorded on TLO 14930. This tape still exists, and was ased for this issue.		Originally recorded on TLO 14930. This tape still exists, and was ased for this issue.

			==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==
			''The President's Protocol'' – an adventure about a [[w:Latin America\|Latin America]]n [[w:Revolution\|revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[w:Hungary\|Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.

			Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[w:Royal Command Performance\|Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[w:Desert Island Discs\|Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. Retitled ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the run.

	==References==		==References==

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	'''''The Sleeping Prince''''', though its original title was to have been ''The President's Protocol'', is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was originally intended for the show to be the sixth show in the seventh series, but due to political events in Hungary the schedule was disrupted and 'The Sleeping Prince'' was repositioned in the schedule to be the twentieth episode.		'''''The Sleeping Prince''''', though its original title was to have been ''The President's Protocol'', is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was originally intended for the show to be the sixth show in the seventh series, but due to political events in Hungary the schedule was disrupted and 'The Sleeping Prince'' was repositioned in the schedule to be the twentieth episode.

	A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1956-11-04}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 16371 including ''[[~~w:Knees Up Mother Brown\|~~Knees Up Mother Brown]]'' played on piano by [[Spike Milligan]]). The recording for transmission (as ''The President's Protocol'') was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 14930).		A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date\|1956-11-04}}, 5pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 16371 including ''[[Knees Up Mother Brown]]'' played on piano by [[Spike Milligan]]). The recording for transmission (as ''The President's Protocol'') was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 14930).

	The originally scheduled [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The originally scheduled [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast should have been the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date\|1956-11-08}} (it was replaced by a repeat of [[The Greenslade Story]]), however the actual first broadcast came about 12 weeks later at 8.30pm on Thursday {{Date\|1957-02-14}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.
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	== Transcription Service Synopsis ==		== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
	Ed Hurn, the lively radio reporter, is sent to cover a dangerous assignment in the Republic of Yacabaku, where the newly-elected President, Mr Neddie Tom Dick Harry Seagoon, is to be installed. But all is not well, and there are rumours of a [[w:Coup d'état\|coup]]. President Seagoon is in danger. How his brilliant stratagem saves the situation – and his life – is revealed in this programme.		Ed Hurn, the lively radio reporter, is sent to cover a dangerous assignment in the Republic of Yacabaku, where the newly-elected President, Mr Neddie Tom Dick Harry Seagoon, is to be installed. But all is not well, and there are rumours of a [[Coup d'état\|coup]]. President Seagoon is in danger. How his brilliant stratagem saves the situation – and his life – is revealed in this programme.

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hoe Down Rag'' {{small\|([[~~w:Roger Edens\|~~Roger Edens]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Hoe Down Rag'' {{small\|([[Roger Edens]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Time Takes Care of Everything'' {{small\|([[~~w:Nat King Cole\|~~Nat King Cole]] / Al Fields / [[~~w:Timmie Rogers\|~~Timmie Rogers]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Time Takes Care of Everything'' {{small\|([[Nat King Cole]] / Al Fields / [[Timmie Rogers]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14930]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]). This tape still exists, and was used for the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14930]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). This tape still exists, and was used for the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>

	==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==		==Note about ''The President's Protocol''==
	''The President's Protocol'', the original title of ''The Sleeping Prince'', – an adventure about a [[~~w:Latin America\|~~Latin America]]n [[~~w:Revolution\|~~revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[~~w:Hungary\|~~Hungary]] where a [[w:Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[w:BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.		''The President's Protocol'', the original title of ''The Sleeping Prince'', – an adventure about a [[Latin America]]n [[revolution]] – was recorded on Sunday 4 November, but by the following day the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] was already concerned about the programme because of the situation in [[Hungary]] where a [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956\|revolution against the Soviet government]] had erupted in late October. At the very least, [[Pat Dixon]] was informed that the title of the show would have to be changed, and the [[BBC\|Corporation]] would need to listen to the edited programme before deciding if it was suitable for transmission.

	Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[w:Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[~~w:Royal Command Performance\|~~Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[~~w:Desert Island Discs\|~~Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ''The President's Protocol'' was retitled to ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the series.		Meanwhile the international situation in Hungary forced [[Elizabeth II\|the Queen]] to cancel her attendance at the [[Royal Command Performance]] – in which [[Harry Secombe\|Harry]] was featured – while an extended news bulletin cancelled Spike's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. It was soon clear that ''The President's Protocol'' was entirely inappropriate for broadcast, and so a popular show from the previous series, [[The Greenslade Story]], was substituted. ''The President's Protocol'' was retitled to ''The Sleeping Prince'', the unbroadcast episode was shelved until later in the series.

	==References==		==References==