The Starlings - Revision history

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	'''''The Starlings''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is a special to end the fourth series, it was the 32nd episode in the series.		'''''The Starlings''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is a special to end the fourth series, it was the 32nd episode in the series.

	The show was recorded, without musicians or audience, over two days, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 ~~August 1954~~. The recordings started at 10am both days at [[w:BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]].		The show was recorded, without musicians or audience, over two days, Wednesday 11 and Thursday {{date\|1954-08-12}}. The recordings started at 10am both days at [[BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]].

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|31 ~~August 1954~~}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland and North Wales). It reached a peak listenership of 0.8m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|1954-08-31}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland and North Wales). It reached a peak listenership of 0.8m.

	The show's first repeat was on Monday {{date\|~~2 January~~ 1955}}, on the Home Service (London, West and Wales only) at 7pm. It was listened to by 0.4 million people. Further repeats came…		The show's first repeat was on Monday {{date\|1955-01-02}}, on the Home Service (London, West and Wales only) at 7pm. It was listened to by 0.4 million people. Further repeats came…
	*6.30pm, Sunday 6 October 1957 ([[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] 1.5m listeners)		*6.30pm, Sunday 6 October 1957 ([[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] 1.5m listeners)
	*11.30am, Monday 25 December 1989 ([[BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]])		*11.30am, Monday 25 December 1989 ([[BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]])
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	*11pm, Thursday 9 April 1998 (Radio 4)		*11pm, Thursday 9 April 1998 (Radio 4)

	== [[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]] Synopsis ==		== [[Radio Times\|Radio Times]] Synopsis ==
	A comment on the recent efforts to rid [[~~w:Trafalgar Square\|~~Trafalgar Square]] of [[~~w:starling\|~~starling]]s. Written for radio by Spike Milligan.		A comment on the recent efforts to rid [[Trafalgar Square]] of [[starling]]s. Written for radio by Spike Milligan.

	''Cast in order of speaking:''		''Cast in order of speaking:''
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	*Fred - A horse		*Fred - A horse
	}}		}}
	The action takes place in Trafalgar Square; in Major Bloodnok's dustbin; at a [[~~w:Murmansk\|~~Murmansk]] Beard Refinery; and in a lonely girls' residential school on [[~~w:Romney Marsh\|~~Romney Marsh]]. Any resemblance to a Goon Show is due to the laxity of the producer, [[Peter Eton]].		The action takes place in Trafalgar Square; in Major Bloodnok's dustbin; at a [[Murmansk]] Beard Refinery; and in a lonely girls' residential school on [[Romney Marsh]]. Any resemblance to a Goon Show is due to the laxity of the producer, [[Peter Eton]].

	==Music==		==Music==
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	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TNC\|TNC 408]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]]).<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#TNC\|TNC 408]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]]).<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==
	Although the original tape no longer exists, the programme exists in many forms — the 1956 repeat, with the reference to the [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] [[Wikt:excise#Verb 2\|excised]], was transmitted from a slow-speed [[acetate disc]], later transferred to [[w:LP record\|LP]] for [[BBC Sound Archive]]son the modified BBC Type D equipment used for the first BBC microgroove discs. The quality is not of the best. However a set of pressed [[w:Phonograph record#78 rpm materials\|78 rpm]] discs of this version , copied from the edited master tape, was used for some time at Bush House for training technical operators in the art of seamless side changes, and a set of 78 rpm acetates cut from the unedited tape was also in circulation at the BBC. This show was compiled from tape copies of these two sets, with a few words taken from a domestic recording of the 1956 repeat and the music inserts replaced from source discs, eliminating the distortions caused by the [[w:Magnetic cartridge\|pickups]] in use at the time. Milligan's introduction to the 1988 repeat was taken from a domestic recording. This repeat was the first, since the original 1954 transmission, to contain the OBE reference, and was one of of Kendall's earliest Goon Show restorations. He had "fought" ''The Starlings'' at intervals over the intervening three decades, but is now happy that he got it right!<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=10\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Although the original tape no longer exists, the programme exists in many forms — the 1956 repeat, with the reference to the [[Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] [[Wikt:excise#Verb 2\|excised]], was transmitted from a slow-speed [[acetate disc]], later transferred to [[LP record\|LP]] for [[BBC Sound Archive]]son the modified BBC Type D equipment used for the first BBC microgroove discs. The quality is not of the best. However a set of pressed [[Phonograph record#78 rpm materials\|78 rpm]] discs of this version , copied from the edited master tape, was used for some time at Bush House for training technical operators in the art of seamless side changes, and a set of 78 rpm acetates cut from the unedited tape was also in circulation at the BBC. This show was compiled from tape copies of these two sets, with a few words taken from a domestic recording of the 1956 repeat and the music inserts replaced from source discs, eliminating the distortions caused by the [[Magnetic cartridge\|pickups]] in use at the time. Milligan's introduction to the 1988 repeat was taken from a domestic recording. This repeat was the first, since the original 1954 transmission, to contain the OBE reference, and was one of of Kendall's earliest Goon Show restorations. He had "fought" ''The Starlings'' at intervals over the intervening three decades, but is now happy that he got it right!<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=10\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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

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

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	The show was recorded, without musicians or audience, over two days, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 August 1954. The recordings started at 10am both days at [[w:BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]].		The show was recorded, without musicians or audience, over two days, Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 August 1954. The recordings started at 10am both days at [[w:BBC Radio Newcastle\|BBC Radio Studio Newcastle]].

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|31 August 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland and North Wales). It reached a peak listenership of 0.8m.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|31 August 1954}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland and North Wales). It reached a peak listenership of 0.8m.

	The show's first repeat was on Monday {{date\|2 January 1955}}, on the Home Service (London, West and Wales only) at 7pm. It was listened to by 0.4 million people. Further repeats came…		The show's first repeat was on Monday {{date\|2 January 1955}}, on the Home Service (London, West and Wales only) at 7pm. It was listened to by 0.4 million people. Further repeats came…
	*6.30pm, Sunday 6 October 1957 ([[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] 1.5m listeners)		*6.30pm, Sunday 6 October 1957 ([[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] 1.5m listeners)
	*11.30am, Monday 25 December 1989 ([[w:BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]])		*11.30am, Monday 25 December 1989 ([[BBC Radio 4\|Radio 4]])
	*11.30pm, Thursday 4 January 1990 (Radio 4 with introduction from Spike)		*11.30pm, Thursday 4 January 1990 (Radio 4 with introduction from Spike)
	*11pm, Thursday 9 April 1998 (Radio 4)		*11pm, Thursday 9 April 1998 (Radio 4)
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	==Ted Kendall's Restoration==		==Ted Kendall's Restoration==
	Although the original tape no longer exists, the programme exists in many forms — the 1956 repeat, with the reference to the [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] [[Wikt:excise#Verb 2\|excised]], was transmitted from a slow-speed [[acetate disc]], later transferred to [[w:LP record\|LP]] for [[BBC Sound Archive~~\|BBC Sound Archives~~]]on the modified BBC Type D equipment used for the first BBC microgroove discs. The quality is not of the best. However a set of pressed [[w:Phonograph record#78 rpm materials\|78 rpm]] discs of this version , copied from the edited master tape, was used for some time at Bush House for training technical operators in the art of seamless side changes, and a set of 78 rpm acetates cut from the unedited tape was also in circulation at the BBC. This show was compiled from tape copies of these two sets, with a few words taken from a domestic recording of the 1956 repeat and the music inserts replaced from source discs, eliminating the distortions caused by the [[w:Magnetic cartridge\|pickups]] in use at the time. Milligan's introduction to the 1988 repeat was taken from a domestic recording. This repeat was the first, since the original 1954 transmission, to contain the OBE reference, and was one of of Kendall's earliest Goon Show restorations. He had "fought" ''The Starlings'' at intervals over the intervening three decades, but is now happy that he got it right!<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=10\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>		Although the original tape no longer exists, the programme exists in many forms — the 1956 repeat, with the reference to the [[w:Order of the British Empire\|OBE]] [[Wikt:excise#Verb 2\|excised]], was transmitted from a slow-speed [[acetate disc]], later transferred to [[w:LP record\|LP]] for [[BBC Sound Archive]]son the modified BBC Type D equipment used for the first BBC microgroove discs. The quality is not of the best. However a set of pressed [[w:Phonograph record#78 rpm materials\|78 rpm]] discs of this version , copied from the edited master tape, was used for some time at Bush House for training technical operators in the art of seamless side changes, and a set of 78 rpm acetates cut from the unedited tape was also in circulation at the BBC. This show was compiled from tape copies of these two sets, with a few words taken from a domestic recording of the 1956 repeat and the music inserts replaced from source discs, eliminating the distortions caused by the [[w:Magnetic cartridge\|pickups]] in use at the time. Milligan's introduction to the 1988 repeat was taken from a domestic recording. This repeat was the first, since the original 1954 transmission, to contain the OBE reference, and was one of of Kendall's earliest Goon Show restorations. He had "fought" ''The Starlings'' at intervals over the intervening three decades, but is now happy that he got it right!<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=10\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	[[Category:Goon Show specials]]		[[Category:Goon Show specials]]
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Kurt at 20:57, 29 October 2022

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	\| next = [[The Whistling Spy Enigma]]		\| next = [[The Whistling Spy Enigma]]
			\| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 4]]
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	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol31\|31]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol31\|31]]
	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]

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	\| next =		\| next = [[The Whistling Spy Enigma]]
	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol31\|31]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol31\|31]]
	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol14\|14]]

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	[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]
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	[[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 presented by Andrew Timothy]]		[[Category:Goon Shows presented by Andrew Timothy]]
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	\| airdate = {{Start date\|1954\|08\|31\|df=y}}		\| airdate = {{Start date\|1954\|08\|31\|df=y}}
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