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"The Whistling Spy Enigma"
The Goon Show episode
Episode no.Series 05
Episode 01
Written by
Presented byWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Production codeTLO 62960
Original air date26 September 1954 (1954-09-26)
Running time30 mins 41 secs
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The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the first show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 26 September 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street in central London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 28 September 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners.

Story

The story begins as a yourng Ned Seagoon is sent to go behind the Iron Curtain in order to sabotage the Hungarian national football team, the aim being to assure a revival of Britain's sporting prestige over the next football season. The action takes place at a stadium near Budapest, at a British Embassy Haywards Heath, a haddock stretching factory in Petrograd and outside a deserted maternity home in Mayfair.