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* The BBC Orchestra conducted by [[Wally Stott]].
* The BBC Orchestra conducted by [[Wally Stott]].
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*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)|Sometimes I'm Happy]]'' ([[w:Vincent Youmans|Vincent Youmans]] (music), [[w:Irving Caesar|Irving Caesar]] (lyrics)).
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Beep Beep (song)|Beep Beep]]'' (Carl Cicchetti / Donald Claps ''also known as Chic Hetti and Donny Conn'').
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Beep Beep (song)|Beep Beep]]'' (Carl Cicchetti / Donald Claps ''also known as Chic Hetti and Donny Conn'').


== Buraimi Oasis ==
== Buraimi Oasis ==

Revision as of 17:00, 1 October 2022

"The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 1
Written by
Based onBuraimi Dispute
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 12681
First broadcast4 October 1956 (1956-10-04)
Running time30:29
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The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis is an episode of The Goon Show (although it isn't coherently announced), a British radio comedy. It was the first episode of the seventh series and was first broadcast on 4 October 1956.

Story

The British Garrison at the Burami Oasis is under constant siege from Arab bandits led by the notorious Sheikh Rattle and Roll. A British gunboat, HMS Thespus, under the command of Admiral Ned Seagoon is dispatched to the oasis to restore peace to the area. One problem exists, however: how to get a gunboat into an oasis only ten feet long. Further to that the Arabs have stolen the water whilst disguised as sailors. At gunpoint the Arabs refuse to give the water back, and when threated they drink it only to find out that it's actually Bloodnok's gin!

Music

Buraimi Oasis

There really is a Buraimi Oasis, which was the site of a battle between British-led forces and Arab tribesmen in October 1955 known as the Buraimi Dispute, which the episode loosely parodies, with an actual BBC News broadcast clip opening. The real oasis is considerably larger.

See also

External links

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