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'''''Nineteen-Eighty-Five''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date|2 January 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.


The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|4 January 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 4.1m.


The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm/12.30pm (depending on area), {{date|7 January 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.9 million. The next repeat was 30 years later on Sunday {{Date|6 January 1985}} at 12pm on [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day!''.


== Synopsis ==
The action takes place in the shallow-end of an [[w:Lido|open air swimming bath]] in [[w:Woodmansterne|Woodmansterne]] and on the grass verge of the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]]. This play is unsuitable for human beings, young horses, civic dignitaries and Fred Barrington.
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Bruce Campbell
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to Be You]]'' {{Small|([[w:Isham Jones|Isham Jones]] / [[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]'' {{small|([[w:Jesse Stone|Jesse Stone]])}}
==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]]). The tape survived in [[w:BBC Transcription Services|TS]] and was used for the show published in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2|Compendium 2]]. However a 29 second section of the Max Geldray number was repeated, presumably to make the show run to time. This repeated edit was omitted on the [[w:Compact Disc|CD]] release.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=11|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>
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Revision as of 17:54, 17 October 2022

"Nineteen-Eighty-Five"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 15
Written by
Based onNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 70044
First broadcast4 January 1955 (1955-01-04)
Running time30:00
Episode Order
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Nineteen-Eighty-Five is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 2 January 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 4 January 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 4.1m.

The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm/12.30pm (depending on area), 7 January 1955, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.9 million. The next repeat was 30 years later on Sunday 6 January 1985 at 12pm on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day!.

Synopsis

The action takes place in the shallow-end of an open air swimming bath in Woodmansterne and on the grass verge of the Great North Road. This play is unsuitable for human beings, young horses, civic dignitaries and Fred Barrington.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 42416 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The tape survived in TS and was used for the show published in Compendium 2. However a 29 second section of the Max Geldray number was repeated, presumably to make the show run to time. This repeated edit was omitted on the CD release.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4056-8774-4.