The Secret Escritoire: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Mummified Priest''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date|17 September 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|20 September 1955}} at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m. | |||
The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date|23 January 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million. | |||
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}. | |||
== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis == | |||
[[File:Escritoire desk (AM 2013.34.1-2).jpg|thumb|right|Don't tell anyone what it is, it's a secret]] | |||
From [[w:ancient Egypt|ancient Egypt]] , land of [[Wikt:monolithic|monolithic]] {{sic}} [[w:pyramid|pyramid]]s and [[w:Karnak|Karnak]]'s fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyptian priest's toomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale. | |||
==Music== | |||
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]] | |||
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}} | |||
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)|Nagasaki]]'' {{small|([[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon|Mort Dixon]] (lyrics))}} | |||
==Technical== | |||
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 42416]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).<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> | |||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{goons}} | {{goons}} | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 23 October 2022
| "The Secret Escritoire" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 6 Episode: 2 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
|
| Recording Number | TLO 87028 |
| First broadcast | 27 September 1955 |
| Running time | 30:15 |
The Mummified Priest is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 17 September 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 20 September 1955 at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.
The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday 23 January 1955, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 25 December 2024.
Transcription Service Remake Synopsis
.jpg)
From ancient Egypt , land of monolithic [sic] pyramids and Karnak's fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyptian priest's toomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Walter Donaldson (music) / Gus Khan (lyrics)) / Nagasaki (Harry Warren (music) / Mort Dixon (lyrics))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 42416 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
