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'''''Napoleon's Piano'''''{{refn|group=nb|The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled ''The Sale of Manhattan''<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmut |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Wilmut |date=1976 |title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] |publisher= Robson Books |page=125 |isbn=0860518361}}</ref>}} is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the sixth 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 8.30pm (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 ==
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:Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]'' {{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 88253]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=12|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4084-1044-8}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
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Revision as of 14:15, 29 October 2022

"Napoleon's Piano"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 6
Episode: 4
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 88253
First broadcast11 October 1955 (1955-10-11)
Running time29:11
Episode Order
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"The Lost Emperor"
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"The Case of the Missing CD Plates"
The Goon Show series 6
List of episodes

Napoleon's Piano[nb 1] is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the sixth 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 8.30pm (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

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

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 88253 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled The Sale of Manhattan[1]

References

  1. ^ Wilmut, Roger (1976). The Goon Show Companion. Robson Books. p. 125. ISBN 0860518361.
  2. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.