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'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.  
'''''Personal Narrative''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.  


SHOW 160 (7/8):Persona/ Narrative (CD4,Track I)
Repeat:  
Pre-recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 5pm,The Camden Theatre. DLO 16600.
Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme];  
Recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre.TLC 16600.
Sunday 14 August 1983, 12 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]
First Home Service Broadcasr: Thursday 22 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million.
Repear: Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 14 August 1983, 12
noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]


A pre-recording session took place on Sunday {{Date|1956-11-18}}, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 16600). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same Sunday {{Date|1956-11-18}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.


Two pre-recording sessions took place:
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1956-11-22}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.
*Wednesday {{Date|1959-01-28}}, 4.15pm/5.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm, [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)
 
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date|1958-12-15}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.


The show was repeated:
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Monday 8pm, {{Date|1956-11-26}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 3.6 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.  
*Sunday 12 noon, {{Date|1983-08-14}} on the [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day''.  
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).


== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
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The TLO 16600 master tape no longer exists, and the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2011 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>
The TLO 16600 master tape no longer exists, and the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2011 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>
==Note==
Spike ad-libbed his own version of the popular song I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm during recording, and made an early appearance as a rather nervous junior officer – a character who would reappear in later shows.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:50, 1 December 2022

"Personal Narrative"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 8
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 52769
First broadcast22 November 1956 (1956-11-22)
Running time30:18
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Personal Narrative is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.

Repeat: Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 14 August 1983, 12 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]

A pre-recording session took place on Sunday 18 November 1956, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 16600). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same Sunday 18 November 1956, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 22 November 1956, its ratings were 2.3 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Monday 8pm, 26 November 1956, on the Light Programme to 3.6 million listeners.
  • Sunday 12 noon, 14 August 1983 on the Radio 4 in Smash of the Day.

Transcription Service Synopsis

Being an account of the adventures of Captain Neddie Seagoon RN, drawn from the log of HMS Resolute dated 1662. A ship, identified as Dutch by the clogs it is wearing, threatens to sabotage the British fleet. The Admiralty entrusts the destruction of the foe to Captain Seagoon. Despite the machinations of the spies, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne, warning beacons are lit on the coast to alert HMS Resolute. A fierce engagement between the two ships ensues, but as the outcome is, fortunately, in the hands of Able Seaman Bluebottle, the result of the battle, is of course, never in doubt. Or is it!

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 16600 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 16600 master tape no longer exists, and the show found on Compendium 5 was compiled from the POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.[1]

Note

Spike ad-libbed his own version of the popular song I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm during recording, and made an early appearance as a rather nervous junior officer – a character who would reappear in later shows.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.