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'''''Robin Hood''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the Christmas special in the seventh series. The show, being a special, also had two guests, [[Valentine Dyall]] and [[Dennis Price]].
With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price


Recording:
The recording for transmission (TLO 17360) was created at 7pm on Sunday {{Date|1956-12-02}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
Sunday 2 December 1956, 7pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO 17360.


First Domestic Broadcast:
The show was not originally intended to be broadcast domestically, as a result the first broadcast wasn't until it was aired on [[w:BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] on Christmas Day, 32 years later, at 1pm on Sunday {{Date|1988-12-25}}. However, the show, along with ''[[Foiled by President Fred]]'', had been released on a [[w:Parlophone|Parlophone]] LP (their fifth release of Goon Show LPs), ''First Men on the Goon'' , in October 1971.
Sunday 25 December 1988, 1.30pm. [Radio 2]
 
 
'''''Robin Hood''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the Christmas special in the seventh series.
 
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
*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:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 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.
*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 ==

Revision as of 08:00, 2 December 2022

"Robin Hood"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: Christmas Special
Written by
Based onYe Bandit of Sherwood Forest
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 17360
First broadcast25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)
Running time31:12
Guest appearances
Valentine Dyall, Dennis Price
Episode Order
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List of episodes

Robin Hood is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the Christmas special in the seventh series. The show, being a special, also had two guests, Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price.

The recording for transmission (TLO 17360) was created at 7pm on Sunday 2 December 1956, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The show was not originally intended to be broadcast domestically, as a result the first broadcast wasn't until it was aired on Radio 2 on Christmas Day, 32 years later, at 1pm on Sunday 25 December 1988. However, the show, along with Foiled by President Fred, had been released on a Parlophone LP (their fifth release of Goon Show LPs), First Men on the Goon , in October 1971.

Transcription Service Synopsis

Will the Sheriff of Nottingham capture Robin Hood? Who will win the archery contest? How does Robin escape from the dungeon dark, dank and donk? Will Robin's outlaws triumph over the soldiers of Prince John? Listen to the Christmas Goon Show, ‘Robin Hood’, and you may hear some of the answers.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1]

SP - Robin Hood. Originally recorded on no 17360, later re-numbered to T6/l 12◄-S, 13/1/65. This show survives more or less as recorded on these reels, and has been so transmitted domestically. For this issue, I have removed the gaffes and tidied up some of Dennis Price's lines. Unfortunately, the retake (presented separately) does not cut satisfactorily into the body of the show, so I submit what I think is the best solution given the available material.

References

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