Forog

"Forog"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 5 Episode: 13
Written by	Spike Milligan Eric Sykes
Announcer	Wallace Greenslade
Produced by	Peter Eton
Music	Orchestra: Wally Stott Geldray: Stardust Ellington: One Mint Julep
Recording Number	TLO 69220
First broadcast	21 December 1954 (1954-12-21)
Running time	30:20

Forog is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the thirteenth show in series five. It was recorded on Sunday 19 December 1954 at 8.15pm. It was recorded at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 21 December 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners. It was repeated the following Friday, Christmas Eve, on the Home Service at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on area) 24 December 1954 getting a rating of 1.1m.

Story

Young Ned Seagoon, walking the streets of London during a particularly thick 'pea-souper', accidentally knocks over a Miss Selina Clutch. Her strange behaviour mystifies young Neddie until a chance meeting with Dr Rheingold Fnutt puts him on the track of an underground terrorist organisation led by the reckless 'Overcoat Charlie' intent on wrecking the Capital's commercial life by blanketing London with an artificial foreign fog that makes people think nothing but the best of each other. Professor Crun is called in by the Government to find an antidote to 'Forog' but not before Professor Moriarty and Commercial Attache Grytpype-Thynne nearly succeed in bringing London life to a standstill.

Music

• The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
• Max Geldray plays Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet plays One Mint Julep (Rudy Toombs)

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 69220 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape no longer exists and the version included on Compendium Vol 1 was compiled from a combination of the TGS 93 disc and a domestic disc recording.