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''The Missing Ten Downing Street'' (aka ''10 Downing Street Stolen'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the Vintage Goons series (although the show's title was announced as 'The Missing Prime Minister of 1953') and was based on the series 4 episode 15 show: '[[The Missing Prime Minister]]'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 4.30pm Sunday 3 November 1957, but the show was actually recorded later at 8.30pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], London. | ''The Missing Ten Downing Street'' (aka ''10 Downing Street Stolen'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the Vintage Goons series (although the show's title was announced as 'The Missing Prime Minister of 1953') and was based on the series 4 episode 15 show: '[[The Missing Prime Minister]]'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 4.30pm Sunday 3 November 1957, but the show was actually recorded later at 8.30pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], London. | ||
This episode has never been broadcast in the UK. The commercial release rights were not available to the [[ | This episode has never been broadcast in the UK. The commercial release rights were not available to the [[BBC]] until the late 2000s for it to be publically released on CD. | ||
== Story == | == Story == | ||
Revision as of 18:53, 21 January 2023
| "The Missing Ten Downing Street" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: Vintage Goons Episode: 3 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Based on | The Missing Prime Minister |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Roy Speer |
| Music |
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| Recording Numbers |
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| First broadcast | Never broadcast in the UK |
| Running time | 23:45 |
The Missing Ten Downing Street (aka 10 Downing Street Stolen) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the third show in the Vintage Goons series (although the show's title was announced as 'The Missing Prime Minister of 1953') and was based on the series 4 episode 15 show: 'The Missing Prime Minister'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 4.30pm Sunday 3 November 1957, but the show was actually recorded later at 8.30pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at The Camden Theatre, London.
This episode has never been broadcast in the UK. The commercial release rights were not available to the BBC until the late 2000s for it to be publically released on CD.
Story
Guinness — The Man in the White Suit — introduces the story of the Missing Prime Minister of 1953, relating the events that unfolded on Christmas Eve when Inspector Seagoon and Scotland Yard received a mysterious telephone call from a Mister Avery Tom Tom Deacon-Harry.
Music
- The BBC Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin (music) / Ira Gershwin (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Lover Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Technical
Originally recorded on T1/AG/3054 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at St. Hilda's, Maida Vale).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 9 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 8. ISBN 9781471331619.
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