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'''''Drums Along the Mersey''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the ninth series.
 
A pre-recording session took place on Sunday {{Date|1956-10-07}}, 5pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 1 (DLO 14297)
 
The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date|1956-10-07}}, at [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 1.
 
The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1956-10-11}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.
 
The show was repeated:
*Monday 8pm, {{Date|1956-10-15}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 4.5 million listeners.
*Friday 6.15pm, {{Date|1975-01-31}} on the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] (except Scotland and Wales) in 'Encore the Goons'', to 1.0 million listeners.
*Saturday 1.02pm, {{Date|1992-05-02}} on the [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] in ''Comedy Hour: the Radio 2 Comedy Season''.
 
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
The Hon. Nedward Seagoon, last heard off the coast of Ireland, learns from his solicitors, Messrs. McRed Hairy McLegs, that he has inherited ₤1,000,000. He establishes his identity with the solicitors, but in order to claim his inheritance he must become a Peruvian. His quest leads him to South America, where he attempts to prove amongst other things that all Peruvians are Welsh. Unfortunately Neddie discovers that the man who left him the money - Baron Seagoon - is not dead, but had merely overslept.
 
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Mountain Greenery]]'' {{small|([[Richard Rodgers]] (music) / [[Lorenz Hart]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Giddy Up a Ding Dong]]'' {{small|([[Freddie Bell]] / Joey Lattanzi)}}
 
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 11799]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
 
The TLO 11799 master tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], but some cuts made at the time of the simulated stereo experiment with [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] re-issues  were not kept but the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc and a domestic recording of both 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>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 28 February 2023

"Drums Along the Mersey"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 2
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 11799
First broadcast11 October 1956 (1956-10-11)
Running time30:26
Guest appearance
Valentine Dyall
Episode Order
← Previous
"The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis" 		Next →
"The Nadger Plague"
The Goon Show series 7
List of episodes

Drums Along the Mersey is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the second show in the ninth series.

A pre-recording session took place on Sunday 7 October 1956, 5pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 1 (DLO 14297)

The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday 7 October 1956, at Aeolian Hall Studio 1.

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 11 October 1956, its ratings were 2.3 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Monday 8pm, 15 October 1956, on the Light Programme to 4.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 6.15pm, 31 January 1975 on the Radio 4 (except Scotland and Wales) in 'Encore the Goons, to 1.0 million listeners.
  • Saturday 1.02pm, 2 May 1992 on the Radio 2 in Comedy Hour: the Radio 2 Comedy Season.

Transcription Service Synopsis

The Hon. Nedward Seagoon, last heard off the coast of Ireland, learns from his solicitors, Messrs. McRed Hairy McLegs, that he has inherited ₤1,000,000. He establishes his identity with the solicitors, but in order to claim his inheritance he must become a Peruvian. His quest leads him to South America, where he attempts to prove amongst other things that all Peruvians are Welsh. Unfortunately Neddie discovers that the man who left him the money - Baron Seagoon - is not dead, but had merely overslept.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 11799 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 11799 master tape survived in TS, but some cuts made at the time of the simulated stereo experiment with POTG re-issues were not kept but the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 was compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of both the original transmission.[1]

References

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