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| writer        = *[[Spike Milligan]]
| writer        = *[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| based_on      = [[w:King Solomon's Mines|King Solomon's Mines]] by [[w:H. Rider Haggard|H. Rider Haggard]]
| based_on      = [[King Solomon's Mines (book)|King Solomon's Mines]]<br />by [[H. Rider Haggard]]
| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| producer      = [[Roy Speer]]
| producer      = [[Roy Speer]]
| music          = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
| music          = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
*Geldray: ''[[w:Lady of Spain|Lady of Spain]]''
*Geldray: ''[[Lady of Spain]]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66|Route 66]]''
*Ellington: ''[[(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66|Route 66]]''
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 42899
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 42899
| recording_date = {{Start date|1957|12|01|df=y}}
| recording_date = {{Start date|1957|12|01|df=y}}
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'''''The Junk Affair''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the eighth series.
'''''King Solomon's Mines''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the tenth show in the eighth series.


A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-10-06}}, 4.30pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 39090A). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, at 9.15pm, also at The Camden (TLO 39090).
A pre-recording session (DLO 42899B) took place Sunday {{Date|1957-12-01}}, 6.30pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 42899) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, at 9pm, also at The Camden.


The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-10-07}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. It was then repeated on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] the following Thursday {{Date|1957-10-10}} at 9pm to 2.6 million listeners.
The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 9pm {{Date|1957-12-02}}, its ratings were 1.9 million. It was then repeated on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] the following Thursday {{Date|1957-12-05}} at 9pm to 2.6 million listeners. The next repeat was 18 years later on Friday {{Date|1975-02-07}} at 6.15pm on [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] (except Scotland and Wales) in ‘''Encore the Goons''’.
 
The ''Vintage Goons'' first episode, [[The Mummified Priest (VG)|The Mummified Priest]], was recorded the same day as this show.


==Transcription Service Synopsis==
==Transcription Service Synopsis==
Collecting junk, as we know in this day and age. can be a lucrative business. Mr [[Neddie Seagoon]] is well aware of the financial advantages to be obtained and very soon becomes a junk millionaire. He corners the world market, but needless to say, he reckons without the machinations of the notorious [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype-Thynne]] who, as usual, are up to no good.
Many listeners may be familiar with [[H. Rider Haggard|Rider Haggard]]'s gripping and immortal story of adventure in darkest Africa. If they are, they need not expect to find any resemblance to it in the Goons' version.
 
==Story==
"''The time is 8.30 and here is the [[w:BBC Nine O'Clock News|Nine O'clock News]]. The [[w:Ministry of Housing and Local Government|Ministry of Housing]] has granted permission to turn the [[w:Albert Memorial|Albert Memorial]] into [[w:Apartment|flats]], and a piece of junk has been stolen from the official [[w:Bank of England|Bank of England]] safe.''"
 
In the cellars beneath the [[w:House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] two masked men wearing leather wigs have tampered with the Bank's official wooden [[w:Safe|safe]]. Yes, [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype-Thynne]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] are up to their old tricks. Only junk millonaire [[Neddie Seagoon|Neddie]] can stop them cornering the world market in junk. He knows his rights (and his lefts). And [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]] are also on hand (or are they on foot?)


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Orchestera was conducted by [[Wally Stott]].
*The BBC Orchestera was conducted by [[Wally Stott]].
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:It's Only a Paper Moon|It's Only a Paper Moon]]'' {{Small|([[w:Harold Arlen|Harold Arlen]] (music), [[w:Yip Harburg|Yip Harburg]] and [[w:Billy Rose|Billy Rose]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Lady of Spain|Lady of Spain]]'' {{Small|(Robert Hargreaves / [[Tolchard Evans]] / [[Stanley J. Damerell]] / Henry J. Tilsley)}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Don't Burn Me Up'' {{Small|(Weisman / Laskoff)}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66|Route 66]]'' {{Small|([[Bobby Troup]])}}.


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 26030]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived intact in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], and was used for the show included in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=9|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 42899]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). This tape survived intact in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], and was used for the show included in [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=9|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>
 
==Show Notes==
*Starting the second week, the Transcription Service re-make – in this case [[The Mummified Priest (VG)|The Mummified Priest]] – was recorded at 8.30pm immediately before the new episode, ''The Junk Affair''. This new script saw Spike being rejoined by his old co-writer [[Larry Stephens]] who had been working regularly on the series since early 1956 and had been associated with the show since its earliest days in 1951. The scripts continued to feature comments from Harry of ‘''round the back for the old brandy''’ prior to the musical numbers; this was because although there was a ban on alcohol in the studio, Harry and the cast smuggled bottles of milk laced with brandy in for the Sunday recordings. Also back was the character of [[List of The Goon Show cast members and characters#Little Jim|Little Jim]] and his catchphrase ‘''He's fallen in the water''’, which Spike had introduced in the previous series; similarly, Seagoon still suffered from ''duck's disease''. An ad-lib from [[Wallace Greenslade|Greenslade]] also made reference to the Russian 'Satellite Moon' – i.e. the first [[w:Satellite|artificial satellite]] [[w:Sputnik 1|Sputnik 1]] – which had been successfully launched two days earlier.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol8|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 8]] |first=Andrew |last=Pixley | author-link=Andrew Pixley |date=2012 |page=4|type=Booklet 1 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-2560-1}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 1 March 2023

"King Solomon's Mines"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 8
Episode: 10
Written by
Based onKing Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byRoy Speer
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 42899
First broadcast2 December 1957 (1957-12-02)
Running time30:15
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King Solomon's Mines is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the tenth show in the eighth series.

A pre-recording session (DLO 42899B) took place Sunday 1 December 1957, 6.30pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 42899) for transmission was created later that same Sunday, at 9pm, also at The Camden.

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 9pm 2 December 1957, its ratings were 1.9 million. It was then repeated on the Light Programme the following Thursday 5 December 1957 at 9pm to 2.6 million listeners. The next repeat was 18 years later on Friday 7 February 1975 at 6.15pm on Radio 4 (except Scotland and Wales) in ‘Encore the Goons’.

Transcription Service Synopsis

Many listeners may be familiar with Rider Haggard's gripping and immortal story of adventure in darkest Africa. If they are, they need not expect to find any resemblance to it in the Goons' version.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 42899 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape survived intact in TS, and was used for the show included in The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-4458-2560-1.
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