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*Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
*Geldray: ''[[There Will Never Be Another You]]''
*Geldray: ''Not Known''
*Ellington: ''[[Top Hat, White Tie and Tails]]''
*Ellington: ''Not Known''
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'''''The Stolen Postman''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eleventh show in the eighth series.


A pre-recording session (TLO 43427A) took place Sunday {{Date|1957-12-08}}, 5pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 43427) for transmission was created later that same Sunday evening, also at The Camden, at 9pm.


The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-12-09}}, its ratings were 1.5 million.  The show was repeated the following Thursday, {{Date|1958-12-12}} at 9pm on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.


== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype-Thynne]] however. as usual, discover in postman [[Neddie Seagoon]] a perfect ‘charley’. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.


==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[There Will Never Be Another You]]'' {{small|([[Harry Warren]] / [[Mack Gordon]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Top Hat, White Tie and Tails]]'' {{small|([[Irving Berlin]])}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 43427]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
The TLO 43427 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of  the original transmission .<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=10|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>
==Show Notes==
Spike did not take a credit on the ''The Stolen Postman'' although sharing a credit on the script, the broadcast was attributed solely to Larry Stephens.
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 1 March 2023

"The Stolen Postman"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 8
Episode: 11
Written byLarry Stephens
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byRoy Speer
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 43427
First broadcast9 December 1957 (1957-12-09)
Running time30:51
Episode Order
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"King Solomon's Mines"
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"The Great British Revolution"
The Goon Show series 8
List of episodes

The Stolen Postman is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eleventh show in the eighth series.

A pre-recording session (TLO 43427A) took place Sunday 8 December 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London. The recording (TLO 43427) for transmission was created later that same Sunday evening, also at The Camden, at 9pm.

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day, Monday, at 8.30pm 9 December 1957, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated the following Thursday, 12 December 1958 at 9pm on the Light Programme to 2.6 million listeners.

Transcription Service Synopsis

The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne however. as usual, discover in postman Neddie Seagoon a perfect ‘charley’. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 43427 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 43427 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission .[1]

Show Notes

Spike did not take a credit on the The Stolen Postman although sharing a credit on the script, the broadcast was attributed solely to Larry Stephens.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4458-9133-0.