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| based_on      = [[The Tay Bridge Disaster|The Tay Bridge Disaster]]
| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
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'''''The Tay Bridge''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the ninth series. The show had [[George Chisholm (musician)|George Chisolm]] (away from his role as regular [[w:Trombone|trombonist]] with [[Angela Morley|Wally Stott]]'s orchestra) as a guest performer.
'''''The Tay Bridge''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the ninth series. The show had [[George Chisholm (musician)|George Chisolm]] (away from his role as regular [[Trombone|trombonist]] with [[Angela Morley|Wally Stott]]'s orchestra) as a guest performer.


Two pre-recording sessions took place:
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
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*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-08}}, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 77465/A)  
*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-08}}, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 77465/A)  


The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1959-02-08}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1959-02-08}}, at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).


The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date|1959-02-09}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.
The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date|1959-02-09}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.
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== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
Here is a programme specially stuffed with [[w:Haggis|haggis]] and steaming [[w:Porridge|porridge]] to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the poet [[w:Robert Burns|Burns]]. It is difficult to understand what the building of a bridge over the River Tay has to do with this, but [[Spike Milligan]], as usual, has an answer.
Here is a programme specially stuffed with [[haggis]] and steaming [[porridge]] to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the poet [[Robert Burns|Burns]]. It is difficult to understand what the building of a bridge over the [[River Tay]] has to do with this, but [[Spike Milligan]], as usual, has an answer.


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Once in Love with Amy'' {{small|([[w:Frank Loesser|Frank Loesser]])}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''Once in Love with Amy'' {{small|([[Frank Loesser]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Is You Still My Baby Now?'' {{small|(Brocon)}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Is You Still My Baby Now?'' {{small|(Brocon)}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 77465]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 77465]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).


The master tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], but had the Banerjee/Lalkaka episode removed, none too tidily, for the General Overseas Service repeat. Although the cut was preserved 'behind the red', that is, at the end of the reel. For the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]], the missing fragments at the top and tail of the cut were restored from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2015 |page=16|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7852-9129-6}}</ref>
The master tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], but had the Banerjee/Lalkaka episode removed, none too tidily, for the General Overseas Service repeat. Although the cut was preserved 'behind the red', that is, at the end of the reel. For the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]], the missing fragments at the top and tail of the cut were restored from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2015 |page=16|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7852-9129-6}}</ref>

Revision as of 16:55, 3 March 2023

"The Tay Bridge"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 9
Episode: 15
Written bySpike Milligan
Based onThe Tay Bridge Disaster
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byJohn Browell
Music
  • Orchestra: Wally Stott
  • Geldray: Once in Love with Amy
  • Ellington: Is You Still My Baby Now?
Recording
Number		TLO 77465
First broadcast9 February 1959 (1959-02-09)
Running time30:33
Guest appearance
George Chisolm
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The Tay Bridge is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifteenth show in the ninth series. The show had George Chisolm (away from his role as regular trombonist with Wally Stott's orchestra) as a guest performer.

Two pre-recording sessions took place:

  • Wednesday 4 February 1959, 3pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 77722)
  • Saturday 8 February 1959, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 77465/A)

The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 8 February 1959, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 9 February 1959, its ratings were 1.1 million.

The show was repeated the following Wednesday at 9.31pm, 11 February 1959, on the Light Programme to 1.9 million listeners.

Transcription Service Synopsis

Here is a programme specially stuffed with haggis and steaming porridge to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the poet Burns. It is difficult to understand what the building of a bridge over the River Tay has to do with this, but Spike Milligan, as usual, has an answer.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 77465 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The master tape survived in TS, but had the Banerjee/Lalkaka episode removed, none too tidily, for the General Overseas Service repeat. Although the cut was preserved 'behind the red', that is, at the end of the reel. For the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11, the missing fragments at the top and tail of the cut were restored from the TGS disc.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2015). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-7852-9129-6.
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