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'''''Robin's Post''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fourth show in the tenth series.
Pre-recording: Wednesday {{Date|1960-01-06}}, 4.15pm, Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 5386) and then Sunday {{Date|1960-01-10}}, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 5454/A).
The show for transmission was recorded at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1960-01-10}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{Date|1960-01-14}} at 7.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m.
The show's first repeat was the following Tuesday at 8pm, Tuesday {{Date|1960-01-19}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]. It was listened to by 1.9 million.
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
The time: 1901 - year of gaiety and romance! At his ancestral home, Robin's Post, [[Neddie Seagoon|Lord Seagoon]] is holding a masked ball. But this is no ordinary ball - in fact it's made of solid [[gold]] and weighs (excluding the mask) fourteen carrots, three turnips and a mango! To what depths [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] will sink to secure this treasure and kidnap the guests at Robin's Post is disclosed in this edition of ''The Goon Show''. (The programme includes our old friends [[List of The Goon Show cast members and characters#Mr Banerjee|Banerjee]] and [[List of The Goon Show cast members and characters#Mr Lalkaka|Lalkaka]]).
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]'' {{small|([[Ray Henderson]] / [[Mort Dixon]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[['Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)|'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)]]'' {{small|([[Sy Oliver|Melvin Oliver]] / [[Trummy Young|James Young]])}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 5454]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
The TLO 5454 master tape no longer exists, and the recording included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|Compendium 11]] 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#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>
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 3 March 2023

"Robin's Post"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 10
Episode: 4
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byJohn Browell
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 5454
First broadcast14 January 1960 (1960-01-14)
Running time29:36
Episode Order
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The Goon Show series 10
List of episodes

Robin's Post is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fourth show in the tenth series.

Pre-recording: Wednesday 6 January 1960, 4.15pm, Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 5386) and then Sunday 10 January 1960, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 5454/A).

The show for transmission was recorded at 8pm on Sunday 10 January 1960. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 14 January 1960 at 7.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m.

The show's first repeat was the following Tuesday at 8pm, Tuesday 19 January 1960, on the Light Programme. It was listened to by 1.9 million.

Transcription Service Synopsis

The time: 1901 - year of gaiety and romance! At his ancestral home, Robin's Post, Lord Seagoon is holding a masked ball. But this is no ordinary ball - in fact it's made of solid gold and weighs (excluding the mask) fourteen carrots, three turnips and a mango! To what depths Moriarty will sink to secure this treasure and kidnap the guests at Robin's Post is disclosed in this edition of The Goon Show. (The programme includes our old friends Banerjee and Lalkaka).

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 5454 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 5454 master tape no longer exists, and the recording included on Compendium 11 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]

References

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