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'''''The Great Bank Robbery''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the seventh series.


A pre-recording session took place on Sunday {{Date|1956-11-11}}, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 17173). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same day, {{Date|1956-11-11}}, at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.


The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1956-11-15}}, its ratings were 1.9 million. The show was then repeated the following Monday at 8pm, {{Date|1956-11-19}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 4.1 million listeners.


== BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis ==
Wanted: One large horse-hair stuffed [[Zeppelin]] disguised as the 7.20 train to [[Bradford]] with Crun's Bank attached and going in the direction of up. When [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister|Henry Crun]] turns banker and promises double security (the money's in a [[tea caddy]] stuffed in a mattress) he falls victim to the aeronautical schemes of [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty|Count Jim ‘Thighs’ Moriarty]]. But why is [[Neddie Seagoon|Neddie]] in the bullion vaults before making his escape in the Tour de Britain Five Day Bass Drum Race! He's innocent, folks! Yes, a mystery has been committed and security guard [[Bluebottle]] intends to solve it.
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[How About You?]]'' {{Small|([[Burton Lane]] (music) / [[Ralph Freed]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Razzle Dazzle'' {{Small|([[Jesse Stone|Charles E Calhoun]])}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 15801]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
This tape still exists, and was used for subsequent restorations.<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 23:38, 28 February 2023


"The Great Bank Robbery"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 7
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLOTLO 15801
First broadcast15 November 1956 (1956-11-15)
Running time31:09
Episode Order
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"The Spectre of Tintagel"
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"Personal Narrative"
The Goon Show series 7
List of episodes

The Great Bank Robbery is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the seventh series.

A pre-recording session took place on Sunday 11 November 1956, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 17173). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same day, 11 November 1956, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 15 November 1956, its ratings were 1.9 million. The show was then repeated the following Monday at 8pm, 19 November 1956, on the Light Programme to 4.1 million listeners.

BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis

Wanted: One large horse-hair stuffed Zeppelin disguised as the 7.20 train to Bradford with Crun's Bank attached and going in the direction of up. When Henry Crun turns banker and promises double security (the money's in a tea caddy stuffed in a mattress) he falls victim to the aeronautical schemes of Grytpype and Count Jim ‘Thighs’ Moriarty. But why is Neddie in the bullion vaults before making his escape in the Tour de Britain Five Day Bass Drum Race! He's innocent, folks! Yes, a mystery has been committed and security guard Bluebottle intends to solve it.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 15801 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

This tape still exists, and was used for subsequent restorations.[1]

References

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