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| music          = *I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
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*[[I'm Beginning to See the Light]]
*Geldray: ''I Kiss Your Hand, Madame''
*Ellington: ''[[I'm Beginning to See the Light]]''
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''The Silent Bugler'' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the tenth show in the Vintage Goons series and was based on the series 4 episode 25 sho ''[[The Silent Bugler]]'' . There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 2pm Sunday 23 February 1958, but the show was actually recorded later at 5.15pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], London.


The first British public broadcast was on [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] on Monday 29 December 1986 at 12.27pm ([[The Goon Show recording numbers|TLN369/86LD0891]]).


== Story ==
Secret Agent X2 (in other words Captain [[Neddie Seagoon]]) is called to [[MI5]] and told that the [[Russians]] have perfected a time machine, which they can go forward into the future and, once there, build planes that travel [[Faster-than-light|faster than the speed of light]]. The [[Federal Security Service|Russian Intelligence]] has a deadly counter-spy — The Silent Bugler. This is the story of Seagoon's mission, ends successfully in the [[Semperoper|Dresden Opera House]].
==Music==
*The BBC Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''I Kiss Your Hand, Madame'' {{small|(Ralph Irwin / Samuel M Lewis / [[Fritz Rotter|Fritz Rotter]]) }}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[I'm Beginning to See the Light]]'' {{small|([[Don George]] / [[Johnny Hodges]] / [[Duke Ellington]] / [[Harry James]])}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TN/AG/-|T1/AG/4597]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Maida Vale Studios|St. Hilda's, Maida Vale]]).  This tape survived almost intact at [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] but was cut about in the making of the [[Stereophonic sound#Pseudo-stereo|simulated stereo]] [[Pick of the Goons|PotG]] issue. A cover copy made as part of the same process emerged from a wall cavity in [[Kensington House|Kensington House]] in 1986, and this has been used to repair the original recording.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol9|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 9]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2017 |page=8|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781471331619}}</ref>
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:47, 3 March 2023


"The Silent Bugler"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: Vintage Goons
Episode: 10
Written by
Based onThe Silent Bugler
(aka The Case of Agent X2)
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byCharles Chilton
Music
Recording
Number		T5/AG/4597
First broadcast29 December 1986 (1986-12-29)
Running time30:31
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The Silent Bugler is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the tenth show in the Vintage Goons series and was based on the series 4 episode 25 sho The Silent Bugler . There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 2pm Sunday 23 February 1958, but the show was actually recorded later at 5.15pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first British public broadcast was on Radio 4 on Monday 29 December 1986 at 12.27pm (TLN369/86LD0891).

Story

Secret Agent X2 (in other words Captain Neddie Seagoon) is called to MI5 and told that the Russians have perfected a time machine, which they can go forward into the future and, once there, build planes that travel faster than the speed of light. The Russian Intelligence has a deadly counter-spy — The Silent Bugler. This is the story of Seagoon's mission, ends successfully in the Dresden Opera House.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on T1/AG/4597 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at St. Hilda's, Maida Vale). This tape survived almost intact at TS but was cut about in the making of the simulated stereo PotG issue. A cover copy made as part of the same process emerged from a wall cavity in Kensington House in 1986, and this has been used to repair the original recording.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 9 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 8. ISBN 9781471331619.
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