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|| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
|| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| producer      = [[Peter Eton]]
| producer      = [[Peter Eton]]
| music          = *Geldray: ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
| music          = *Geldray: ''[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]''
*Ellington: ''[[Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]''
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| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 64692
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| next          = [[The Canal]]
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| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 5]]
| CD_volume      = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol7|7]]
| CD_volume      = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol7|7]]
| Compendium    = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|1]]
| Compendium    = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|1]]
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The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was the fifth show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 24 October 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at [[w:The Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]], 12 Lower Regent Street in central London.  
The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was the fifth show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 24 October 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]], 12 Lower Regent Street in central London.  


The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was on Tuesday 26 October 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 3.0m listeners.
The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was on Tuesday 26 October 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 3.0m listeners.


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== Story ==
== Story ==
Fred Nurke is missing! An over-ripe banana, in a deserted [[w:Cannon Street|Cannon Street]] shipping office, is the only clue to his whereabouts. Inspector Ned Seagoon follows the trail to a [[w:List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom#Americas|British Embassy]] in South America where he is just in time to help the Embassy staff in a brush with the rebels. Why are Senor General Gonzales Mess and his gang trying to cut down the only banana tree in the Embassy gardens and what is the connection between Fred Nurke and the over-ripe banana in Cannon Street?
Fred Nurke is missing! An over-ripe banana, in a deserted [[Cannon Street]] shipping office, is the only clue to his whereabouts. Inspector Ned Seagoon follows the trail to a [[List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom#Americas|British Embassy]] in South America where he is just in time to help the Embassy staff in a brush with the rebels. Why are Senor General Gonzales Mess and his gang trying to cut down the only banana tree in the Embassy gardens and what is the connection between Fred Nurke and the over-ripe banana in Cannon Street?


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]'' {{small|([[Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]'' {{small|([[w:Jack Berch|Jack Berch]] / [[w:John Redmond (songwriter)|John Redmond]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]'' {{small|([[Jack Berch]] / [[John Redmond (songwriter)|John Redmond]])}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 64692 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The original tape no longer exists, the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 1]] was sourced from an unofficial 7½ ips dub of the unedited [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] and the [[The Goon Show recording numbers#POTG|POTG]] 4 master tape.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 1]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2007 |page=15|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4056-7800-1}}</ref>
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 64692 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]). The original tape no longer exists, the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 1]] was sourced from an unofficial 7½ ips dub of the unedited [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] and the [[The Goon Show recording numbers#POTG|POTG]] 4 master tape.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 1]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2007 |page=15|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4056-7800-1}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:23, 27 February 2023

"The Affair of the Lone Banana"
The Goon Show episode
Lone-Banana-RT.jpg
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 5
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 64692
First broadcast26 October 1954 (1954-10-26)
Running time32:41
Episode Order
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"The Canal"
The Goon Show series 5
List of episodes

The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the fifth show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 24 October 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street in central London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 26 October 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 3.0m listeners.

Repeats
Day Date Time Ratings Station Show
Friday 29 October 1954 12.25pm /12.30pm 1.5m Home Service
Friday 20 May 1955 7.30pm 3.4m Light Programme
Sunday 19 June 1980 12.27pm 0.2m Radio 4 in Smash of the Day
Wednesday 29 May 1991 7.02pm Radio 2
Tuesday 21 December 1993 11.30pm 0.3m Radio 4 in Spike's Pick of the Goons
Thursday 31 December 1998 9.00pm 0.3m Radio 2 in Barry Took's Comedy Classics

Story

Fred Nurke is missing! An over-ripe banana, in a deserted Cannon Street shipping office, is the only clue to his whereabouts. Inspector Ned Seagoon follows the trail to a British Embassy in South America where he is just in time to help the Embassy staff in a brush with the rebels. Why are Senor General Gonzales Mess and his gang trying to cut down the only banana tree in the Embassy gardens and what is the connection between Fred Nurke and the over-ripe banana in Cannon Street?

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 64692 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The original tape no longer exists, the version included on Compendium Vol 1 was sourced from an unofficial 7½ ips dub of the unedited TLO and the POTG 4 master tape.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2007). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 1 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4056-7800-1.
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