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"**China Story**"
"China Story"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 5; Episode: 17
Written by	Spike Milligan; Eric Sykes;
Announcer	Wallace Greenslade
Produced by	Peter Eton
Music	Orchestra: Wally Stott; Geldray: You're the Cream in My Coffee; Ellington: Lover, Come Back to Me;
Recording; Number	TLO 70610
First broadcast	18 January 1955
Episode Order
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	The Goon Show series 5
	List of episodes

Latest revision as of 15:39, 27 February 2023

China Story is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 16 January 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 18 January 1955 at 8.30pm (except the Midlands). It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

Repeats
Day	Date	Time	Ratings	Station	Show
Friday	21 January 1955	12.25pm / 12.30pm	1.9m	Home Service
Friday	17 June 1955	7.30pm	3.4m	Light Programme
Tuesday	22 November 1955	8.30pm	3.0m	Radio 4	replaced The Pevensey Bay Disaster
Saturday	15 August 1970	8pm	0.8m	Radio 4	in Vintage Goons
Monday	26 October 1992	11pm		Radio 4

Synopsis

During the year of the Boxer Rising when the Far East, from Shanghai to Pekin, was seething with spies and arms smugglers, 'Raffles' Seagoon, a swaggering racketeer and part-time dustman, was approached by Mandarin Grytpype-Thynne and General Kash-Mai-Chek to join them in the most staggering international financial coup of all time.

Music

The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
Max Geldray plays You're the Cream in My Coffee (Ray Henderson (music) / Buddy DeSylva (lyrics) / Lew Brown (lyrics))
The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Lover, Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg (music) / Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics))

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 70610 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).^[1]

References

^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4056-8774-4.

[1] Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4056-8774-4.

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-*Geldray: ''[[w:You're the Cream in My Coffee|You're the Cream in My Coffee]]''
+*Geldray: ''[[You're the Cream in My Coffee]]''
-*Ellington: ''[[w:Lover, Come Back to Me|Lover, Come Back to Me]]''
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-'''''China Story''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date|16 January 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
+'''''China Story''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date|1955-01-16}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
-The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|18 January 1954}} at 8.30pm (except the Midlands). It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.
+The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|1955-01-18}} at 8.30pm (except the Midlands). It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.
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 |style=text-align:center;| 1.9m
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+|| [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]]
 ||
 |-
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 |style=text-align:center;| 7.30pm
 |style=text-align:center;| 3.4m
-|| [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]
+|| [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]
 ||
 |-
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 |style=text-align:center;| 8.30pm
 |style=text-align:center;| 3.0m
-|| [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
+|| [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
 ||replaced ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]''
 |-
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 |style=text-align:center;| 8pm
 |style=text-align:center;| 0.8m
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+|| [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
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+|| [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
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 == Synopsis ==
+During the year of the [[Boxer Rebellion|Boxer Rising]] when the Far East, from [[Shanghai]] to [[Beijing|Pekin]], was seething with spies and arms smugglers, 'Raffles' Seagoon, a swaggering [[Racketeering|racketeer]] and part-time [[Waste collector|dustman]], was approached by Mandarin Grytpype-Thynne and General Kash-Mai-Chek to join them in the most staggering international financial [[Wikt:coup|coup]] of all time.
 ==Music==
 *The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
-*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}}
+*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[You're the Cream in My Coffee]]'' {{small|([[Ray Henderson]] (music) / [[Buddy DeSylva]] (lyrics) / [[Lew Brown]] (lyrics))}}
-*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Yes Sir, That's My Baby (song)|Yes Sir, That's My Baby]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)|Nagasaki]]'' {{small|([[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon|Mort Dixon]] (lyrics))}}
+*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Lover, Come Back to Me]]'' {{small|([[Sigmund Romberg]] (music) / [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] (lyrics))}}
 ==Technical==
-Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 42416]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=11|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>
+Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 70610]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol2|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=11|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4056-8774-4}}</ref>
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
 {{goons}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:China Story (s05e17)}}
 [[Category:The Goon Show episodes]]
-[[Category:Empty Goon Show episodes]]
 [[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
 [[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]
 [[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Eric Sykes]]
 [[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

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