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SHOW 8/5: Treasure in Tower (aka The Treasure in the Tower) (CD ),Track I)
'''''The Treasure in the Tower''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifth show in the eighth series.  
Recording: Sunday 27 October 1957. 9.15pm. Camden. TLO 40562.
First Home Service Broadcast: Monday 28 October 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million. RI: 68.
Repeat: Thursday 31 October 1957. 9pm. 2.6 million [Light Programme].
Transcription Service Synopsis: What does it feel like to be split in two - metaphorically speaking of
course' In this episode the Goons find themselves living in the year 1600 - during which they bury a
priceless treasure at the Tower of London - and simultaneously in the year 1957. in which they set out
to discover the treasure. Perhaps this ingenious script will launch a new theor y on the nature of time!
Music: Max Geldray plays Nice Work l(You Can Get It (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin):The Ray Ellington
Quartet plays How Will I Know? (Norvis/Baxter). On the Transcription reissue version, the Ray Ellington
Quartet plays Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Seo (Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler) from Ill Met by Goonlight


'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fifteenth show in the eighth series.  
The recording session for transmission (TLO 40562) took place Sunday {{Date|1957-10-27}}, 9.15pm. at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.


A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-17}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).
The first [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day, Monday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-10-28}}, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated the following Thursday 9pm, {{Date|1957-10-31}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.6 million listeners.
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.
 
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).


== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.
[[File:Tower of London (Foto Hilarmont).jpg|thumb|right|The Tower of London,<br />not in 1957 or 1600.]]
What does it feel like to be split in two – metaphorically speaking of course' In this episode the Goons find themselves living in the year [[1600]] – during which they bury a priceless treasure at the [[Tower of London]] – and simultaneously in the year [[1957]]. in which they set out to discover the treasure. Perhaps this ingenious script will launch a new theory on the nature of [[time]]!


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]'' {{small|([[w:Ralph Erwin|Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]]'' {{small|([[George Gershwin]] / [[Ira Gershwin]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[w:Roy Alfred|Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''How Will I Know?'' {{small|(Norvis / Baxter)}}
*In the [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] reissue The Ray Ellington Quartet played ''[[Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (song)|Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea]]'' {{small|([[Harold Arlen]] / [[Ted Koehler]])}} from [[Ill Met by Goonlight]]


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 40562]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
 
The TLO 40562 master tape no longer exists, and the C/TLO from [[Wood Norton Hall|BBC Wood Norton]] was used for the version of the show appearing on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|Compendium 7]], with the opening exchange between Greenslade and the band restored from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=10|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>


The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=10|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>
8/5 - The Treasure In The Tower. Originally recorded on 40562. This tape no longer exists, and the C/TLO
from Wood Norton was used for this issue, with the opening exchange between Greenslade and the band
restored from the TGS disc.
==Show Notes==
==Show Notes==
Treasure in Tower (aka The Treasure in the Tower) was recorded on Sunday 27 October and was
*''Treasure in Tower'' ({{aka}} ''The Treasure in the Tower'') was one of the stronger shows of the run, with a complex chronological element adding to a plot inspired by another of the many bizarre newspaper cuttings which Spike was collecting in a file for inspiration.
one of the stronger shows of the run, with a complex chronological element adding to a plot
inspired by another of the many bizarre newspaper cuttings which Spike was collecting in a
file for inspiration.


An Audience Research Report summarising the views of 352 listeners on Treasure in Tower
*An Audience Research Report summarising the views of 352 listeners on ''The Treasure in the Tower'' was compiled on Friday 15 November. The comments this time were far more promising: ‘''the peak of sound entertainment''’ observed a ‘Chemist’, although there were still some suggestions that the series had ‘''deteriorated somewhat, becoming over-complicated and stereotyped''’. The clever plot for the episode was particularly admired; ‘''the switching from 1600 to 1957 exploited the use of sound radio to the full. An excellent half-hour of madness,''’ enthused a ‘Printer’ while there was considerable praise for the main cast.
was compiled on Friday 15 November. The comments this time were far more promising: 'the
peak of sound entertainment' observed a 'Chemist', although there were still some suggestions
that the series had 'deteriorated somewhat, becoming over-complicated and stereotyped'.
The clever plot for the episode was particularly admired; 'the switching from 1600 to 1957
exploited the use of sound radio to the full. An excellent half-hour of madness,' enthused a
'Printer' while there was considerable praise for the main cast. The Red Fort was reviewed by
The Critics - i.e. J. W. Lambert, Stephen Potter, Margaret Lane, Stephen Bone and Freda Bruce
Lockhart - on the BBC Home Service at lunchtime on Sunday 17 November, shortly before
the next recording session which comprised a remake of The Giant Bombardon plus The Missing
Battleship.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:51, 1 March 2023

"The Treasure in the Tower"
The Goon Show4 episode
Episode: no.Series: 8
Episode: 5
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byCharles Chilton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 40562
First broadcast28 October 1957 (1957-10-28)
Running time30:52
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The Treasure in the Tower is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifth show in the eighth series.

The recording session for transmission (TLO 40562) took place Sunday 27 October 1957, 9.15pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day, Monday at 8.30pm 28 October 1957, its ratings were 1.5 million. The show was repeated the following Thursday 9pm, 31 October 1957, on the Light Programme to 2.6 million listeners.

Transcription Service Synopsis

The Tower of London,
not in 1957 or 1600.

What does it feel like to be split in two – metaphorically speaking of course' In this episode the Goons find themselves living in the year 1600 – during which they bury a priceless treasure at the Tower of London – and simultaneously in the year 1957. in which they set out to discover the treasure. Perhaps this ingenious script will launch a new theory on the nature of time!

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 40562 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 40562 master tape no longer exists, and the C/TLO from BBC Wood Norton was used for the version of the show appearing on Compendium 7, with the opening exchange between Greenslade and the band restored from the TGS disc.[1]

Show Notes

  • Treasure in Tower (a.k.a. The Treasure in the Tower) was one of the stronger shows of the run, with a complex chronological element adding to a plot inspired by another of the many bizarre newspaper cuttings which Spike was collecting in a file for inspiration.
  • An Audience Research Report summarising the views of 352 listeners on The Treasure in the Tower was compiled on Friday 15 November. The comments this time were far more promising: ‘the peak of sound entertainment’ observed a ‘Chemist’, although there were still some suggestions that the series had ‘deteriorated somewhat, becoming over-complicated and stereotyped’. The clever plot for the episode was particularly admired; ‘the switching from 1600 to 1957 exploited the use of sound radio to the full. An excellent half-hour of madness,’ enthused a ‘Printer’ while there was considerable praise for the main cast.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4458-9133-0.
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