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'''''Under Two Floorboards — A Story of the Legion''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday {{date|23 January 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.


The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tursday {{date|25 January 1955}} at 8.30pm (except Scotland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.
The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date|23 January 1954}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.
== Synopsis ==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Happy Days and Lonely Nights|Happy Days and Lonely Nights]]'' {{small|([[w:Fred Fisher|Fred Fisher]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[[w:The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane|The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane]]'' {{small|([[w:Sid Tepper|Sid Tepper]] / [[w:Roy C Bennett|Roy C Bennett]])}}
==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 14]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2018 |page=26|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7875-3266-3}}</ref>
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Revision as of 18:49, 18 October 2022

"Under Two Floorboards — A Story of the Legion"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 18
Written by
Based onBeau Geste
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 72116
First broadcast25 January 1955 (1955-01-25)
Running time30:17
Episode Order
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"China Story" 		Next →
"The Missing Scroll"
List of episodes

Under Two Floorboards — A Story of the Legion is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eighteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 23 January 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tursday 25 January 1955 at 8.30pm (except Scotland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday 23 January 1954, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.

No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 25 December 2024.

Synopsis

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 42416 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
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