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|| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| presenter      = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
| producer      = [[Peter Eton]]
| producer      = [[Peter Eton]]
| music          = *Geldray: ''[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
| music          = *Geldray: ''[[w:You're Driving Me Crazy|You're Driving Me Crazy]]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:Norman Brooks (singer)|Sky Blue Shirt and a Rainbow]]''
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 64692
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 64692
| recording_date = {{Start date|1954|10|24|df=y}}
| recording_date = {{Start date|1954|10|24|df=y}}
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| airdate        = {{Start date|1954|10|26|df=y}}
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| prev          = [[The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)]]
| prev          = [[The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)]]
| next          = [[The Canal]]
| next          = [[The Canal]]
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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 [[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.
==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.


== 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 [[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?


==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.


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Revision as of 18:16, 30 September 2022

"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 Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)"
Next →
"The Canal"
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.

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?

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.