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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.
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.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Repeats
|-
! Day !! Date !! Time !! Ratings !! Station !! Show
|-
| Friday
|style=text-align:center;| {{date|21 January 1955}}
|style=text-align:center;| 12.25pm / 12.30pm
|style=text-align:center;| 1.9m
|| [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]]
||
|-
| Friday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|17 June 1955}}
|style=text-align:center;| 7.30pm
|style=text-align:center;| 3.4m
|| [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]
||
|-
| Tuesday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|22 November 1955}}
|style=text-align:center;| 8.30pm
|style=text-align:center;| 3.0m
|| [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
||replaced ''[[The Pevensey Bay Disaster]]''
|-
| Saturday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|15 August 1970}}
|style=text-align:center;| 8pm
|style=text-align:center;| 0.8m
|| [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
|| in [[Vintage Goons]]
|-
| Monday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|26 October 1992}}
|style=text-align:center;| 11pm
|style=text-align:center;| 
|| [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
||
|-
|}
== Synopsis ==
==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]])}}
*[[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))}}
==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>
==References==
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Revision as of 07:14, 18 October 2022

"China Story"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 17
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 70610
First broadcast18 January 1955 (1955-01-18)
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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 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 1954 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

Music

Technical

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

References

  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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