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*At the start of January 1957, | *At the start of January 1957, Milligan and Stephens wrote ''Shifting Sands'', which featured the character of the dipsomaniac Colonel Humphrey Chinstrap (‘''I don't mind if I do''’) who had originated in the earlier BBC radio comedy [[It's That Man Again|ITMA]] in 1942, and had subsequently appeared in the 1950 series ''The Great Gilhooly''. [[Pat Dixon]] requested special permission to hire [[Jack Train]] – who had played Chinstrap in ITMA – to take part in the recording at the end of the month. | ||
*[[Roger Wilmut]]'s notes in ''[[The Goon Show Companion]]'' says: "''It is interesting that the character, although from a different show from a decade earlier, fits into the Goon Show framework with no sense of strain''". | *[[Roger Wilmut]]'s notes in ''[[The Goon Show Companion]]'' says: "''It is interesting that the character, although from a different show from a decade earlier, fits into the Goon Show framework with no sense of strain''". | ||
Revision as of 23:08, 3 December 2022
| "Shifting Sands" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 17 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 21509 |
| First broadcast | 24 January 1957 |
| Running time | 31:23 |
| Guest appearance | |
| Jack Train | |
Pre-Recording:
Sunday 20 January 1957, 5pm, Camden. DLO 21509/A.
Recording: Sunday 20 January 1957, 9pm, Camden.TLC 21509.
First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 24 January 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million.
Repeats: Monday 28 January 1957, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Saturday 5 September 1970, 8pm, 0.6 million [Radio 4 in Vintage Goons]
Shifting Sands is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the seventh series and featured as a guest, Colonel Chinstrap (Jack Train).
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
- Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
- Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 3 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 million.
The show was repeated:
- Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the 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
One of Britain's far-flung outposts is in danger. Only one man can restore the situation - Lieutenant Harry Seagoon, who leaves post-haste for the besieged Fort Thud (close to the frontier of Waziristan) with the plans of a Union Jack in his pocket. But the Fort has been built on shifting sands and is travelling north at the rate of twenty miles a day. What happens when it crosses the frontier into Waziristan is revealed in this gripping episode of turmoil in one of the outposts of the British Empire.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Isn't This a Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays The Late Late Show (Cole Porter) / All of Me (Seymour Simons / Gerald Marks)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 21509 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1] 7/ I 7 - Shifting Sands. Originally recorded on TLO 21509. The programme was preserved in Sound Archives on T 32818 and this issue has been mastered from a DAT copy of the shelf tape made in 1990.
Notes on Chinstrap
- At the start of January 1957, Milligan and Stephens wrote Shifting Sands, which featured the character of the dipsomaniac Colonel Humphrey Chinstrap (‘I don't mind if I do’) who had originated in the earlier BBC radio comedy ITMA in 1942, and had subsequently appeared in the 1950 series The Great Gilhooly. Pat Dixon requested special permission to hire Jack Train – who had played Chinstrap in ITMA – to take part in the recording at the end of the month.
- Roger Wilmut's notes in The Goon Show Companion says: "It is interesting that the character, although from a different show from a decade earlier, fits into the Goon Show framework with no sense of strain".
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.
