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==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 3627]] (pre-recording session was on disc SLO 3627a) (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).  
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 4021]] (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).  
<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2017 |page=28|type=Booklet 1 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2017 |page=28|type=Booklet 1 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>



Revision as of 08:05, 10 July 2024


"Handsome Harry guards a vineyard in France"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 2
Episode: 6
Written by
Produced byDennis Main Wilson
Music
Editing byJimmy Grafton
Recording
Number
SLO 4021
First broadcast4 March 1952 (1952-03-04)
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The Goon Show series 2
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The series 2 shows didn't have 'official' episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number and Handsome Harry sketch name is to differentiate them.

The show had now changed its name from Crazy People to "The Goon Show, featuring those crazy people…"

Show 23 (aka Handsome Harry Secombe goes home) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the sixth show in the second series.

The main show recording session was Sunday, 2 March 1952 at 9pm. The recording session was recorded at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday, 4 March 1952 at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.2m.

The show's repeat was broadcast at 12.15pm on Saturday, 8 March 1952 on the Light Programme to an audience of 0.7 million listeners.

Sketches

  • Handsome Harry Secombe goes home: Harry recounts what happened when he went home to the wrong house.
  • Major Bloodnok's quest for the Golden Idol: Hass Bloodnok recalling his adventures in Africa with the Monottia tribe;
  • Fred Bogg in the Army: Harry relates the experiences of a friend of his from a letter;
  • Barton & Pureheart’s Interplanetary Adventures presents Flash Barton – Special Interplanetary Agent! in which Barton boards Pureheart's rocket heading for Mars.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 4021 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House). [1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 1). BBC Worldwide. p. 28. ISBN 9781785298776.