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The first British public broadcast was on [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] on Saturday 27 December 1986 at 12.27pm ([[The Goon Show recording numbers|TLN369/86LD0889]]).
The first British public broadcast was on [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] on Saturday 27 December 1986 at 12.27pm ([[The Goon Show recording numbers|TLN369/86LD0889]]).
== Story ==
An underwater miltary gas stove is all that stands between Fort Knight and annihalation at the hands of the Biguns tribe. But can inventor, [[Henry Crun]], construct one in time? ([[The Goon Show running jokes|He can't get the wood you know]]). Can [[Neddie Seagoon|Major Seagoon]] get it to the fort on time? The journey is fraught with impossibilities… Thus unfolds this gripping saga of a Long March — long by anyone's calendar…


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TN/AG/-|T1/AG/4661]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Maida Vale Studios|St. Hilda's, Maida Vale]]). This tape survived intact at [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] and was used to create the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 9]] and [[The Goon Show CDs|CD Vol 26]]. The [[w:Dynamic range compression|compression]] and audible '[[w:Wow and flutter measurement|flutter]]' on this tape indicates that it may itself be a copy of the [[w:Mastering (audio)|master tape]], made at the time.
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TN/AG/-|T1/AG/4661]] (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Maida Vale Studios|St. Hilda's, Maida Vale]]). This tape survived intact at [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]] and was used to create the version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums|Compendium Vol 9]] and [[The Goon Show CDs|CD Vol 26]]. The [[w:Dynamic range compression|compression]] and audible '[[w:Wow and flutter measurement|flutter]]' on this tape indicates that it may itself be a copy of the [[w:Mastering (audio)|master tape]], made at the time.
== Story ==
An underwater miltary gas stove is all that stands between Fort Knight and annihalation at the hands of the Biguns tribe. But can inventor, [[Henry Crun]], construct one in time? ([[The Goon Show running jokes|He can't get the wood you know]]). Can [[Neddie Seagoon|Major Seagoon]] get it to the fort on time? The journey is fraught with impossibilities… Thus unfolds this gripping saga of a Long March — long by anyone's calendar…


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Revision as of 23:00, 13 September 2022

"The Siege of Fort Night (VG)"
The Goon Show episode
Episode no.Series Vintage Goons
Episode 13
Written bySpike Milligan
Presented byWallace Greenslade
Produced byCharles Chilton
Music
Production codeT5/AG/4661
Original air date16 March 1958 (1958-03-16)
Running time31 mins 31 secs
Episode Order
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The Siege of Fort Night (aka Underwater Gas Stoves for Fort Knight) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the thirteenth show in the Vintage Goons series and was based on the series 4 episode 30 show: 'The Siege of Fort Knight'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 2pm Sunday 16 March 1958, but the show was actually recorded later at 5.15pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first British public broadcast was on Radio 4 on Saturday 27 December 1986 at 12.27pm (TLN369/86LD0889).

Story

An underwater miltary gas stove is all that stands between Fort Knight and annihalation at the hands of the Biguns tribe. But can inventor, Henry Crun, construct one in time? (He can't get the wood you know). Can Major Seagoon get it to the fort on time? The journey is fraught with impossibilities… Thus unfolds this gripping saga of a Long March — long by anyone's calendar…

Technical

Originally recorded on T1/AG/4661 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at St. Hilda's, Maida Vale). This tape survived intact at TS and was used to create the version included on Compendium Vol 9 and CD Vol 26. The compression and audible 'flutter' on this tape indicates that it may itself be a copy of the master tape, made at the time.