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The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was on Tuesday 28 September 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners. | The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was on Tuesday 28 September 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners. | ||
== Story == | == Story == | ||
The story begins as a young Ned Seagoon is sent to go behind the [[w:Iron Curtain|Iron Curtain]] in order to sabotage the Hungarian national [[w:Association football|football team]], the aim being to assure a revival of Britain's sporting prestige over the next football season. The action takes place at a stadium near [[w:Budapest|Budapest]], at a British Embassy [[w:Haywards Heath|Haywards Heath]], a haddock stretching factory in [[w:Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] and outside a deserted maternity home in [[w:Mayfair|Mayfair]]. | The story begins as a young Ned Seagoon is sent to go behind the [[w:Iron Curtain|Iron Curtain]] in order to sabotage the Hungarian national [[w:Association football|football team]], the aim being to assure a revival of Britain's sporting prestige over the next football season. The action takes place at a stadium near [[w:Budapest|Budapest]], at a British Embassy [[w:Haywards Heath|Haywards Heath]], a haddock stretching factory in [[w:Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] and outside a deserted maternity home in [[w:Mayfair|Mayfair]]. | ||
==Technical== | |||
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 62960 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape was copied before transmission through a [[w:notch filter|notch filter]] to remove a whistle on the line between The Paris Cinema and the recording channel in Broadcasting House. The version included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|Compendium Vol 1]] was sourced from the [[BBC Sound Archive|Sound Archive]] shelf copy (T28575) (a 15 ips ¼" tape) and was dubbed to [[w:Digital Audio Tape|DAT]] in 1990. | |||
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Revision as of 12:18, 4 October 2022
| "The Whistling Spy Enigma" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
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| Episode: no. | Series: 5 Episode: 1 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 62960 |
| First broadcast | 28 September 1954 |
| Running time | 30 mins 41 secs |
The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the first show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 26 September 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 28 September 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners.
Story
The story begins as a young Ned Seagoon is sent to go behind the Iron Curtain in order to sabotage the Hungarian national football team, the aim being to assure a revival of Britain's sporting prestige over the next football season. The action takes place at a stadium near Budapest, at a British Embassy Haywards Heath, a haddock stretching factory in Petrograd and outside a deserted maternity home in Mayfair.
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 62960 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape was copied before transmission through a notch filter to remove a whistle on the line between The Paris Cinema and the recording channel in Broadcasting House. The version included on Compendium Vol 1 was sourced from the Sound Archive shelf copy (T28575) (a 15 ips ¼" tape) and was dubbed to DAT in 1990.
