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{{Infobox Goon Show episode | {{Infobox Goon Show episode | ||
| series = [[The Goon Show]] | | series = [[The Goon Show]] | ||
| image = The-Whistling-Spy-Enigma-RT.jpg | | image = The-Whistling-Spy-Enigma-RT.jpg | ||
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| caption = | | caption = | ||
| series_no = 5 | | series_no = 5 | ||
| episode = 1 | | episode = 1 | ||
| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]] | | writer = *[[Spike Milligan]] | ||
| based_on = | | based_on = | ||
| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]] | | presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]] | ||
| producer = [[Peter Eton]] | | producer = [[Peter Eton]] | ||
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| recording_date = {{Start date|1954|09|26|df=y}} | | recording_date = {{Start date|1954|09|26|df=y}} | ||
| airdate = {{Start date|1954|09|28|df=y}} | | airdate = {{Start date|1954|09|28|df=y}} | ||
| length = 30 | | length = {{Duration|m=30|s=41}} | ||
| guests = | | guests = | ||
| prev = | | prev = [[The Starlings]] | ||
| next = [[The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)]] | | next = [[The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)]] | ||
| CD_volume = | | season_article = | ||
| Compendium = | | CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol7|7]] | ||
| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol1|1]] | |||
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''The Whistling Spy Enigma'' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was the first show in series | ''The Whistling Spy Enigma'' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It was the first show in series five. It was recorded on Sunday 26 September 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at [[w:The Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]], 12 Lower Regent Street in central London. | ||
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. | ||
Revision as of 20:56, 14 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 |
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| Recording Number | TLO 62960 |
| First broadcast | 28 September 1954 |
| Running time | 30:41 |
The Whistling Spy Enigma is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the first show in series five. 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.
