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Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 5454]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). | Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 5454]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). | ||
The TLO 5454 tape no longer exists, and the recording included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|Compendium 11]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2015 |page=16|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7852-9129-6}}</ref> | The TLO 5454 master tape no longer exists, and the recording included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|Compendium 11]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol11|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2015 |page=16|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7852-9129-6}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 08:10, 14 November 2022
| "Robin's Post" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 10 Episode: 4 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | John Browell |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 5454 |
| First broadcast | 14 January 1960 |
| Running time | 29:36 |
Robin's Post is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fourth show in the tenth series.
Pre-recording: Wednesday 6 January 1960, 4.15pm, Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 5386) and then Sunday 10 January 1960, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 5454/A).
The show for transmission was recorded at 8pm on Sunday 10 January 1960. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 14 January 1960 at 7.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m.
The show's first repeat was the following Tuesday at 8pm, Tuesday 19 January 1960, on the Light Programme. It was listened to by 1.9 million.
Transcription Service Synopsis
The time: 1901 - year of gaiety and romance! At his ancestral home, Robin's Post, Lord Seagoon is holding a masked ball. But this is no ordinary ball - in fact it's made of solid gold and weighs (excluding the mask) fourteen carrots, three turnips and a mango! To what depths Moriarty will sink to secure this treasure and kidnap the guests at Robin's Post is disclosed in this edition of The Goon Show. (The programme includes our old friends Banerjee and Lalkaka).
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Bye Bye Blackbird (Ray Henderson / Mort Dixon)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) (Melvin Oliver / James Young)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 5454 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The TLO 5454 master tape no longer exists, and the recording included on Compendium 11 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2015). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-7852-9129-6.
