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THE REASON WHY (CD 6,Track 11)
With Valentine Dyall
Pre-Recording:
Sunday 11 August 1957, 5pm, Piccadilly 2. DLO 35307 A.


Recording:
Sunday 11 August 1957, 9pm, Piccadilly 2.TLO 35307.


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First Home Service Broodcast:
Thursday 22August 1957, 9.15pm. Ratings: I . I million. RI: 53.
 
Repeats:
Sunday 29 September 1957, 6.30pmm, 1.1 million [Light Programme];
Monday 28 April 1973, 1.45pm, 0.5 million [Radio 4].
 
'''''The Reason Why''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is an end-of-series special in the seventh series. It was recorded with no audience and with no musical interludes. It was recorded, uncharacteristically in the BBC Studios in Piccadilly Gardens in the centre of Manchester.
 
A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-17}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.
 
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).
 
== Radio Times Synopsis ==
Being an account of the hole, the wonderful way it was filled, and with what. Written for the wireless by Spike Milligan.
*Jack Snaffle, a habit-maker: Wallace Greenslade
*Mr Henry Crun: Peter Sellers
*Hon Harold Bowles: Harry Secombe
*An omne: Valentine Dyall
*Eccles: Spike Milligan
*Lord Midgeworthy Ttrynne: Peter Sellers
*Admiral 'Biggers' Creighton: Harry Secombe
*Major Denis Bloodnok: Peter Sellers
*Pugh: Harry Secombe
*A producer: Jacques Brown
 
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]'' {{small|([[w:Ralph Erwin|Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[w:Roy Alfred|Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}
 
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 35307]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
 
The TLO 35307master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>
 
The Reason Why. Originally recorded on TLO 35307. The programme was preserved in Sound Archives on
T 28595 and this issue was prepared from a copy of the shelf tape made in 1986, and a domestic recording of the original transmission.
==References==
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Revision as of 17:35, 4 December 2022

"The Reason Why"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 9
Episode: Special
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byJacques Brown
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 35307
First broadcast22 August 1957 (1957-08-22)
Running time30:09
Guest appearance
Valentine Dyall
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THE REASON WHY (CD 6,Track 11) With Valentine Dyall Pre-Recording: Sunday 11 August 1957, 5pm, Piccadilly 2. DLO 35307 A.

Recording: Sunday 11 August 1957, 9pm, Piccadilly 2.TLO 35307.

First Home Service Broodcast: Thursday 22August 1957, 9.15pm. Ratings: I . I million. RI: 53.

Repeats: Sunday 29 September 1957, 6.30pmm, 1.1 million [Light Programme]; Monday 28 April 1973, 1.45pm, 0.5 million [Radio 4].

The Reason Why is an episode from The Goon Show. It is an end-of-series special in the seventh series. It was recorded with no audience and with no musical interludes. It was recorded, uncharacteristically in the BBC Studios in Piccadilly Gardens in the centre of Manchester.

A pre-recording session took place Sunday 17 February 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 3 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the Home Service in Let's Laugh Again, to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).

Radio Times Synopsis

Being an account of the hole, the wonderful way it was filled, and with what. Written for the wireless by Spike Milligan.

  • Jack Snaffle, a habit-maker: Wallace Greenslade
  • Mr Henry Crun: Peter Sellers
  • Hon Harold Bowles: Harry Secombe
  • An omne: Valentine Dyall
  • Eccles: Spike Milligan
  • Lord Midgeworthy Ttrynne: Peter Sellers
  • Admiral 'Biggers' Creighton: Harry Secombe
  • Major Denis Bloodnok: Peter Sellers
  • Pugh: Harry Secombe
  • A producer: Jacques Brown

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 35307 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 35307master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1]

The Reason Why. Originally recorded on TLO 35307. The programme was preserved in Sound Archives on T 28595 and this issue was prepared from a copy of the shelf tape made in 1986, and a domestic recording of the original transmission.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.
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