Forog

"Forog"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 5 Episode: 13
Written by	Spike Milligan Eric Sykes
Announcer	Wallace Greenslade
Produced by	Peter Eton
Music	Orchestra: Wally Stott Geldray: Stardust Ellington: One Mint Julep
Recording Number	TLO 69220
First broadcast	21 December 1954 (1954-12-21)
Running time	30:20

Forog is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the thirteenth show in series five. It was recorded on Sunday 19 December 1954 at 8.15pm. It was recorded at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 21 December 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners. It was repeated the following Friday, Christmas Eve, on the Home Service at 12.25pm / 12.30pm (depending on area) 24 December 1954 getting a rating of 1.1m.

Story

Young Ned Seagoon, whilst walking the streets of London during a particularly thick 'pea-souper', accidentally bumps into Minnie Bannister, he then discovers he's lost. Using a burning torch he realises that he's become the leading London guide for vehicles lost in the fog. Becoming incensed by the difficulty finding his way round in the pea-souper he drops into parliament to complain. Ultimately he volunteers for a government-sponsored experimental unit to get rid of said fog.

This plan however comes to the attention of the 10-foot statue of Horatio Nelson who tries to dissuade Neddie of his task. It doesn't end well…

Music

• The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
• Max Geldray plays Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet plays One Mint Julep (Rudy Toombs)

Transcription

• Forog (transcript)

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 69220 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape no longer exists and the version included on Compendium Vol 1 was compiled from a combination of the TGS 93 disc and a domestic disc recording.