Under Two Floorboards

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"Under Two Floorboards — A Story of the Legion"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 18
Written by
Based onBeau Geste
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 72116
First broadcast25 January 1955 (1955-01-25)
Running time30:17
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Under Two Floorboards — A Story of the Legion is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eighteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 23 January 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tursday 25 January 1955 at 8.30pm (except Scotland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.

The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday 23 January 1954, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.

No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 25 December 2024.

Synopsis

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 42416 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.