The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)
| "The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
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| Episode no. | Series 05 Episode 02 |
| Written by | |
| Presented by | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
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| Production code | TLO 63962 |
| Original air date | 5 October 1954 |
| Running time | 26 mins 10 secs |
The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the second show in series 5. It was recorded on Sunday 3 October 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 5 October 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners.
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 63692. This tape no longer exists, and the version of the show found on Compendium Vol 1 was compiled from the POTG (Pick of the Goons TS re-issue) 27 master tape and TGS 2 disk.
Story
We are to follow how young Ned Seagoon journeys by steam packet to the Americas to find the Lost Gold Mine and how, after being foully tricked by several desperadoes, he eventually triumphs. The action takes place aboard the SS Filthmuck, in a New Orleans dustbin, near the desert town of San Fairee Ann and in a dried up gulch near Hammersmith.
