The Red Fort
| "The Red Fort" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 8 Episode: 7 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Roy Speer |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 41712 |
| First broadcast | 11 November 1957 |
| Running time | 30:29 |
The Red Fort is an episode from The Goon Show, although it was announced as A Tale of India. It is the seventh show in the eighth series.
A pre-recording session took place Sunday 10 November 1957 at 5pm at The Camden Theatre (TLO 41712A [effects])
The recording for transmission was created at 9.15pm on Sunday 10 November 1957, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 11 November 1957, its ratings were 1.5 million.
The show was repeated the following Thursday at 9pm 14 November 1957, on the Light Programme to 2.6 million listeners.
BBC Audio Synopsis
1857 and it looks like Major Bloodnok has a major problem: the natives are revolting because their rifle cartridges are being greased with banana skins and the banana is a sacred animal. Bloodnok orders Seagoon to do the work of three brave men - well, he is big enough.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Sonny Boy (Ray Henderson / Buddy G. DeSylva / Lew Brown)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Will You Still Be Mine? (Tom Adair / Matt Dennis)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 41712 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The TLO 41712 master tape survives in TS, and was used for the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12. The Home Service opening was taken from a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]
Note
In December 1972, EMI released an LP (electronically processed to stereo), entitled The Very Best of The Goons, which included The Red Fort along with a previously unbroadcast Vintage Goons series show, The Missing Ten Downing Street. This had the effect of putting both shows into licensing limbo until the BBC were able to regain licensing rights to release both shows under their own banner on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12 in 2016.
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-7852-9449-5.
