Show 1

"Show 1"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 1
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens Jimmy Grafton
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Dennis Main Wilson
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: Let Yourself Go / Honey, I Love You But Ellington: Keep off the Grass Geldray: I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
Recording Number	SLO 90260
First broadcast	28 May 1951 (1951-05-28)

The first series shows didn't have episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number is to differentiate them.

At this point in time the show was called Crazy People.

Show 1 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the first show in the first series. The show was recorded at 5.30pm on Sunday 27 May 1951 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 28 May 1951 at 6.45pm (in London only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m. The show did not have a repeat schedule yet.

The show starred Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, the Stargazers, Max Geldray, the Ray Ellington Quartet with Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra. The show was produced by Dennis Main Wilson and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Jones explains how he got this series on radio.
• The Story of the BRM: with racing driver Captain Pureheart.
• Dick Barton – Special Agent: trapped in a gas-filled sewer.
• The Quest for Tutankhamen!: with Sir Harold Porridge and Harold Vest.
• 1951:The Festival of Britain!: saluting Britain.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Keep off the Grass (Don Raye / Gene de Paul)
• Max Geldray played I Can’t Give You Anything but Love (Jimmy McHugh)
• The Stargazers sang Honey, I Love You But (Conrad)

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 90260 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).