The Missing Ten Downing Street (VG)
| "The Missing Ten Downing Street (VG)" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode no. | Series Vintage Goons Episode 3 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Based on | The Missing Prime Minister |
| Presented by | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Roy Speer |
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| Production code | T1/AG/3054 / TLO 52769 |
| Original air date | 3 November 1957 |
| Running time | 30 mins 00 secs |
The Missing Ten Downing Street (aka 10 Downing Street Stolen) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the third show in the Vintage Goons series (although the show's title was announced as 'The Missing Prime Minister of 1953') and was based on the series 4 episode 15 show: 'The Missing Prime Minister'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 4.30pm Sunday 3 November 1957, but the show was actually recorded later at 8.30pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at The Camden Theatre, London.
This episode has never been broadcast domestically in the UK. The commercial release rights are not available for it to be publically released on CD.
Technical
Originally recorded on T1/AG/3054 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at St. Hilda's, Maida Vale).
Story
Guinness — The Man in the White Suit — introduces the story of the Missing Prime Minister of 1953, relating the events that unfolded on Christmas Eve when Inspector Seagoon and Scotland Yard received a mysterious telephone call from a Mister Avery Tom Tom Deacon-Harry.
