Napoleon's Piano
| "Napoleon's Piano" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 6 Episode: 4 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 88253 |
| First broadcast | 11 October 1955 |
| Running time | 29:11 |
Napoleon's Piano[nb 1] is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 17 September 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 20 September 1955 at 8.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.
The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday 23 January 1955, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 26 December 2024.
Transcription Service Remake Synopsis
From ancient Egypt , land of monolithic [sic] pyramids and Karnak's fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyptian priest's toomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Ain't Misbehavin' (Walter Donaldson)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Bloodshot Eyes (Walter Donaldson (music) / Gus Khan (lyrics)) / Nagasaki (Harry Warren (music) / Mort Dixon (lyrics))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 88253 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[2]
Notes
References
- ^ Wilmut, Roger (1976). The Goon Show Companion. Robson Books. p. 125. ISBN 0860518361.
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
