Wings Over Dagenham

"Wings Over Dagenham"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 7 Episode: 15
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens
Announcer	Wallace Greenslade
Produced by	Pat Dixon
Music	Orchestra: Wally Stott Geldray: Cheek to Cheek Ellington: Rockin' and Rollin' Man
Recording Number	TLO 20041
First broadcast	10 January 1957 (1957-01-10)
Running time	30:33
Guest appearance
George Chisolm

Wings Over Dagenham is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifteenth show in the seventh series.

A pre-recording session took place, 12.30pm Sunday 30 December 1956 at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 21616) then later the same day at 7pm (also at The Camden) the show was recorded for transmission (TLO 20041).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 10 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 million. The show was repeated the following Monday at 8pm, 14 January 1957, on the Light Programme to 3.6 million listeners.

Transcription Service Synopsis

A horse-drawn Zeppelin (the horse was still asleep in the barn... it was early when the photo was taken)

For the first time the real story behind the invention of the aeroplane is told. Gone are the days of the horse-drawn Zeppelin. The problems confronting the daring inventor of the fiendish heavier-than-air machine seem insuperable. Will he, for instance, find anyone with the skill and foresight to invent an aerodrome! Listen to this gripping tale of the battle between man and the elements. We feel sure you will be on the side of the elements every time.

Music

• The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
• Max Geldray plays Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Rockin’ and Rollin’ Man (Ray Ellington / Dick Katz / Rubin)

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 20041 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 20041 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.