The Pevensey Bay Disaster
| "The Pevensey Bay Disaster" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 6 Episode: 10 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 90647 |
| First broadcast | 3 April 1956 |
| Running time | 31:53 |
Music: Quartet Max plays Geldray plays One, Two, Button Your Shoe Hendricks) Johnny Burke/
The Pevensey Bay Disaster is an episode from The Goon Show. It was originally scheduled to be the tenth show in the sixth series.
The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 20 November 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 29 November 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.
The show's first repeat was two weeks later at 7.30pm, Saturday 3 December 1955, on the Light Programme. It was listened to by 2.3 million.
Script Book Synopsis for the Hastings Flyer — Robbed:
Our story begins on the night of the Great English Blizzard. Owing to a sever outbreak of hand-typing on his snow-plough, Neddie Seagoon, engine driver extraordinary, has been foiled in his valiant attempt to clear the line between Hastings and Pevensey Bay for the Hastings Flyer. His hi-jacked snow-plough races on through the night – at the wheel two unscrupulous down and out MPs with a dastardly plan to wreck the Flyer. Things look pretty hopeless for Neddie as he lies bound hand and foot in a snow drift. Meanwhile, midnight ticks nearer and nearer… And a signal box west of Pevensey Bay station, the crime of the century is about to be committed…
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Baia (Ary Barroso)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays I Love to Ride (Campbell)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 91637 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape no longer exists, and this version included on Compendium Vol 3 has been compiled from the TGS master tape, the POTG master tape and a domestic tape recording.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
