Show 10

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"Show 10"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 1
Episode: 10
Written by
AnnouncerDenys Drower
Produced byDennis Main Wilson
Music
Recording
Number
SLO 92867
First broadcast2 August 1951 (1951-08-02)
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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 10 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the tenth show in the first series.

The show was recorded at 8.15pm on Sunday 29 July 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 Thursday 2 August 1951 at 8pm (in London and Midlands only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m. The show then had its first repeat on thee Home Service at 9.30am on Saturday morning 4 August 1951 which achieved a peak listenership of 0.4m.

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

  • Herschel & Jones: Sees Jones feeling ill.
  • The building of Sydney Harbour Goon Bridge with Captain Osric Pureheart.
  • Roger Fudgeknuckle and Jasper Crake report on an air pageant and country fete.
  • The Story of Colonel Slocombe: Tells a tale of the American Civil War.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 92867 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 27. ISBN 9781785298776.