The Burning Embassy
| "The Burning Embassy" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 8 Episode: 3 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Charles Chilton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 39928 |
| First broadcast | 14 October 1957 |
| Running time | 31:25 |
The Burning Embassy is an episode from The Goon Show, although there was no coherent announcement of that title. It is the third show in the eighth series. It was recorded Sunday 13 October 1957, and broadcast on Monday 14 October 1957.
Story
Fire Chief Seagoon is lying in bed (when will the fellow tell the truth?) in Wandsworth Fire Station as news comes through that the British Embassy in Old Peking is ablaze. The Chinese Government is velly anxious that Blitish flyermen should put flyer out. So Ned sets off for Peking only to find out that his precious water parcels evaporate when they reach the Middle East. Something must be done to put out the sun. So why is Eccles putting another twig on it? And by the time insurance fraud Moriarty gets to the parcels they are smelling suspiciously of petrol. Velly solly.
Music
- The BBC Orchester was conducted by Wally Stott.
- Max Geldray: This Can't be Love (Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics)).
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays I've Got a Rose Between My Toes.
