Operation Bagpipes
| "Operation Bagpipes" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 9 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 37891 |
| First broadcast | 27 November 1953 |
Operation Bagpipes is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the nineth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 15 November 1953 The recording was made at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 27 November 1953 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m. The show's first repeat was on the Light Programme on Saturday 21 November 1953 it was listened to by 1.5m people.
No known, publically available recording, is known to exist as of 10 November 2024.
Story
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Operation Bagpipes is a wartime story of how the bagpipes of the Hooland Division fell into enemy hands at El Alamein. Major Bloodnok and Captain Seagoon lead a commando squad in Libya to venture behind German lines to Rommel's HQ to recover or destroy the captured instrument or have Mr Crun render it harmless by removing its chanter.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Glow-Worm (Johnny Mercer)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo (w:Mack Gordon (lyrics) / Harry Warren (music))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 37891 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7852-9877-6.
