Western Story
| "Western Story" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 26 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 51429 |
| First broadcast | 22 March 1954 |
| Running time | 29:24 |
Western Story (although announced as Brain! inspired by the film, Shane) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twenty-sixth show in the fourth series. The show that was recorded started at 8.45pm on Sunday 21 March 1954. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast of the show was on the Home Service on Monday 22 March 1954 at 7.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.
The show's first repeat was the folowing Saturday morning at 8.45am, 27 March 1954, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million people.
BBC Audio Synopsis
From the pages of pulp magazines comes Drain, a western epit telling of how Henry 'Drain' Crun — the scourge of Leamington Spa — and his assistant Eccles travelled out from London to Deadsprings Creek, Arizona in search of the only place without television. However their arrival was anticipated by Sheriff Hairy Secombe and Wild Bill Moretoncock who needed Drain to defend the town from the threat of Dangerous Ernest M'Grew with his plans to sponsor a new television station…
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Tenderly (Walter Lloyd Gross / Jack Lawrence)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays The Very Thought of You (Ray Noble) / Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren / Johnny Mercer)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 51429 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
Ted Kendall's Restoration
This is the last of the shows that came from the same acetate disc collection that 4/18 was sourced from. The ending was clipped so was replaced with one from another show.[2]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
