The Man Who Won the War
From The Goon Show Depository
| "The Man Who Won the War" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 6 Episode: 1 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 86722 |
| First broadcast | 20 September 1955 |
| Running time | 30:04 |
The Man Who Won the War (a.k.a. Seagoon MCC) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the first show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 18 September 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 20 September 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.9m.
The show's first repeat wasn't until 37 years later at 1.02pm, Saturday 9 May 1992, on Radio 2 as part of the Comedy Hour: the Radio 2 Comedy Season.
Synopsis
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays You Go to My Head (J Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Razzle Dazzle (Charles Calhoun
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 86722 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
