The Last Smoking Seagoon
| "The Last Smoking Seagoon" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 10 Episode: 6 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | John Browell |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 6786 |
| First broadcast | 28 January 1960 |
| Running time | 30:12 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Valentine Dyall, John Snagge (pre-recorded) | |
The Last Smoking Seagoon is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the sixth and final show in the tenth series. It was also the final show of the original The Goon Show programme.
Pre-recording: Wednesday 20 January 1960, 4.15pm, Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 6585); Friday 22 January 1960, 2.30pm, Broadcasting House Studio B5 (DW 8898); Sunday 24 January 1960, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 6786/A).
The show for transmission was recorded at 8pm on Sunday 24 January 1960. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Thursday 28 January 1960 at 7.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 0.5m.
The show's first repeat was the following Tuesday at 8pm, 2 February 1960, on the Light Programme. It was listened to by 1.7 million. The next repeat was 9½ years later on Friday 15 August 1969 at 7pm on Radio 4 (except Wales).
Transcription Service Synopsis
As no synopsis of this story seems possible, here instead is a provisional cast list!
| WAL | Wallace Greenslade |
| NED | Harry Milligan |
| MIN | Spike Sellers |
| CRUN | Peter Secombe |
| THYNNE | Peter Milligan |
| BLOODNOK | Seter Pellers |
| BANERJEE | Harry Sellers |
| LALKAKA | Spike Secombe |
| MORIARTY | Mike Spilligan |
| ECCLES | Spike Milligan |
Now try and identify them when you hear the programme!
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays What More Do You Want? (Joan Whitney / Alex Kramer / Hy Zaret) Joan Whitney/Alex Kramer/Hy Zaret
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Too Marvelous for Words (Richard Whiting / Johnny Mercer)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 6786 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The master tape TLO 6786 no longer exists, and the version of the show included on Compendium 11 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original Home Service transmission. Imperial Tobacco objected strenuously to the inclusion of 'The Imperial Ascot Tobacco Company' in the plot, so all references to 'Imperial' were removed for the Light Programme repeat. They are restored in the Compendium 11 issue.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2015). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-7852-9129-6.
