The Great Bank Robbery
| "The Great Bank Robbery" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 7 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLOTLO 15801 |
| First broadcast | 15 November 1956 |
| Running time | 31:09 |
Pre-recording:
Sunday 11 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 17173.
Recording: Sunday 11 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre. no 15801.
First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 15 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million. R/: 65.
Repeat: Monday 19 November 1956, 8pm, 4.1 million (Light Programme].
Music: Max Geldray plays How About You (Burton Lane); The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Razzle-Dazzle (Charles E Calhoun).
The Great Bank Robbery is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the seventh series.
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
- Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
- Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 15 December 1958, its ratings were 1.1 million.
The show was repeated:
- Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the Home Service in Let's Laugh Again, to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).
BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis
Wanted: One large horse-hair stuffed Zeppelin disguised as the 7.20 train to Bradford with Crun's Bank attached and going in the direction of up. When Henry Crun turns banker and promises double security (the money's in a tea caddy stuffed in a mattress) he falls victim to the aeronautical schemes of Grytpype and Count Jim Thighs' Moriarty. But why is Neddie in the bullion vaults before making his escape in the Tour de Britain Five Day Bass Drum Race! He's innocent, folks! Yes, a mystery has been committed and security guard Bluebottle intends to solve it.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays How About You? (Burton Lane (music) / Ralph Freed (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Razzle Dazzle (Charles E Calhoun)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 15801 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
This tape still exists, and was used for subsequent restorations.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
