Personal Narrative
| "Personal Narrative" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 8 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 52769 |
| First broadcast | 22 November 1956 |
| Running time | 30:18 |
Personal Narrative is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.
Repeat: Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 14 August 1983, 12 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]
A pre-recording session took place on Sunday 18 November 1956, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 16600). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same Sunday 18 November 1956, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 22 November 1956, its ratings were 2.3 million.
The show was repeated:
- Monday 8pm, 26 November 1956, on the Light Programme to 3.6 million listeners.
- Sunday 12 noon, 14 August 1983 on the Radio 4 in Smash of the Day.
Transcription Service Synopsis
Being an account of the adventures of Captain Neddie Seagoon RN, drawn from the log of HMS Resolute dated 1662. A ship, identified as Dutch by the clogs it is wearing, threatens to sabotage the British fleet. The Admiralty entrusts the destruction of the foe to Captain Seagoon. Despite the machinations of the spies, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne, warning beacons are lit on the coast to alert HMS Resolute. A fierce engagement between the two ships ensues, but as the outcome is, fortunately, in the hands of Able Seaman Bluebottle, the result of the battle, is of course, never in doubt. Or is it!
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays This Can't Be Love (w:Richard Rodgers (music) / w:Lorenz Hart (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays That's Right Winfield Scott)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 16600 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The TLO 16600 master tape no longer exists, and the show found on Compendium 5 was compiled from the POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.[1]
Note
Spike ad-libbed his own version of the popular song I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm during recording, and made an early appearance as a rather nervous junior officer – a character who would reappear in later shows.
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
