The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments
| "The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 2 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
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| Recording Number | TLO 35432 |
| First broadcast | 9 October 1953 |
| Running time | 30:02 |
The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 4 October 1953 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 9 October 1953 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.9m. Its first repeat on the Light Programme was at 10.15pm on Saturday 10 October 1953 with a listenership of 1.1m.
Sketches
- Moriarty tells Handsome Harry Secombe that if he takes a job with chief life saver Peter Sellers at Brighton, he can become romatically linked with millionairess Miss Gingold.
- The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments: in which William J. MacGoonigal relates the events of June 1901 when Major Bloodnok and Captain Seagoon were detailed to investigate a letter threatening to blow up Greater London and its monuments… and Anna Neagle.
Music
- Max Geldray plays Hot Toddy (Ralph Flanagan (music) / Herb Hendler (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Any Old Iron (Charles Collins / Fred E. Terry / E.A. Sheppard)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 35432 (15 ips (inches per second) ¼" (quarter inch) magnetic audiotape recorded at Broadcasting House.
The original tape, TLO 35432, no longer exists so the issue contained on Compendium Vol 13 came from a domestic recording, from the same source which supplied Story of The Green Eyed Little Yellow God (Show 42), however this recording was technically better, despite a spoken announcement on the original indicating that it is a copy. The major bugbear of this recording was a wandering and obtrusive buzz, which had to be removed piecewise by hand in Cedar Audio's Retouch. [1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7852-9877-6.
