The First Albert Memorial to the Moon

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"The First Albert Memorial to the Moon"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 4
Episode: 7
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 37898
First broadcast13 November 1953 (1953-11-13)
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The First Albert Memorial to the Moon is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the fourth series . The recording was made at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London at 9pm Sunday 8 November 1953.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 13 November 1953 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m. The show's first repeat was on the Light Programme on Saturday 14 November 1953 it was listened to by 0.8m people.

There are no publically available recordings of this show as of 25 December 2024.

Story

The Albert Memorial... Moon not included

Professor Seagoon's approach to the British Interplanetary Society with his sausage-shaped rocket ship and a plan to be the first man to land on the Sun fails to gain any sponsorship. Instead, he approaches Henry Crun — the secretary for Preservation of Ancient Monuments — in a scheme to convert the Albert Memorial to be launched into space.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 37898 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). [1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7852-9877-6.