Show 5

"Show 5"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 5
Written by	Spike Milligan
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Dennis Main Wilson
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: This Can’t Be Love Ellington: Time Takes Care of Everything and Beans and Cornbread Geldray: After You’ve Gone
Recording Number	SOX 59949
First broadcast	24 June 1951 (1951-06-24)

The first series shows didn't have episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number is to differentiate them.

At this point in time the show was called Crazy People.

Show 5 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the fifth show in the first series.

The show has a pre-recording session at 7.15pm on Sunday 17 June 1951 (SLO 91111a) at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London. The session was primarily to record the Ellington Quartet's numbers.

The show was recorded at 6.30pm on Sunday 25 June 1951 at Aolian I (SOX 59949).

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 25 June 1951 at 7.45pm (in London, Northern and Northern Ireland only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m. The show didn't have a repeat schedule yet.

The show starred Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, the Stargazers, Max Geldray, the Ray Ellington Quartet with Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra. The show was produced by Dennis Main Wilson and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Herschell & Jones: Jones’ Adventures in Russia.
• Visit to the Health Clinic with Splutmuscle assisting Dr Evan Evans.
• Story of the Airliner: Investigates Captain Osric Pureheart and his Brabagoon.
• Holidays
• Story of the Yukon Gold Rush: An The Story of the Yukon Trail: An Adventure Unlimited tale of Major O’Shea.

Music

• The Stargazers sing This Can’t be Love (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Time Takes Care of Everything (Al Fields/Timmie Rogers/Nat King Cole)
• Max Geldray plays After You’ve Gone (Henry Creamer/Turner Layton)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Beans and Cornbread (Freddie Clark/Fleecie Moore)

Technical

Originally recorded on SOX 59949 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).