Show 41

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"Harry Plays a Young Man"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 2
Episode: 24
Written by
AnnouncerAndrew Timothy
Produced byDennis Main Wilson
Music
Editing byJimmy Grafton
Recording
Number
SLO 11378
First broadcast8 July 1952 (1952-07-08)
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The Goon Show series 2
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The series 2 shows didn't have 'official' episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number and Handsome Harry sketch name is to differentiate them.

The show had now changed its name from Crazy People to "The Goon Show, featuring those crazy people…"

Show 41 (aka Harry Plays a Young Man) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twenty-fourth show in the second series.

The show recording session was on Sunday, 29 June 1952 at 4.15pm and was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street, Central London. Due to Ray Ellington's schedule he, and his Quartet, had to attend another recording session later on that same Sunday at 8.45pm (SLO 11378a) for inclusion in their spot in Show 42.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday, 8 July 1952 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.2m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, 10 July 1952 on the Light Programme to an audience of 3.6 million listeners.

Sketches

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 11378. (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House). [1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 1). BBC Worldwide. p. 28. ISBN 9781785298776.