The Great Bank Robbery
| "The Great Bank Robbery" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 7 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLOTLO 15801 |
| First broadcast | 15 November 1956 |
| Running time | 31:09 |
The Great Bank Robbery is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the seventh series.
A pre-recording session took place on Sunday 11 November 1956, 5pm. The Camden Theatre (DLO 17173). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm the same day, 11 November 1956, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 15 November 1956, its ratings were 1.9 million. The show was then repeated the following Monday at 8pm, 19 November 1956, on the Light Programme to 4.1 million listeners.
BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis
Wanted: One large horse-hair stuffed Zeppelin disguised as the 7.20 train to Bradford with Crun's Bank attached and going in the direction of up. When Henry Crun turns banker and promises double security (the money's in a tea caddy stuffed in a mattress) he falls victim to the aeronautical schemes of Grytpype and Count Jim ‘Thighs’ Moriarty. But why is Neddie in the bullion vaults before making his escape in the Tour de Britain Five Day Bass Drum Race! He's innocent, folks! Yes, a mystery has been committed and security guard Bluebottle intends to solve it.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays How About You? (Burton Lane (music) / Ralph Freed (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Razzle Dazzle (Charles E Calhoun)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 15801 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
This tape still exists, and was used for subsequent restorations.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
