The Great Ink Drought of 1902
| "The Great Ink Drought of 1902" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 22 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
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| Recording Number | TLO 49628 |
| First broadcast | 22 February 1954 |
The Great Ink Drought of 1902 is an episode from The Goon Show although the show is announced as Hansard Unexpurgated. It is the twenty-second show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 21 February 1954 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 22 February 1954 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.
The show's first repeat was the following Saturday at 8.45am, Saturday 27 February 1954, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 0.8 million.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 17 December 2024.
Transcription Service Remake Synopsis
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Pen manufacturers across the land are panicking for it is 1902, and the Great Ink Drought has hit. The public are requested to keep calm, and not fill their fountain pens unless absolutely necessary. To find a new source of ink, blotting paper manufacturer Henry Crun sends an expedition to drill the inkwells in China. But financial lizard Sir Bernard Seagoon has bought shares in ink, and has disguised himself as John Chinaman in order to thwart the expedition. He, Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty plan to blow up the whole drilling area, with the help of Bluebottle… will they succeed?
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays April in Paris (Vernon Duke / E.Y. Harburg)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Don't Blame Me (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields) / You Are My Lucky Star (Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 49628 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
