The Missing Bureaucrat

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"The Missing Bureaucrat"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 4
Episode: 8
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 38482
First broadcast20 November 1953 (1953-11-20)
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The Missing Bureaucrat is an episode from The Goon Show It is the eighth show in the fourth series. The recording was made at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London at 9pm Friday 15 November 1953.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 20 November 1953 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.9m. The show was repeated on the Light Programme at 10.15pm Saturday 21 November 1953 receiving a listenership of 1.5m.

No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 15 December 2024.

Sketches

Briefcase found by PC Fred Bogg and not owned by Gerald Ford
  • The Adventures of Fearless Harry Secombe: Chapter Three — A Race to the Death sees Harry competing against Eidelburger and Yakamoto in the Henry Bright Memorial Balloon Race.
  • The Case of the Missing Bureauocrat: MacGoonagle narrates the tale of how a leather briefcase found by PC Fred Bogg on a luggage rack at St Pancras is investigated by Commissioner Bloodnok when revealed to be connected with the Ministry of Food.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 38482 (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.