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~otes to 9th series
l. Not coherently announced.
2. Announced as 'The Story of a Crime-Type Murder'. After th'
first musical break it becomes 'Ned the Miser' - it is this pan
which is the story of the £1,000,000 Penny. TS's publicity for
their re-issue of this as 'Pick of the Goons' No. 81 wrongly
describes it as 'The £1,000 Penny'. Inr~ation?
3. Announced as 'The Spy, or . . .'. Sellers developed throat troublc
shortly before the recording and the other four actors werc
brought in by John Browell at very short notice. They take th'
various parts written for Sellers, with minimal re-writing. Dyall
replaces Grytpype-Thynne, Connor replaces Williurn and a f~w
others, Stark replaces Henry Crun (the Min and Henry episodc
becomes an Irish couple who are not as successful as the oth~r
replacements) and Train as Colonel Chinstrap, replaces Major
~ Bloodnok.
~ Announced as 'Captain Stingo, or Goon Law, or Anythinggggggg
(Hern)'
5. Announced as 'I Knew Terence Nuke' ('From the book, I K~
Tere~e Nuke, by Eileen Beardsmore-Lewisham, tiddley-doo
spot, we present the play, "I Knew Terence Nuke", from the boo~
by Eilcen Beardsmore-Lewisham'). This show is a new productior~
of the script first broadcast as 'Dishonoured, or The Fall of
' Neddie Seagoon', 12th of 5th series; there are only slight varia-
tions in the text. It is this later version which has been issued on
Parlophone PMC 1108, despite their title of 'Dishonoured'.
6. Announced as 'Quatermass O.B.E.'. This show is a parody of thc
highly successful BBC-TV serial 'Quatermass and the Pit'.
Andrew Tmmothy, who is pre-recorded, reads annoumcements a~
the beginning and end of the show that were originally intended
to be read by John Snagge.
7. Annourrced (eventually) as 'The Kleens of Blenchinghall, th~
story of an ordinary English comedy half-hour'.
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lOth Series
Scripts by Spike Milligan.
Produced by John Browell.
Broadcast Thursdays, pre-recorded the previous Sunday.
1 24-12-59 TLO 3710 A Christrnas Carol2
2 31-12-59 TLO 4230 The Tale of Men's Shirts~
3 7- 1~0 TLO 5015 The Chinese Legsl (with John Snagge
pre-rec.)
4 1~ 1~0 TLO 5454 Robin's Pos*
5 21- 1~0 TLO 6251 The Silver Dubloonsl (withValentine
Dyall)
6 28 -1-60 TLO 6786 The Last Smoking Seagoons (with
' John Snagge - pre-rec.)
Notes to Ioth senes
1. Not coherently armounced.
2. Annoumced as 'A Merry Christmas and Custard'.
3. Announced as 'Tales of Men's Shirts (a story of down under).'
4. Announced as 'The Story of Lord Seagoon, Playboy of the
Western Approach~s'.
5. Announced as 'The Last-of the Smoking Seagoons'.
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AP, PENDICES
1: GOON SHOW REPEATS
_ ~ ~ar in-series repeats are not listed, only additional out-of-
t ~ ~ ~peats. Dates and series/number references are given.
I ~~ Goon Shows on Light Programme, Fridays at 1930
I ~ ~ 55 5/1 The Whistling Spy Enigma
_ ~ ~55 512 The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)
- ~ ~55 514 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
~ ~55 515 The Affair of the Lone Banana
- ~- ~55 516 The Canal
t ~55 5110 The Booted Gorilla (found?)
. 1~ ~55 5112 Dishonoured, or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon
~ 6-55 5117 China Story
~ ~ ~55 5122 The Fireball of Milton Street
L~~cing 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster' (see 6th series, note 9)
~ 55 5117 Chi~a Story
- ~n Show Special on Home Service, Monday at 1900
~ 56 SP The Starlings
- .~~ee Goon Shows on Home Service, Tuesdays at 2030 (2 weeks after
' ~ of 6th series)
i ~ ~56 611o Thc Pevensy Bay Disaster (first broadcast: this is
' the same script as 'The Hastings Flyer-
Robbed': see 6th series, note 12)
:-~ 456 619 The International Christrnas Pudding
~ 456 6114 The Greenslade Story
~lacing 'The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal' (see 6th series, note 13)
~eat on Light Programrne, Sunday at 1530
~ 5-56 6119 The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI
~ ~placing 'The Sleeping Prince' (see 7th series, note 3)
~11-56 6114 The Greenslade Story
SIY Goon Shows on Home Service, Thursdays at 2030 (following the
- ~ 4 57 711 The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis
~ 4-57 713 The Nadger Plague
1~ 4-57 716 The Sleeping Prince
~ 457 7113 . Six Charlies in Search of an Author
2- 5-57 7112 The Flea (broadcast at 2155)
9 -5-57 7122 The Africa Ship Canal
l~ series 'The Best of the Best' on Light Progran~me, Monday at 1931
31- ~59 9113 Dishonoured -Again
Seven Goon Shows on Home Service, Thursdays at 1930 (following
~he lOth series)
~ 2-60 9/3 ~ Thc £1,000,000 Penny
11- ~60 915 The MountainEaters
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18- 2-60 9/8 Queen Anne's Rain
25- 2~0 9/12 The Call of the West
3- ~¡ 9116 The Gold Plate Robbery
10- 3-60 9114 The Scarlet Capsule
17- 3-60 9/13 Dishonoured - Again
In series 'The Best of the Best' on Light Programme, Sunday at 1415
7- 8-60 1012 The Tale of Men's Shirts
One Goon Show on Home Service, Saturday at 1310
13-10-62 5/3 The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of
BeYhill-on-Sea)
Nine shows broadcast under the title 'Vintage Goons' (not from th~
TS series); Home Service, Fridays at 2130
31- 1-64 617 Foiled by President Fred
7- 2~4 712l Insurance, the White Man's Burden
1~ 2-64 918 QueenAnne's Rain
21- 2~ 5114 Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest
2~ 2-64 812l The Man Who Never ~as
6- 3-64 917 The Seagoon Memoirs
13- 3-64 9113 Dishonoured - Again
20- 3-64 714 The MacReekie Rising of '74
27- 3-64 91l6 The Gold Plate Robbery
In series 'Let's Laugh Again' on Home Service, Friday at 2130
20- 8-65 917 The Seagoon Memoirs
(the first half of this transmission was marred by
a technical fault on the reproducing equipment)
Five Goon Shows on Radio 4, Fridays at 1900
18- 7-69 5125 The White Box of Great Bardfield
25- 7-69 519 , The Last Tram (from Clapham)
1- 8-69 915 The Mountain Eaters
8- 8-69 517 Lurgi Strikes Britain
15- 8-69 1016 The Last Smoking Seagoon
One Goon Show on Radio 4, Thursday at 2130
2~12-69 10ll A Christmas Carol
Eight shows broadcast under the title 'Vintage Goons' not from th~
TS series); Radio 4, Saturdays at 2000
8- 8-70 518 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)
15- 8-70 5117 China Story
22- 8-70 512l The Sinking of Westminster Pier
29- 8-70 5124 Yehti
5- 9-70 7117 Shifting Sands
12- 9-70 61l8 Tales of Montmartre
19- 9-70 8123 The Spon Plague
2~ 9-70 912 I Was Monty's Treble
In series 'The Great Shows, 1938-1963', on Radio 2, Sunday at 1430
and Friday at 2002
~2~ll 72 61l9 TheJet-PropelledGuidedNAAFI
156
Goon Show Special on Radio 4, Bank Holiday Monday at 1345
~ 5-73 SP The Reason Why
In series 'The Late Show' on Radio 4, Saturday at 2300
~ 3-74 81l6 The String Robberies
In compilation programme 'The Sumrner Show' on Radio 4, Bank
Holiday Monday at 1130
26- 8-74 51ll The Spanish Suitcase
'Encore the Goons' series on Radio 4, Fridays at 1815 (from TS
r~-lssue versions)
17- 1-75 613 The Lost Emperor
¥ 24 1-75 6125 The Fear of Wages
31- 1-75 712 ' Drums Along the Mersey
7- 2-75 81lo King Solomon's Mines
14 2-75 916 The Childe Harolde Rewarde
- 21- 2-75 913 The £1,000,000 Penny
28- 2-75 619 The Intemational Christmas Pudding
- 7- 3-75 1015 The Silver Dubloons
14 3-75 514 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)
21- 3-75 81l7 The Moriarty Murder Mystery
2: TRANSC~PTION SERVICBS ISSUES
Starting in 1954, the BBC Transcription Services recorded th~ ~
Shows for issue on pressed lonpplaymg records to overseas ~
stations, who can buy the right to use them for a limited p~.~.
usually about two years from the date of issue. The original issu~ ~~
cut by up to two minutes (topical references and supposedly offc~~~
gags being removed) to run to about 29'30~ with some playour~ ~~
re-issues ('Pick of the Goons') have further slight cuts, no pla~
and, in most cases, a shortened version of the closing signatur~ t~
They all run to 27'00~. These records cannot be made available lo ~
public, for contractual reasons.
The shows are listed numerically a~ issued, with serieslnur~
reference.
ORIGINAL ISSUBS: 'THE GOON SHO~
1 511 The Whistling Spy Enigma
' 2 512 The Lost Gold Mine
/ 3 514 The Phantom Head Shaver
4 515 The Affair of the Lone Banana
5 516 The Canal
6 518 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - Solved
7 5112 Dishonoured, or The FaU of Neddie Seagoon
8 51l6 The Case of the Missing Heir
9 5117 China Story
10 5118 Under Two Floorboards
11 . 5119 The Missing Scroll
12 512l The Sinking of Westminster Pier
13 5126 The End
14 614 Napoleon's Piano
15 616 Rommel's Treasure
16 618 Shangri-La Again
17 619 The International Christmas Pudding
18 6110 The Pevensey Bay Disaster
19 611l The Lost Colony (original tide 'The Sale of
Manhattan')
20 6113 The Lost Year
21 61l6 The Mighty Wurlitzer
22 6118 Tales of Montmartre
23 615 The Case of the Missing CD Plates
24 6120 The House of Teeth
25 612l Tales of Old Dartmoor
26 6122 The Choking Horror
27 6124 The Treasure in the Lake
28 6123 The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
29. 6126 Scradje
30 6127 - The Man Who Never Was
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4 7~ Drums Along the Mersey
~ 714 The MacRe~ie Rising of '74
~ 7jS The Spectre of Tintagel
~ 7j8 Personal Narrative
ee 719 The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (original
tide 'The Mystery of the Fake ~eddie Seagoons')
~ 71l2 The Flea
~ 7113 Six Charlies in Search of an Author
~ 7/15 Wings Over Dagenbam
~ 7117 Shifting Sands
~ ~ 7118 The Moon Show
~ 7119 The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker
~ ~ 7~6 The Sleeping Prince
~ 7120 Round the World in Eighty Days
~ 712l Insurance, the White Man's Burden
o 7122 The Africa Ship Canal
~ 7123 Ill Met By Goonlight /
C 7124 The Missing Boa Constrictor
~ ~ Special Robin Hood
~ ~ 812 The Junk Affair
~ ~ 814 The Great Regent'sPark Swim
~ ¥; 816 The Space Age
i ~~ 815 The Treasure in the Tower
~ 818 The Missing Batdeship
_ ~ 819 The Policy
'_ ~5 811o King Solomon's Mines
- ~ 8111 The Stolen Postman
_ ~7 8112 The Great British Revolutiorl
e ¥~ 8113 The Plasticine Man
~9 8114 African Incident
- ~ 8116 The String Robberies
~ ol 8/17 The Moriarty Murder Mystery
- ~ 8/3 The Burning Embassy
~3 8/20 Ten Snowballs that Shook the World
~ 8/18 The Curse of Frankenstein
- oS 8/22 'Ñ1' (original title 'World War One')
~ ~ 8/23 The Spon Plague
o7 9/2 I Was Monty's Treble
68 9/3 The £1,000,000 Penny
o9 9/4 The Parn's Paper Insurance Policy
70 9/5 The Mountain Eaters
71 9/7 The Seagoon Memoirs
72 9/8 Queen Anne's Rain
- 73 9110 Ned's Atomic Dustbin
' 74 916 The Childe Harolde Rew~rde
75 9/12 The Call of the West
76 9jl4 The Scarlet Capsule
77 9/15 The Tay Bridge
78 9/13 Dishonoured - Again
79 9/16 The Gold Plate Robbery
= 80 9/17 The £50 Cure
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~1 1012 The Tale of Men's Shirts
82 1013 The Chinese Legs I
83 1014 Robin's Post
84 1015 The Silver Dubloons i
85 10/6 The Last Smoking Seagoon
86 1011 A Christmas Carol
87 5/14 ~Ye Bandit of Sherv~ood Forest ¥ ,
88 5/3 -- The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of -'
Be~hill-on-Sea)
89 5/7 Lurgi Strikes Again (original title 'Lurgi Strikes
~ritain')
90 5/9 ~-The Last Tram~ ;
91 5/10 -- The Booted Gori!la ~ I
92 5/11 The Spanish Suitcase ~
93 5/13 .- Forog .
--94 5/22 ÑThe Eireball of Milton Stree~
95 5/23 - The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street ~
96 5124 - Yehti
97 6/1 ~-Seagoon MCC (original title 'The Man Who Won~'.
the War')
98 612 -The Secret Escritoire
99 61l9 - Phe Jet-PropeUed Guided NAAFI
100 713 -The Nadger Plague
101 7/7 -~he Great Bank Robbery
102 7/10 --~hat's My Iine?-
103 7/11 --The Telephone
104 7/14 ~ nperor of the Universe .
105 7/25 - The Histories of Pliny the Elder
106 8/15 ~ The ~~g on tne Mountain
107 8126 -The Great Statue Debate
For full details of the 'V~TAGE GOONS' series, see the Chrono-
logical Index, p. 128
R~ISSUES: 'PICK OF T~ GOONS'
Listed numericauy as issued, with series/number references (V=
Vintage Goons).
The CN number~ apply to eacn series; the whole series is ordered at a
time.
First series - CN a67
1 5/1 ¥- 'l he Whistling Spy Enigma
2 5/5 - The Affair of the Lone Banana
3 6/4 .~apoleon's Piano
4 V/l ~ c Mummified Priest
5 6/26 - S~dje
6 6/6 - --Romm~'5 Treasure
7 618 - Shangri-La Again ~
8 V/14 -~The Albert Memorial
9 V/2 ~- l he Greatest Mountain in the World
10 V/6 - The Vanishing Room
11 V/9 - The Internal Mountain
- 12 V/ll ~ The Great Bank of England Robbery
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-13 6/27 The Man Who Nt~ er Was j
14 7/9 --The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoorls (original
title 'The Mystery of the Fake Neddle Seagoons"
15 7/12 - The Flea -
16 7/18 ~The Moon Show .
17 7/19 --The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker
18 7/20 - Round the World in Eighty Days .
19 7/21 -Ir.s~lrance, the White Man's Burden
20 7/23 -- Ill Met By Goonlight
21 8/4 -The Great Regent's Park Swim .
22 8/9 --The Policy
23 9/5 The Mountain Eaters
24 9/8 ¥-~ueen Anne's Rain ~
- 25 9/12 The Call of the West
26 9/16 - The Gold Plate Robbery
Seco~ senes - CN 756
27 5/2 -The Lost Gold Mine
28 5/6 ~The Canal
29 5/8 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - Solvcd ~
30 5/16 The Case of the Missing Heir
31 5119 The Missing Scroll .
32 5j21 - The SirJJking of Westminster Pier~
-~3 5/26 - CorJfessions of a Secret Senna-pod Drinker
- (original ti~e 'The End')
34 6/10 Thc Pevensey Bay Disaster-
35 6/11 The Lost Colony (original title 'The Sale of
Manhattan')
36 6/18 Tales of ~Sontmartre -
37 6/22 The Choking Horror
- 38 6/24 The Treasure in the Lake
39 7/5 -The Spectre of Tintagel
40 7/8 ~ l'crsonal Narrative
41 7/15 WirJgs Over Dagenham
42 7/17 - Shifting Sands
43 7/22 '. The Africa Ship Canal
44 7/24 - The Missing Boa Constrictor
45 8/6 The Space Agcj
46 8/5 The Treasure in the To~~1er
47 8/11 The Stolcn Postrnan
48 8/12 The Great British Revolutjon ~~
49 8/3 The Burning Embassy,
50 8/20 Ten Snowballs that Shook thc World
-51 8/18 ~ihe Curse of Frankcnstein~
52 8/22 ' Ñ1' (origirJal title 'World War One')
53 8/23 The Spon Plague
54 9!2 l~ Was Monty's Treble
SS 9j7 The Seagoon Memoirs
56 10/4 Robin's Post .
57 10~6 The Last Smoking Seagoon
58 10/1 A Christmas Carol
~hird series - CN 1546/SS
59 Sj4 --The Pllantom Head Shaver .
161
60* 5/25 - The White Box of Great Bardneld-'
615/18 - Under Two Floorboards .
62*6/3 - The Lost Emperor v~
63 6/5 - The Case of the Missing CD l'lates J
64 7/6 - The Sleeping Prince,.
656/9 ÑThe Intemational Christmas Pudding I
66*, 6/14 -The Greenslade Storv ~'
676/20 - The House of Teeth ~'
686/23 -The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal
69* 6/25 The Fear of Wages~ i
70*7/1 - The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis ~
717/2 . Drmns along the Mersey J
Four~h series - C~ ~645/55
72* 6/7 ÑFoiled by President Fred ~l
73* 7/16 ~~The Rent Collector (original title 'The Renc~
~.ollectors')
74V/4 ~ The Giant Bombardon;
75 8/10 Ñ.''~ Solomon's Mines v
76 8/13 - 'l'he Plasticine Man . i
- 77 8/17 ~ 'he Moriarty Murder Mystery;; ~;
78 8/16 .-The String Robberies ~~
79V/10 .'-The Silent Bugler .~ .
80* 9/1 -~he Sahara Desert Statue ~
81 9/3 -'I'he £1,000,000 Pernny .
82 9/6 ' ~ he Childe Harolde Reu;arde
8310/5 ' The Silver Dubloons. ~'
84Special - Robin Hood /'
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