The Nadger Plague - Revision history

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	== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==		== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==
	It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there		It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there
	is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[Wikt:~~Witches Brew~~\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!		is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[Wikt:witches' brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!

	==Music==		==Music==

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BBC Audiobooks Synopsis

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	== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==		== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==
	It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there		It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there
	is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[Witches Brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!		is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[Wikt:Witches Brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!

	==Music==		==Music==

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	*Geldray: ''John's Idea''		*Geldray: ''John's Idea''
	*Ellington: ''[[~~w:Green Door\|~~Green Door]]''		*Ellington: ''[[Green Door]]''
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	'''''The Nadger Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the seventh series.		'''''The Nadger Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the seventh series.

	A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494 (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers)). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494 (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers)). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.
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	== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==		== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==
	It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there		It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there
	is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[w:£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[w:Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[w:Witches Brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!		is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[Witches Brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''John's Idea'' {{small\|([[~~w:Count Basie\|~~Count Basie]] / [[w:Eddie Durham\|Ed Durham]])}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''John's Idea'' {{small\|([[Count Basie]] / [[Eddie Durham\|Ed Durham]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[~~w:Green Door\|~~Green Door]]'' {{small\|([[w:Hutch Davie\|Bob Davie]] / Marvin J. Moore)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Green Door]]'' {{small\|([[Hutch Davie\|Bob Davie]] / Marvin J. Moore)}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14585]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[~~w:Broadcasting House\|~~Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14585]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).

	This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] issue was destroyed in 1963. The version of the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2011 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>		This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] issue was destroyed in 1963. The version of the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2011 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>

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	A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494 (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers)). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.		A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494 (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers)). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The first [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

	The show was repeated:		The show was repeated:
	*Monday 8pm, {{Date\|1956-10-22}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		*Monday 8pm, {{Date\|1956-10-22}}, on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
	*Thursday 8.30pm, {{Date\|1957-04-11}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] to 1.5 million listeners.		*Thursday 8.30pm, {{Date\|1957-04-11}} on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] to 1.5 million listeners.

	== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==		== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==

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	'''''The Nadger Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the seventh series.		'''''The Nadger Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the seventh series.

	A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494) (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers).		A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494 (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers)). The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

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	*Ellington: ''[[w:Green Door\|Green Door]]''		*Ellington: ''[[w:Green Door\|Green Door]]''
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	'''''The ~~Seagoon Memoirs~~''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ~~seventh~~ show in the ~~ninth~~ series.		'''''The Nadger Plague''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the third show in the seventh series.

	~~Pre~~-recording~~: Sunday 7 October 1956, 5pm,Aeolian I. DLO 14297.~~		A pre-recording session took place at The Camden Theatre on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}} at 5pm (TLO & C/DLO 76382, DLO 14494) (''Jangling Chords'' played on piano by Peter Sellers).
	~~Recording:~~ Sunday ~~7 October 1956, 9pm,Aeolian I.TLO 11799.~~
	~~First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 11 October~~ 1956~~, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million.Repeats: Monday 15~~
	~~October 1956, 8pm,~~
	~~4.5 million [Light Programme];Friday 31 January 1975,6.15pm,~~
	~~1.0 million, RI: 74 [Radio 4 (except Scotland and Wales) in Encore the Goons]; Saturday 2 May 1992,~~
	~~1.02pm [Radio 2 in Comedy Hour: the Radio 2 Comedy Season]~~
	~~Tronscription Service Reissue Synopsis:The Hon. Nedward Seagoon, last heard off the coast oflreland,~~
	~~learns from his solicitors, Messrs. McRed Hairy McLegs, that he has inherited £1,000,000. He establishes~~
	~~his identity with the solicitors, but in order to claim his inheritance he must become a Peruvian. His~~
	~~quest leads him to South America, where he attempts to prove amongst other things that all Peruvians~~
	~~are Welsh. Unfortunately Neddie discovers that the man who left him the money~~ - ~~Baron Seagoon~~ - is
	~~not dead, but had merely overslept.~~
	~~Music: Max Geldray plays Mountain Greenery~~ (~~Richard Rodgers~~/~~Lorenz Hart~~)~~; The Ray Ellington Quartet~~
	~~plays Giddy-Up a Ding Dong~~ (~~Freddie Bell/Joey Lattanzi~~).

	~~Two pre-~~recording ~~sessions took place:~~		The recording for transmission was created at 9pm on Sunday {{Date\|1956-10-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
	*Wednesday {{Date\|~~1959~~-01-28}}, ~~4.15pm/5.15pm.~~ [[~~Aeolian Hall~~ (~~London~~)\|~~Aeolian Hall~~]] ~~Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382~~, ~~TLO 77924)~~
	*Saturday {{Date\|1959-02-01}}, 5.~~45pm, [[Paris Theatre\|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)~~

	~~The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date\|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).~~		The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm on {{Date\|1956-10-18}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.

	The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the ~~next day~~ at 8.30pm on ~~Monday~~ {{Date\|~~1958~~-12-15}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.

	The show was repeated:		The show was repeated:
	*~~Wednesday 9.31pm~~, {{Date\|~~1958~~-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.		*Monday 8pm, {{Date\|1956-10-22}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
	*~~Friday 9~~.30pm, {{Date\|~~1964~~-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] ~~in ''Vintage Goons'',~~ to 0.5 million listeners.		*Thursday 8.30pm, {{Date\|1957-04-11}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] to 1.5 million listeners.
	*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date\|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).

	== ~~Transcription Service~~ Synopsis ==		== BBC Audiobooks Synopsis ==
	~~'To open~~ the ~~scene~~, ~~take~~ a ~~knife~~ and ~~cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the~~ [[w:~~Great North Road (Great Britain)~~\|~~Great North Road~~]] in ~~an icy blizzard.~~' ~~This is how Spike Milligan describes~~ the ~~setting for~~ the ~~start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs~~. ~~Listeners can, in fact, buy~~ a ~~copy (in a plain sealed envelope)~~ at ~~any local Second Class Slipper Bath~~.		It was in the year 1656 that the dreaded Nadger Plague swept across Europe like the dreaded Nadger Plague of 1656. There is no cure, but as the disease only strikes at the seat of the trousers it is best that Lord Seagoon and his retainers desist from wearing any (but remember there
			is a hard frost). [[Count Jim Moriarty\|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]] are after [[Neddie Seagoon\|Seagoon]]'s fortune ([[w:£sd\|four pounds and seven shillings]] in [[w:Penny\|coppers]]) and only a [[w:Witches Brew\|witches' brew]] and [[Bluebottle]] on guard duty may prevent both the plague and the theft. But there is a piece of knotted string asleep at his post. Get up you rotten swine!

	==Music==		==Music==
	*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]		*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''~~[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame\|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]~~'' {{small\|([[w:~~Ralph Erwin~~\|~~Ralph Erwin~~]] ~~(music)~~ / [[w:~~Fritz Rotter~~\|~~Fritz Rotter~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''John's Idea'' {{small\|([[w:Count Basie\|Count Basie]] / [[w:Eddie Durham\|Ed Durham]])}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:~~The Late, Late Show (album)~~\|~~The Late Late Show~~]]'' {{small\|(~~Murray Berlin (music) /~~ [[w:~~Roy Alfred~~\|~~Roy Alfred~~]] ~~(lyrics)~~)}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Green Door\|Green Door]]'' {{small\|([[w:Hutch Davie\|Bob Davie]] / Marvin J. Moore)}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==
	Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO ~~72138~~]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).		Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 14585]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).

	The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2011 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>

	~~Originally recorded on TLO 14585.~~ This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the TGS issue was		This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] issue was destroyed in 1963. The version of the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2011 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>
	destroyed in 1963.~~This issue has therefore been~~ compiled ~~lrom~~ the TGS disc and a domestic recording ol
	the original transmission.

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]		[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]		[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

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			'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.

			Pre-recording: Sunday 7 October 1956, 5pm,Aeolian I. DLO 14297.
			Recording: Sunday 7 October 1956, 9pm,Aeolian I.TLO 11799.
			First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 11 October 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million.Repeats: Monday 15
			October 1956, 8pm,
			4.5 million [Light Programme];Friday 31 January 1975,6.15pm,
			1.0 million, RI: 74 [Radio 4 (except Scotland and Wales) in Encore the Goons]; Saturday 2 May 1992,
			1.02pm [Radio 2 in Comedy Hour: the Radio 2 Comedy Season]
			Tronscription Service Reissue Synopsis:The Hon. Nedward Seagoon, last heard off the coast oflreland,
			learns from his solicitors, Messrs. McRed Hairy McLegs, that he has inherited £1,000,000. He establishes
			his identity with the solicitors, but in order to claim his inheritance he must become a Peruvian. His
			quest leads him to South America, where he attempts to prove amongst other things that all Peruvians
			are Welsh. Unfortunately Neddie discovers that the man who left him the money - Baron Seagoon - is
			not dead, but had merely overslept.
			Music: Max Geldray plays Mountain Greenery (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart); The Ray Ellington Quartet
			plays Giddy-Up a Ding Dong (Freddie Bell/Joey Lattanzi).

			Two pre-recording sessions took place:
			*Wednesday {{Date\|1959-01-28}}, 4.15pm/5.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
			*Saturday {{Date\|1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm, [[Paris Theatre\|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)

			The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date\|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)\|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

			The first [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date\|1958-12-15}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.

			The show was repeated:
			*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date\|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
			*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date\|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
			*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date\|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).

			== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
			'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)\|Great North Road]] in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.

			==Music==
			*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
			*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame\|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]'' {{small\|([[w:Ralph Erwin\|Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter\|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
			*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)\|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small\|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[w:Roy Alfred\|Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}

			==Technical==
			Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House\|Broadcasting House]]).

			The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show\|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons\|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2011 \|page=13\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>

			Originally recorded on TLO 14585. This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the TGS issue was
			destroyed in 1963.This issue has therefore been compiled lrom the TGS disc and a domestic recording ol
			the original transmission.

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

			{{Goons\|state=collapsed}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadger Plague, The}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Nadger Plague, The}}

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			{{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2022}}
			{{Infobox Goon Show episode
	\| series = [[The Goon Show]]<!-- without italics or formatting. -->		\| series = [[The Goon Show]]<!-- without italics or formatting. -->
	\| image = ~~<!-- bare filename only. Wikilinking, "File:", and pixel size not required. -->~~		\| image =
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	\| image_alt =		\| image_alt =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| series_no = 07		\| series_no = 7
	\| episode = 03		\| episode = 3
	\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]		\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]
	*[[Larry Stephens]]		*[[Larry Stephens]]
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	\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]		\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]''		*Geldray: ''[[w:One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]''
	*Ellington: ''[[Green Door]]''		*Ellington: ''[[w:Green Door\|Green Door]]''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 14585		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 14585
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1956\|10\|14\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1956\|10\|14\|df=y}}
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	\| prev = [[Drums Along the Mersey]]		\| prev = [[Drums Along the Mersey]]
	\| next = [[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]		\| next = [[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]
			\| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 7]]
			\| episode_list =
	\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol20\|20]]		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol20\|20]]
	\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]
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	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]		[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
			[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

Kurt at 18:41, 11 September 2022

2022-09-11T18:41:14Z

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	\| series_no = 07		\| series_no = 07
	\| episode = 03		\| episode = 03
	~~\| director =~~
	\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]		\| writer = *[[Spike Milligan]]
	*[[Larry Stephens]]		*[[Larry Stephens]]
	~~\| story =~~
	~~\| script =~~
	\| based_on =		\| based_on =
	~~\| narrator =~~
	\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]		\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
	\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]		\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]
	\| music = *[[One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*[[Green Door]]		*Geldray: ''[[One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]''
	\| production = TLO 14585		*Ellington: ''[[Green Door]]''
	\| recording_date =		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO\|TLO]] 14585
			\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1956\|10\|14\|df=y}}
	\| airdate = {{Start date\|1956\|10\|18\|df=y}}		\| airdate = {{Start date\|1956\|10\|18\|df=y}}
	\| length = 31 ~~mins~~ 25 ~~secs~~		\| length = {{Duration\|m=31\|s=25}}
	\| guests =		\| guests =
	\| prev = [[Drums Along the Mersey]]		\| prev = [[Drums Along the Mersey]]
	\| next = [[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]		\| next = [[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]
	\| ~~season_article~~ =		\| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs#Vol20\|20]]
	\| ~~episode_list~~ =		\| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5\|5]]
	}}		}}

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	[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]		[[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Pat Dixon]]
			[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]

Kurt at 23:48, 28 July 2022

2022-07-28T23:48:17Z

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	\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]		\| presenter = [[Wallace Greenslade]]
	\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]		\| producer = [[Pat Dixon]]
	\| music = *[[[[One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]]]		\| music = *[[One O'Clock Jump\|Two O'Clock Jump]]
	*[[Green Door]]		*[[Green Door]]
	\| production = TLO 14585		\| production = TLO 14585