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SPECIAL: Robin Hood•
SPECIAL: Robin Hood•
With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price
With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price
Recording: Sunday 2 December 1956, 7pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO 17360.
First Domestic Broadcast: Sunday 25 December 1988, 1.30pm. [Radio 2]
Transcription Service Synopsis: Will the Sherriff of Nottingham capture Robin Hood? Who will win the archery
contest? How does Robin escape from the dungeon dark. dank and dank? Will Robin's outlaws triumph over
the soldiers of Prince John? Listen to the Christmas Goon Show, 'Robin Hood', and you may hear some of
the answers.
Music: Max Geldray plays You're the Cream in My Coffee (Buddy G. DeSylva/Lew Brown);The Ray Ellington
Quartet plays Three-Handed Woman (Ben Raleigh/lrv Taylor)


'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.  
Recording:
Sunday 2 December 1956, 7pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO 17360.
 
First Domestic Broadcast:
Sunday 25 December 1988, 1.30pm. [Radio 2]
 
 
'''''Robin Hood''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the Christmas special in the seventh series.  


Two pre-recording sessions took place:
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
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== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== 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.
Will the [[w:Sheriff of Nottingham|Sheriff of Nottingham]] capture [[w:Robin Hood|Robin Hood]]? Who will win the archery contest? How does Robin escape from the dungeon dark, dank and donk? Will Robin's outlaws triumph over the soldiers of [[w:John, King of England|Prince John]]? Listen to the Christmas Goon Show, ‘''Robin Hood''’, and you may hear some of the answers.


==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 ''[[w:You're the Cream in My Coffee|You're the Cream in My Coffee]]'' {{small|([[w:Ray Henderson|Ray Henderson]] / [[w:Buddy DeSylva|Buddy G. DeSylva]] / [[w:Lew Brown|Lew Brown]])}}
*[[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 ''Three-Handed Woman'' {{small|([[w:Ben Raleigh|Ben Raleigh]] / Irv Taylor)}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
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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>
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>


SP - Robin Hood. Originally recorded on no 17360,
SP - Robin Hood. Originally recorded on no 17360, later re-numbered to T6/l 12◄-S, 13/1/65. This show survives more or less as recorded on these reels, and has been so transmitted domestically. For this issue, I have removed the gaffes and tidied up some of Dennis Price's lines. Unfortunately, the retake (presented separately) does not cut satisfactorily into the body of the show, so I submit what I think is the best solution given the available material.
later re-numbered to T6/l 12◄-S, 13/1/65.This show survives
more or less as recorded on these reels, and has been so
transmitted domestically. For this issue, I have removed
the gaffes and tidied up some of Dennis Price's lines.
Unfortunately, the retake (presented separately) does not
cut satisfactorily into the body of the show, so I submit what
I think is the best solution given the available material.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:49, 1 December 2022


"Robin Hood"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: Christmas Special
Written by
Based onYe Bandit of Sherwood Forest
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 17360
First broadcast25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)
Running time31:12
Guest appearances
Valentine Dyall, Dennis Price
Episode Order
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SPECIAL: Robin Hood• With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price

Recording: Sunday 2 December 1956, 7pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO 17360.

First Domestic Broadcast: Sunday 25 December 1988, 1.30pm. [Radio 2]


Robin Hood is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the Christmas special in the seventh series.

Two pre-recording sessions took place:

  • Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
  • Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)

The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 15 December 1958, its ratings were 1.1 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the 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

Will the Sheriff of Nottingham capture Robin Hood? Who will win the archery contest? How does Robin escape from the dungeon dark, dank and donk? Will Robin's outlaws triumph over the soldiers of Prince John? Listen to the Christmas Goon Show, ‘Robin Hood’, and you may hear some of the answers.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1]

SP - Robin Hood. Originally recorded on no 17360, later re-numbered to T6/l 12◄-S, 13/1/65. This show survives more or less as recorded on these reels, and has been so transmitted domestically. For this issue, I have removed the gaffes and tidied up some of Dennis Price's lines. Unfortunately, the retake (presented separately) does not cut satisfactorily into the body of the show, so I submit what I think is the best solution given the available material.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
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