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| producer      = [[Peter Eton]]
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| music          = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
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*Geldray: ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
*Geldray: ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]''
*Ellington: ''[[Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]''
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 88253
| production    = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO]] 88253
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'''''Napoleon's Piano'''''{{refn|group=nb|The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled ''The Sale of Manhattan''<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmut |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Wilmut |date=1976 |title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] |publisher= Robson Books |page=125 |isbn=0860518361}}</ref>}} is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventeenth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date|17 September 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.  
'''''Napoleon's Piano'''''{{refn|group=nb|The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled ''The Sale of Manhattan''<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmut |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Wilmut |date=1976 |title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] |publisher= Robson Books |page=125 |isbn=0860518361}}</ref>}} is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fourth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date|9 Octber 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.  


The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|20 September 1955}} at 8.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.
The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|4 October 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.


The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday {{date|23 January 1955}}, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Repeats
|-
! Day !! Date !! Time !! Ratings !! Station !! Show
|-
| Saturday
|style=text-align:center;| {{date|15 October 1955}}
|style=text-align:center;| 7.30pm
|style=text-align:center;| 2.3m
|| [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]
||
|-
| Sunday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|6 July 1980}}
|style=text-align:center;| 12.27pm
|style=text-align:center;| 0.4m
|| [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
|| in ''Smash of the Day''<br>as ''The Story of Napleon's Piano''
|-
| Friday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|31 May 1991}}
|style=text-align:center;| 7.02pm
|style=text-align:center;| 0.4m
|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
||in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''
|-
| Thursday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|29 August 1991}}
|style=text-align:center;| 12.25pm
|style=text-align:center;| 
|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
|| in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''
|-
| Thursday
|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|23 December 1993}}  
|style=text-align:center;| 11.30pm
|style=text-align:center;| 
|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
|| in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''<br>replacing ''Today in Parliament''
|-
|}


No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of {{date}}.
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
 
Answering an advertisement to move a piano from one room to another for the large sum of ₤5, young Neddie Seagoon finds that he has been tricked. It is not, as Neddie at first thinks, 'money for old rope', but a much more cunning job that those arch-criminals [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Brigadier Grytpype-Thynne]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty|Count Fred Moriarty]] have in mind. They want him to bring [[Napoleon]]'s Piano, now in the [[Paris]] [[Louvre]], over to England – for a quick resale…
== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
From [[w:ancient Egypt|ancient Egypt]] , land of [[Wikt:monolithic|monolithic]] {{sic}} [[w:pyramid|pyramid]]s and [[w:Karnak|Karnak]]'s fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyptian priest's toomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale.


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] / [[Fats Waller]]  / [[Andy Razaf]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Khan|Gus Khan]] (lyrics))}} / ''[[w:Nagasaki (song)|Nagasaki]]'' {{small|([[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]] (music) / [[w:Mort Dixon|Mort Dixon]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]'' {{small|([[Hank Penny]] / Ruth Hall)}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 88253]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=12|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4084-1044-8}}</ref>
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 88253]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
 
This tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], and was used to produce the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] issue; the cuts were not kept. The show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|Compendium Vol 3]] was compiled from the TLO, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] master tape (salvaged in 1962 after being slated for destruction) and a domestic tape recording.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=12|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4084-1044-8}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 17:46, 27 February 2023


"Napoleon's Piano"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 6
Episode: 4
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 88253
First broadcast11 October 1955 (1955-10-11)
Running time29:11
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Napoleon's Piano[nb 1] is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fourth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 9 Octber 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 4 October 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.

Repeats
Day Date Time Ratings Station Show
Saturday 15 October 1955 7.30pm 2.3m Light Programme
Sunday 6 July 1980 12.27pm 0.4m Radio 4 in Smash of the Day
as The Story of Napleon's Piano
Friday 31 May 1991 7.02pm 0.4m Radio 2 in Spike's Pick of the Goons
Thursday 29 August 1991 12.25pm Radio 2 in Spike's Pick of the Goons
Thursday 23 December 1993 11.30pm Radio 2 in Spike's Pick of the Goons
replacing Today in Parliament

Transcription Service Synopsis

Answering an advertisement to move a piano from one room to another for the large sum of ₤5, young Neddie Seagoon finds that he has been tricked. It is not, as Neddie at first thinks, 'money for old rope', but a much more cunning job that those arch-criminals Brigadier Grytpype-Thynne and Count Fred Moriarty have in mind. They want him to bring Napoleon's Piano, now in the Paris Louvre, over to England – for a quick resale…

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 88253 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

This tape survived in TS, and was used to produce the POTG issue; the cuts were not kept. The show included on Compendium Vol 3 was compiled from the TLO, the TGS master tape (salvaged in 1962 after being slated for destruction) and a domestic tape recording.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled The Sale of Manhattan[1]

References

  1. ^ Wilmut, Roger (1976). The Goon Show Companion. Robson Books. p. 125. ISBN 0860518361.
  2. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
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