The History of Communications
| "The History of Communications" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 18 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 42842 |
| First broadcast | 29 March 1954 |
| Running time | 29:50 |
The History of Communications is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eighteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 24 January 1954 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 29 January 1954 at 9.45pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m.
The show's first repeat was the next morning at 8.45am, Saturday 30 January 1954, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.1 million.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 3 July 2024.
Transcription Service Remake Synopsis
From ancient Egypt , land of monolithic [sic] pyramids and 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
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Walter Donaldson (music) / Gus Khan (lyrics)) / Nagasaki (Harry Warren (music) / Mort Dixon (lyrics))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 42416 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2018). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7875-3266-3.
