The Goon Show series 7

Episodes

Episode #	Title	Original airdate	Producer	Scriptwriter(s)	Notes	Comp. Vol	CD Vol
1	The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis	4 October 1956	Peter Eton	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	4
2	Drums Along the Mersey	11 October 1956	Peter Eton	Spike Milligan	with Valentine Dyall	5	12
3	The Nadger Plague	18 October 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	20
4	The MacReekie Rising of '74	25 October 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	Recorded without Milligan, with George Chisholm	12	—
5	The Spectre of Tintagel	1 November 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	with Valentine Dyall	5	19
6	The Sleeping Prince	14 February 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	34
7	The Great Bank Robbery	15 November 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	10
8	Personal Narrative	22 November 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	33
9	The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons	29 November 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	10
Sp.	Robin Hood (and His Mirry Mon)"	Recorded 2 December 1956 Broadcast 25 December 1988	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	A Christmas episode. Featuring Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. Also features many repeat jokes from 1954's 'Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest', also a Christmas episode.	12	34
10	What's My Line?	5 December 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	—
11	The Telephone	13 December 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	—
12	The Flea	20 December 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	2
Sp.	Operation Christmas Duff	24 December 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		5	15
13	Six Charlies in Search of an Author	26 December 1956	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		12	—
14	Emperor of the Universe	3 January 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		3	—
15	Wings Over Dagenham	10 January 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	with George Chisholm	6	03
16	The Rent Collectors	17 January 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	with Bernard Miles	6	3
17	Shifting Sands	24 January 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens	with Jack Train	6	5
18	The Moon Show	31 January 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		6	34
19	The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker	7 February 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		6	9
20	Round the World in Eighty Days	21 February 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		6	33
21	Insurance, the White Man's Burden	28 February 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		—	—
22	The Africa Ship Canal	7 March 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		8	—
23	Ill Met by Goonlight	14 March 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan		6	6
24	The Missing Boa Constrictor	21 March 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		6	33
25	The Histories of Pliny the Elder	28 March 1957	Pat Dixon	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens		6	1
Sp.	The Reason Why	22 August 1957	Jacques Brown	Spike Milligan	with Valentine Dyall	6	17

Music

Throughout the series The BBC Dance Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott. Additionally, Stott wrote most of the incidental orchestral music for the shows.

Series: 7

Episode #	Show	Artist	Song(s)	Writer(s)
1	The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis	Max Geldray	Sometimes I'm Happy	Vincent Youmans (music) Irving Caesar (lyrics)
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Beep Beep	Carl Cicchetti (a.k.a. Chic Hetti) Donald Claps (a.k.a. Donny Conn)
2	Drums Along the Mersey	Max Geldray	Mountain Greenery	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Giddy Up a Ding Dong	Freddie Bell Pep Lattanzi
3	The Nadger Plague	Max Geldray	Two O'Clock Jump	Count Basie
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Green Door	Bob "Hutch" Davie Marvin J. Moore
4	The MacReekie Rising of '74	Max Geldray	No One Ever Tells You	Carroll Coates Hub Atwood
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Swaller-tail	Barry Kay
5	The Spectre of Tintagel	Max Geldray	Doggin' Around	Lena Agree
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Alright, Okay, You Win	Sid Wyche (music) Mayme Watts (lyrics)
6	The Sleeping Prince	Max Geldray	Hoe Down Rag	Roger Edens
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Time Takes Care of Everything	Nat King Cole Al Fields Timmie Rogers
7	The Great Bank Robbery	Max Geldray	How About You?	Burton Lane (music) Ralph Freed (lyrics)
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Razzle Dazzle	Charles Calhoun
8	Personal Narrative	Max Geldray	This Can't Be Love	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	That's Right	Winfield Scott
9	The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons	Max Geldray	Boo-Dah	Billy Strayhorn
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	It's All Right with Me	Cole Porter
Special	Robin Hood	Max Geldray	You're the Cream in My Coffee	Ray Henderson Buddy G. DeSylva Lew Brown
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Three-Handed Woman	Ben Raleigh Irv Taylor
10	What's My Line?	Max Geldray	C-Jam Blues	Duke Ellington
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Roll 'Em Pete	Big Joe Turner Pete Johnson
11	The Telephone	Max Geldray	Ain't Misbehavin'	Harry Brooks Fats Waller Andy Razal
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Singing the Blues	Melvin Endsley
12	The Flea	Max Geldray	Oh	George Gershwin Ira Gershwin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	You Do Something to Me	Cole Porter
Special	Operation Christmas Duff	Max Geldray	Sweet Lorraine	Cliff Burwell (music) Mitchell Parish (lyrics)
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Ol' Man River	Jerome Kern
13	Six Charlies in Search of an Author	Max Geldray	When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)	Harry Woods
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	From the Bottom of My Heart	Chuck Willis
14	Emperor of the Universe	Max Geldray	Exactly Like You	Dorothy Fields Jimmy Mchugh
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Boum!	Charles Trenet
15	Wings Over Dagenham	Max Geldray	Cheek to Cheek	Irving Berlin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Rockin' and Rollin' Man	?
16	The Rent Collectors	Max Geldray	Lulu's Back in Town	Al Dubin (lyrics) Harry Warren (music)
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Old Mother Hubbard	Babe Wallis Ray Ellington
17	Shifting Sands	Max Geldray	Isn't This a Lovely Day?	Irving Berlin
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	All of You (All of Me)	Cole Porter
18	The Moon Show	Max Geldray	Tenderly	Walter Lloyd Gross Jack Lawrence
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Is This the Way?	Ray Ellington
19	The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker	Max Geldray	Can't We Be Friends?	Paul James (lyrics) Kay Swift (music)
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	The Banana Boat Song	Traditional
20	Round the World in Eighty Days	Max Geldray	The Duke's Joke	Alan Clare
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Marianne	Terry Gilkyson Richard Dehr Frank Miller
21	Insurance, the White Man's Burden	Max Geldray	I Like to Recognize the Tune	Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	I Reckon It's Love	Ray Ellington Dick Katz Rubin
22	The Africa Ship Canal	Max Geldray	Once in Love with Amy	Frank Loesser
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	Wrap Your Troubles in Drums	George Shearing
23	Ill Met by Goonlight	The Ray Ellington Quartet	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Harold Arlen (music) Ted Koehler (lyrics)
		Max Geldray	Basin Street Blues	Spencer Williams
24	The Missing Boa Constrictor	Max Geldray	Boo-Dah	Billy Strayhorn
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	The Water Melon Song	Bill Eustrom
25	The Histories of Pliny the Elder	Max Geldray	Get Happy	Harold Arlen Ted Koehler
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	You Made Me Love You This Can't Be Love	James V. Monaco Joseph McCarthy Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
Special	The Reason Why	Max Geldray	None	—
		The Ray Ellington Quartet	None	—