China Story (s05e17)

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"China Story"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 17
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 70610
First broadcast18 January 1955 (1955-01-18)
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China Story is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 16 January 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 18 January 1955 at 8.30pm (except the Midlands). It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

Repeats
Day Date Time Ratings Station Show
Friday 21 January 1955 12.25pm / 12.30pm 1.9m Home Service
Friday 17 June 1955 7.30pm 3.4m Light Programme
Tuesday 22 November 1955 8.30pm 3.0m Radio 4 replaced The Pevensey Bay Disaster
Saturday 15 August 1970 8pm 0.8m Radio 4 in Vintage Goons
Monday 26 October 1992 11pm Radio 4

Synopsis

During the year of the Boxer Rising when the Far East, from Shanghai to Pekin, was seething with spies and arms smugglers, 'Raffles' Seagoon, a swaggering racketeer and part-time dustman, was approached by Mandarin Grytpype-Thynne and General Kash-Mai-Chek to join them in the most staggering international financial coup of all time.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 70610 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4056-8774-4.