Dishonoured — Again
| "Dishonoured — Again" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 9 Episode: 13 |
| Written by | Spike Milligan |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | John Browell |
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| Recording Number | TLO 76177 |
| First broadcast | 26 January 1959 |
| Running time | 28:04 |
| Guest appearance | |
| Andrew Timothy (pre-recorded) | |
Dishonoured — Again is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the thirteenth show in the ninth series. The in-show introduction announcement gave the show's name as I Knew Terrance Nuke ('From the book, I Knew Terrance Nuke, by Eileen Beardsmore-Lewisham, tiddley-boo spot, we present the play, I Knew Terrance Nuke, from the book, I Knew Terrance Nuke, by Eileen Beardsmore-Lewisham)
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
- Wednesday 21 January 1959, 3pm/4.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 75993)
- Sunday 25 January 1959, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 76177/A)
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 25 January 1959, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.
The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 26 January 1959, its ratings were 0.8 million.
The show was repeated:
- Wednesday 9.31pm, 28 January 1959, on the Light Programme to 1.9 million listeners.
- Thursday 7.31pm, 31 August 1959 on the Light Programme in The Best of the Best, to 1.5 million listeners.
- Thursday 7.30pm, 17 March 1960 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.4 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 13 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.4 million listeners.
- Monday 11pm, 30 November 1992 on Radio 4.
- Thursday 11pm, 16 April 1998 on Radio 4.
Transcription Service Synopsis
Young Ned, driven to distraction by the humdrum life at the Bank where he works, decides to abscond with the contents of the strong room. One night with his pockets bulging with notes, he joins a banana boat sailing for the blue Mediterranean. But Neddie, unused to sudden wealth, begins to lose heavily to the purser at Snap, until in desperation he dives overboard aand swims to India. There he joins the army and, continuing in the path of degradation, he sells military secrets to the Waziri tribesmen. Then he becomes the confidante of the notorious scourge of the North-West Frontier, the 'Dreaded Red Bladder', until finally, in the foothills of the Himalayas, he meets his tragic end.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays It's Only a Paper Moon (Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg / Billy Rose)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays From This Moment On (Cole Porter)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
This tape survived until 1970, when it was erased in a purge of Goon Shows thought to be of no further use to TS. The version of the show found on Compendium 11 was compiled from a combination of a commercial version, the TGS disc and domestic recordings of the original and 1964 repeat transmissions.[1]
Roger Wilmut note
This show is a new production of the script first broadcast as Dishonoured or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon. There are only a few variations in the text. It is this later version that was released on the Parlophone LP, PMC 1108, despite its title of Dishonoured.
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2015). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 11 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-7852-9129-6.
