Nineteen-Eighty-Five
| "Nineteen-Eighty-Five" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 5 Episode: 15 |
| Written by | |
| Based on | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 70044 |
| First broadcast | 4 January 1955 |
| Running time | 30:00 |
Nineteen-Eighty-Five is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fifteenth show in the fifth series. The show was recorded at 9.15pm on Sunday 2 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 4 January 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 4.1m.
The show's first repeat was the following Friday at 12.25pm/12.30pm (depending on area), 7 January 1955, on the Home Service. It was listened to by 1.9 million. The next repeat was 30 years later on Sunday 6 January 1985 at 12pm on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day!.
Synopsis
The action takes place in the shallow-end of an open air swimming bath in Woodmansterne and on the grass verge of the Great North Road. This play is unsuitable for human beings, young horses, civic dignitaries and Fred Barrington.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Bruce Campbell
- Max Geldray plays It Had to Be You (Isham Jones / Gus Kahn)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Jesse Stone)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 70044 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The tape survived in TS and was used for the show published in Compendium 2. However a 29 second section of the Max Geldray number was repeated, presumably to make the show run to time. This repeated edit was omitted on the CD release.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 2 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-4056-8774-4.
