Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe
| "Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 14 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 40965 |
| First broadcast | 1 January 1954 |
Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe is an episode of The Goon Show. It is the fourteenth show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London. The recording was made at 9pm on Sunday 27 December 1953.
The show's first broadcast was on the Home Service, aired at 9.30pm on Friday 1 January 1954 (except Northern Ireland or Scotland). 1.9m people listened to the show.
The first repeat was, unusually, on the Home Service again (usually the repeat was on the Light Programme). It aired at 8.45am in the morning on Saturday 2 January 1954. This was also unusual as the repeat generally aired in the evening. It got a peak listenership of 0.8m listeners.
No known, publically available recording is known to exist as of 28 June 2024.
Story
A new record for deep-sea diving is set by Professor Kippard, and with England losing so many titles Lord Fred Greenslade suggests that the country does its best to recover this glory with help from Seagoon and the marine expert Lord Crun.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays After You've Gone (Turner Layton (music) / Henry Creamer (lyrics))
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays In a Shady Nook (Harry Pease (music) / Ed G Nelson (lyrics))
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 40965 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7852-9877-6.
