The Greenslade Story

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"The Greenslade Story"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 6
Episode: 14
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 93839
First broadcast20 December 1955 (1955-12-20)
Running time31:33
Guest appearance
John Snagge
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The Greenslade Story is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fourteenth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday 18 December 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 20 December 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.0m.

Repeats

  • Saturday, 24 December 195S, 7.30pm, 2.6 million, (Light Programme)
  • Tuesday, 17 April 19S1,8.30pm, 3.0 million (Home Service)
  • Thursday, 8 November 1956, 8.30pm, 2.3 million, (Home Service; replacing The President's Protocol (i.e. The Sleeping Prince)];
  • Monday, 12 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million (Light Programme; replacing The President's Protocol (i.e. The Sleeping Prince)];
  • Friday, 26 December 1997, 3pm, Radio 2 (in Classic Comedy:Pick of the Goons)

Transcription Service Synopsis

The rags to riches story of Wallace Greenslade - BBC announcer-extraordinary – and of how he obtained this coveted post.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 93839 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

This tape survived in TS, and was edited for the POTG issue. Not all the cuts were kept, so this issue has been compiled from the TLO and an earlier copy made by TS and not used.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Because of the seasonal nature of the Quartet number, on the Transcription Reissue this was replaced by ABC Boogie (Max Spickol/Al Russell) taken from The Whistling Spy Enigma or The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.
  2. ^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.