The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)

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"The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)"
The Goon Show episode
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Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 2
Written bySpike Milligan
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 63962
First broadcast5 October 1954 (1954-10-05)
Running time26:10
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The Goon Show series 5
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The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) is an episode from The Goon Show. It was the second show in series five. It was recorded on Sunday 3 October 1954 at 9pm. It was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street in central London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 5 October 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners.

Repeats
Day Date Time Ratings Station
Friday 8 October 1954 12.25pm 1.5m Home Service
Friday 6 May 1955 7.30pm 4.5m Light Programme

Story

We are to follow how young Ned Seagoon journeys by steam packet to the Americas to find the Lost Gold Mine and how, after being foully tricked by several desperadoes, he eventually triumphs. The action takes place aboard the SS Filthmuck, in a New Orleans dustbin, near the desert town of San Fairee Ann and in a dried up gulch near Hammersmith.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 63692. This tape no longer exists, and the version of the show found on Compendium Vol 1 was compiled from the POTG (Pick of the Goons TS re-issue) 27 master tape and TGS 2 disk.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2007). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 1 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-4056-7800-1.