The Spanish Suitcase

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"The Spanish Suitcase"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 5
Episode: 11
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 68322
First broadcast7 December 1954 (1954-12-07)
Running time30:23
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The Spanish Suitcase is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eleventh show in series five (although the show's title was not coherently announced). It was recorded on Sunday 5 December 1954 at 9.15pm. It was recorded at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first Home Service broadcast was on Tuesday 23 December 1954 at 8.30pm. It attracted a peak listenership of 2.6m listeners.

Repeats
Day Date Time Ratings Station Show
Friday 10 December 1954 12.25pm / 12.30pm 1.9m Home Service
Monday 26 August 1974 11.30pm 0.6m Radio 4 as part of The Summer Show

Story

Young Ned Seagoon is wintering in Spain when he is approached by Senor Moriarty of the Deuxième Bureau who casually mentions that Major Denis Bloodnok, a fellow Britisher, is languishing in Gonzales Jail under suspicion of having taken part in a mysterious jewel robbery at Valladolid. Senor Grytpype-Thynne arrives on the scene and casually suggests that Neddie is very like Major Bloodnok in appearance and that he would be rendering Britain a great service if he were to replace Major Bloodnok of MI5 in prison. Ned Seagoon, patriot to the core, agrees to the proposition with startling results.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 68322 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape survived the years in TS and was used to create the version included on Compendium Vol 1.[1]

References

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