~otes to 9th series l. Not coherently announced. 2. Announced as 'The Story of a Crime-Type Murder'. After th' first musical break it becomes 'Ned the Miser' - it is this pan which is the story of the £1,000,000 Penny. TS's publicity for their re-issue of this as 'Pick of the Goons' No. 81 wrongly describes it as 'The £1,000 Penny'. Inr~ation? 3. Announced as 'The Spy, or . . .'. Sellers developed throat troublc shortly before the recording and the other four actors werc brought in by John Browell at very short notice. They take th' various parts written for Sellers, with minimal re-writing. Dyall replaces Grytpype-Thynne, Connor replaces Williurn and a f~w others, Stark replaces Henry Crun (the Min and Henry episodc becomes an Irish couple who are not as successful as the oth~r replacements) and Train as Colonel Chinstrap, replaces Major ~ Bloodnok. ~ Announced as 'Captain Stingo, or Goon Law, or Anythinggggggg (Hern)' 5. Announced as 'I Knew Terence Nuke' ('From the book, I K~ Tere~e Nuke, by Eileen Beardsmore-Lewisham, tiddley-doo spot, we present the play, "I Knew Terence Nuke", from the boo~ by Eilcen Beardsmore-Lewisham'). This show is a new productior~ of the script first broadcast as 'Dishonoured, or The Fall of ' Neddie Seagoon', 12th of 5th series; there are only slight varia- tions in the text. It is this later version which has been issued on Parlophone PMC 1108, despite their title of 'Dishonoured'. 6. Announced as 'Quatermass O.B.E.'. This show is a parody of thc highly successful BBC-TV serial 'Quatermass and the Pit'. Andrew Tmmothy, who is pre-recorded, reads annoumcements a~ the beginning and end of the show that were originally intended to be read by John Snagge. 7. Annourrced (eventually) as 'The Kleens of Blenchinghall, th~ story of an ordinary English comedy half-hour'. 152 lOth Series Scripts by Spike Milligan. Produced by John Browell. Broadcast Thursdays, pre-recorded the previous Sunday. 1 24-12-59 TLO 3710 A Christrnas Carol2 2 31-12-59 TLO 4230 The Tale of Men's Shirts~ 3 7- 1~0 TLO 5015 The Chinese Legsl (with John Snagge pre-rec.) 4 1~ 1~0 TLO 5454 Robin's Pos* 5 21- 1~0 TLO 6251 The Silver Dubloonsl (withValentine Dyall) 6 28 -1-60 TLO 6786 The Last Smoking Seagoons (with ' John Snagge - pre-rec.) Notes to Ioth senes 1. Not coherently armounced. 2. Annoumced as 'A Merry Christmas and Custard'. 3. Announced as 'Tales of Men's Shirts (a story of down under).' 4. Announced as 'The Story of Lord Seagoon, Playboy of the Western Approach~s'. 5. Announced as 'The Last-of the Smoking Seagoons'. 153 AP, PENDICES 1: GOON SHOW REPEATS _ ~ ~ar in-series repeats are not listed, only additional out-of- t ~ ~ ~peats. Dates and series/number references are given. I ~~ Goon Shows on Light Programme, Fridays at 1930 I ~ ~ 55 5/1 The Whistling Spy Enigma _ ~ ~55 512 The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) - ~ ~55 514 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton) ~ ~55 515 The Affair of the Lone Banana - ~- ~55 516 The Canal t ~55 5110 The Booted Gorilla (found?) . 1~ ~55 5112 Dishonoured, or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon ~ 6-55 5117 China Story ~ ~ ~55 5122 The Fireball of Milton Street L~~cing 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster' (see 6th series, note 9) ~ 55 5117 Chi~a Story - ~n Show Special on Home Service, Monday at 1900 ~ 56 SP The Starlings - .~~ee Goon Shows on Home Service, Tuesdays at 2030 (2 weeks after ' ~ of 6th series) i ~ ~56 611o Thc Pevensy Bay Disaster (first broadcast: this is ' the same script as 'The Hastings Flyer- Robbed': see 6th series, note 12) :-~ 456 619 The International Christrnas Pudding ~ 456 6114 The Greenslade Story ~lacing 'The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal' (see 6th series, note 13) ~eat on Light Programrne, Sunday at 1530 ~ 5-56 6119 The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI ~ ~placing 'The Sleeping Prince' (see 7th series, note 3) ~11-56 6114 The Greenslade Story SIY Goon Shows on Home Service, Thursdays at 2030 (following the - ~ 4 57 711 The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis ~ 4-57 713 The Nadger Plague 1~ 4-57 716 The Sleeping Prince ~ 457 7113 . Six Charlies in Search of an Author 2- 5-57 7112 The Flea (broadcast at 2155) 9 -5-57 7122 The Africa Ship Canal l~ series 'The Best of the Best' on Light Progran~me, Monday at 1931 31- ~59 9113 Dishonoured -Again Seven Goon Shows on Home Service, Thursdays at 1930 (following ~he lOth series) ~ 2-60 9/3 ~ Thc £1,000,000 Penny 11- ~60 915 The MountainEaters , 155 18- 2-60 9/8 Queen Anne's Rain 25- 2~0 9/12 The Call of the West 3- ~¡ 9116 The Gold Plate Robbery 10- 3-60 9114 The Scarlet Capsule 17- 3-60 9/13 Dishonoured - Again In series 'The Best of the Best' on Light Programme, Sunday at 1415 7- 8-60 1012 The Tale of Men's Shirts One Goon Show on Home Service, Saturday at 1310 13-10-62 5/3 The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of BeYhill-on-Sea) Nine shows broadcast under the title 'Vintage Goons' (not from th~ TS series); Home Service, Fridays at 2130 31- 1-64 617 Foiled by President Fred 7- 2~4 712l Insurance, the White Man's Burden 1~ 2-64 918 QueenAnne's Rain 21- 2~ 5114 Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest 2~ 2-64 812l The Man Who Never ~as 6- 3-64 917 The Seagoon Memoirs 13- 3-64 9113 Dishonoured - Again 20- 3-64 714 The MacReekie Rising of '74 27- 3-64 91l6 The Gold Plate Robbery In series 'Let's Laugh Again' on Home Service, Friday at 2130 20- 8-65 917 The Seagoon Memoirs (the first half of this transmission was marred by a technical fault on the reproducing equipment) Five Goon Shows on Radio 4, Fridays at 1900 18- 7-69 5125 The White Box of Great Bardfield 25- 7-69 519 , The Last Tram (from Clapham) 1- 8-69 915 The Mountain Eaters 8- 8-69 517 Lurgi Strikes Britain 15- 8-69 1016 The Last Smoking Seagoon One Goon Show on Radio 4, Thursday at 2130 2~12-69 10ll A Christmas Carol Eight shows broadcast under the title 'Vintage Goons' not from th~ TS series); Radio 4, Saturdays at 2000 8- 8-70 518 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved) 15- 8-70 5117 China Story 22- 8-70 512l The Sinking of Westminster Pier 29- 8-70 5124 Yehti 5- 9-70 7117 Shifting Sands 12- 9-70 61l8 Tales of Montmartre 19- 9-70 8123 The Spon Plague 2~ 9-70 912 I Was Monty's Treble In series 'The Great Shows, 1938-1963', on Radio 2, Sunday at 1430 and Friday at 2002 ~2~ll 72 61l9 TheJet-PropelledGuidedNAAFI 156 Goon Show Special on Radio 4, Bank Holiday Monday at 1345 ~ 5-73 SP The Reason Why In series 'The Late Show' on Radio 4, Saturday at 2300 ~ 3-74 81l6 The String Robberies In compilation programme 'The Sumrner Show' on Radio 4, Bank Holiday Monday at 1130 26- 8-74 51ll The Spanish Suitcase 'Encore the Goons' series on Radio 4, Fridays at 1815 (from TS r~-lssue versions) 17- 1-75 613 The Lost Emperor ¥ 24 1-75 6125 The Fear of Wages 31- 1-75 712 ' Drums Along the Mersey 7- 2-75 81lo King Solomon's Mines 14 2-75 916 The Childe Harolde Rewarde - 21- 2-75 913 The £1,000,000 Penny 28- 2-75 619 The Intemational Christmas Pudding - 7- 3-75 1015 The Silver Dubloons 14 3-75 514 The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton) 21- 3-75 81l7 The Moriarty Murder Mystery 2: TRANSC~PTION SERVICBS ISSUES Starting in 1954, the BBC Transcription Services recorded th~ ~ Shows for issue on pressed lonpplaymg records to overseas ~ stations, who can buy the right to use them for a limited p~.~. usually about two years from the date of issue. The original issu~ ~~ cut by up to two minutes (topical references and supposedly offc~~~ gags being removed) to run to about 29'30~ with some playour~ ~~ re-issues ('Pick of the Goons') have further slight cuts, no pla~ and, in most cases, a shortened version of the closing signatur~ t~ They all run to 27'00~. These records cannot be made available lo ~ public, for contractual reasons. The shows are listed numerically a~ issued, with serieslnur~ reference. ORIGINAL ISSUBS: 'THE GOON SHO~ 1 511 The Whistling Spy Enigma ' 2 512 The Lost Gold Mine / 3 514 The Phantom Head Shaver 4 515 The Affair of the Lone Banana 5 516 The Canal 6 518 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - Solved 7 5112 Dishonoured, or The FaU of Neddie Seagoon 8 51l6 The Case of the Missing Heir 9 5117 China Story 10 5118 Under Two Floorboards 11 . 5119 The Missing Scroll 12 512l The Sinking of Westminster Pier 13 5126 The End 14 614 Napoleon's Piano 15 616 Rommel's Treasure 16 618 Shangri-La Again 17 619 The International Christmas Pudding 18 6110 The Pevensey Bay Disaster 19 611l The Lost Colony (original tide 'The Sale of Manhattan') 20 6113 The Lost Year 21 61l6 The Mighty Wurlitzer 22 6118 Tales of Montmartre 23 615 The Case of the Missing CD Plates 24 6120 The House of Teeth 25 612l Tales of Old Dartmoor 26 6122 The Choking Horror 27 6124 The Treasure in the Lake 28 6123 The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal 29. 6126 Scradje 30 6127 - The Man Who Never Was 158 4 7~ Drums Along the Mersey ~ 714 The MacRe~ie Rising of '74 ~ 7jS The Spectre of Tintagel ~ 7j8 Personal Narrative ee 719 The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (original tide 'The Mystery of the Fake ~eddie Seagoons') ~ 71l2 The Flea ~ 7113 Six Charlies in Search of an Author ~ 7/15 Wings Over Dagenbam ~ 7117 Shifting Sands ~ ~ 7118 The Moon Show ~ 7119 The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker ~ ~ 7~6 The Sleeping Prince ~ 7120 Round the World in Eighty Days ~ 712l Insurance, the White Man's Burden o 7122 The Africa Ship Canal ~ 7123 Ill Met By Goonlight / C 7124 The Missing Boa Constrictor ~ ~ Special Robin Hood ~ ~ 812 The Junk Affair ~ ~ 814 The Great Regent'sPark Swim ~ ¥; 816 The Space Age i ~~ 815 The Treasure in the Tower ~ 818 The Missing Batdeship _ ~ 819 The Policy '_ ~5 811o King Solomon's Mines - ~ 8111 The Stolen Postman _ ~7 8112 The Great British Revolutiorl e ¥~ 8113 The Plasticine Man ~9 8114 African Incident - ~ 8116 The String Robberies ~ ol 8/17 The Moriarty Murder Mystery - ~ 8/3 The Burning Embassy ~3 8/20 Ten Snowballs that Shook the World ~ 8/18 The Curse of Frankenstein - oS 8/22 'Ñ1' (original title 'World War One') ~ ~ 8/23 The Spon Plague o7 9/2 I Was Monty's Treble 68 9/3 The £1,000,000 Penny o9 9/4 The Parn's Paper Insurance Policy 70 9/5 The Mountain Eaters 71 9/7 The Seagoon Memoirs 72 9/8 Queen Anne's Rain - 73 9110 Ned's Atomic Dustbin ' 74 916 The Childe Harolde Rew~rde 75 9/12 The Call of the West 76 9jl4 The Scarlet Capsule 77 9/15 The Tay Bridge 78 9/13 Dishonoured - Again 79 9/16 The Gold Plate Robbery = 80 9/17 The £50 Cure 159 ~1 1012 The Tale of Men's Shirts 82 1013 The Chinese Legs I 83 1014 Robin's Post 84 1015 The Silver Dubloons i 85 10/6 The Last Smoking Seagoon 86 1011 A Christmas Carol 87 5/14 ~Ye Bandit of Sherv~ood Forest ¥ , 88 5/3 -- The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of -' Be~hill-on-Sea) 89 5/7 Lurgi Strikes Again (original title 'Lurgi Strikes ~ritain') 90 5/9 ~-The Last Tram~ ; 91 5/10 -- The Booted Gori!la ~ I 92 5/11 The Spanish Suitcase ~ 93 5/13 .- Forog . --94 5/22 ÑThe Eireball of Milton Stree~ 95 5/23 - The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street ~ 96 5124 - Yehti 97 6/1 ~-Seagoon MCC (original title 'The Man Who Won~'. the War') 98 612 -The Secret Escritoire 99 61l9 - Phe Jet-PropeUed Guided NAAFI 100 713 -The Nadger Plague 101 7/7 -~he Great Bank Robbery 102 7/10 --~hat's My Iine?- 103 7/11 --The Telephone 104 7/14 ~ nperor of the Universe . 105 7/25 - The Histories of Pliny the Elder 106 8/15 ~ The ~~g on tne Mountain 107 8126 -The Great Statue Debate For full details of the 'V~TAGE GOONS' series, see the Chrono- logical Index, p. 128 R~ISSUES: 'PICK OF T~ GOONS' Listed numericauy as issued, with series/number references (V= Vintage Goons). The CN number~ apply to eacn series; the whole series is ordered at a time. First series - CN a67 1 5/1 ¥- 'l he Whistling Spy Enigma 2 5/5 - The Affair of the Lone Banana 3 6/4 .~apoleon's Piano 4 V/l ~ c Mummified Priest 5 6/26 - S~dje 6 6/6 - --Romm~'5 Treasure 7 618 - Shangri-La Again ~ 8 V/14 -~The Albert Memorial 9 V/2 ~- l he Greatest Mountain in the World 10 V/6 - The Vanishing Room 11 V/9 - The Internal Mountain - 12 V/ll ~ The Great Bank of England Robbery 160 -13 6/27 The Man Who Nt~ er Was j 14 7/9 --The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoorls (original title 'The Mystery of the Fake Neddle Seagoons" 15 7/12 - The Flea - 16 7/18 ~The Moon Show . 17 7/19 --The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker 18 7/20 - Round the World in Eighty Days . 19 7/21 -Ir.s~lrance, the White Man's Burden 20 7/23 -- Ill Met By Goonlight 21 8/4 -The Great Regent's Park Swim . 22 8/9 --The Policy 23 9/5 The Mountain Eaters 24 9/8 ¥-~ueen Anne's Rain ~ - 25 9/12 The Call of the West 26 9/16 - The Gold Plate Robbery Seco~ senes - CN 756 27 5/2 -The Lost Gold Mine 28 5/6 ~The Canal 29 5/8 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste - Solvcd ~ 30 5/16 The Case of the Missing Heir 31 5119 The Missing Scroll . 32 5j21 - The SirJJking of Westminster Pier~ -~3 5/26 - CorJfessions of a Secret Senna-pod Drinker - (original ti~e 'The End') 34 6/10 Thc Pevensey Bay Disaster- 35 6/11 The Lost Colony (original title 'The Sale of Manhattan') 36 6/18 Tales of ~Sontmartre - 37 6/22 The Choking Horror - 38 6/24 The Treasure in the Lake 39 7/5 -The Spectre of Tintagel 40 7/8 ~ l'crsonal Narrative 41 7/15 WirJgs Over Dagenham 42 7/17 - Shifting Sands 43 7/22 '. The Africa Ship Canal 44 7/24 - The Missing Boa Constrictor 45 8/6 The Space Agcj 46 8/5 The Treasure in the To~~1er 47 8/11 The Stolcn Postrnan 48 8/12 The Great British Revolutjon ~~ 49 8/3 The Burning Embassy, 50 8/20 Ten Snowballs that Shook thc World -51 8/18 ~ihe Curse of Frankcnstein~ 52 8/22 ' Ñ1' (origirJal title 'World War One') 53 8/23 The Spon Plague 54 9!2 l~ Was Monty's Treble SS 9j7 The Seagoon Memoirs 56 10/4 Robin's Post . 57 10~6 The Last Smoking Seagoon 58 10/1 A Christmas Carol ~hird series - CN 1546/SS 59 Sj4 --The Pllantom Head Shaver . 161 60* 5/25 - The White Box of Great Bardneld-' 615/18 - Under Two Floorboards . 62*6/3 - The Lost Emperor v~ 63 6/5 - The Case of the Missing CD l'lates J 64 7/6 - The Sleeping Prince,. 656/9 ÑThe Intemational Christmas Pudding I 66*, 6/14 -The Greenslade Storv ~' 676/20 - The House of Teeth ~' 686/23 -The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal 69* 6/25 The Fear of Wages~ i 70*7/1 - The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis ~ 717/2 . Drmns along the Mersey J Four~h series - C~ ~645/55 72* 6/7 ÑFoiled by President Fred ~l 73* 7/16 ~~The Rent Collector (original title 'The Renc~ ~.ollectors') 74V/4 ~ The Giant Bombardon; 75 8/10 Ñ.''~ Solomon's Mines v 76 8/13 - 'l'he Plasticine Man . i - 77 8/17 ~ 'he Moriarty Murder Mystery;; ~; 78 8/16 .-The String Robberies ~~ 79V/10 .'-The Silent Bugler .~ . 80* 9/1 -~he Sahara Desert Statue ~ 81 9/3 -'I'he £1,000,000 Pernny . 82 9/6 ' ~ he Childe Harolde Reu;arde 8310/5 ' The Silver Dubloons. ~' 84Special - Robin Hood /' * not previowly issucd by Trdnscripdon Ser~;;ices