The Sinking of Westminster Pier (1955-02-15: Series 5, Episode 21)

~ Audio drama

Annotation

Episode 5, Series 21
First Broadcast: 1955-02-15
Recorded: 1955-02-13
Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
Producer: Peter Eton

Billed in Radio Times as 'The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street'. The script was changed at short notice to a story inspired by a photograph of the floating pier at Westminster under several feet of water with an 'Out of Order' notice pinned to it.

Greenslade tries to announce the show as 'The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street' (insisting that the Radio Times is never wrong). Finally Sellers announces it as 'The Port of London Authority's valuable hand-carved, oil-painted, valuable floating pier'.

Annotation last modified on 2024-12-20 13:08 UTC.

Relationships

writer:Spike Milligan
Eric Sykes

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1955-02-131955-02-15: The Goon Show, “The Sinking of Westminster Pier”liveThe Goons?:??
1955-02-13Show 120 (S05 - E21) - The Sinking of Westminster Pier - A Terrible Topical TragedyliveThe Goons31:04
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: ’Twas the Month of Februarylive and partialThe Goons0:45
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: And Now the Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street, Part Threelive and partialThe Goons2:20
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Attention, Westminster Coucillorslive and partialThe Goons3:21
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: For a Week We Tried to Raise the Valuable Sunken Westminster Pielive and partialThe Goons3:28
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: I Dragged Myself Ashore on a Pipelive and partialThe Goons1:39
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: I Entered a Room Four Foot Deep in Waterlive and partialThe Goons2:31
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Now to Arrange for a New Westminster Floating Pierlive and partialThe Goons4:46
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Pardon Me, My Ami! Mon Cardlive and partialThe Goons1:08
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: This Is the BBC Home Servicelive and partialThe Goons0:54
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Where Are Thay Pumping All the Water To?live and partialThe Goons3:36
1955-02-13The Sinking of Westminster Pier: While Our Heroes Are Deciding Who Is Stronglive and partialThe Goons1:47