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The Affair of the Lone Banana
Fred Nurke is missing!
An over-ripe banana in a deserted Cannon Street shipping office is the only clue to his whereabouts. Inspector Ned Seagoon follows the trail to a British Embassy in South America. Why are Senor Gonzales Mess and his gang trying to cut down the only banana tree in the Embassy gardens, and what is the connection between Fred Nurke and the over-ripe banana? Starring Peter Sellers , Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe.
The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Announcer
Wallace Greenslade.
Producer Peter Eton
(First broadcast October 1954)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Nurke
Unknown:
Ned Seagoon
Unknown:
Senor Gonzales Mess
Unknown:
Fred Nurke
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Unknown:
Harry Secombe.
Unknown:
Max Geldray.
Conducted By:
Wally Stott.
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade.
Producer:
Peter Eton

with Folk on 2 Writer and journalist
David Ward has a look at the way songs are absorbed into the tradition. Plus the best of the new folk album releases and, in the studio, jazz fusion from the bagpipes and bass clarinet of Hamish Moore and Dick Lee.
Producer Geoffrey Hewitt

Contributors

Unknown:
David Ward
Unknown:
Hamish Moore
Unknown:
Dick Lee.
Producer:
Geoffrey Hewitt

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