Starring Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Music by Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
Script: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
Producer: Peter Eton
Recorded: Sunday 5 December 1954
First Broadcast : Tuesday 7 December 1954 on the BBC Home Service
The cast does a short parody of The Archers before proceeding with the plot. Young Lord Neddie Seagoon is on holiday in Madrid in 1902. Moriarty introduces himself as an Inspector of the Spanish Police, searching for clues concerning a recent jewel robbery. The British bullfighter, El Bloodnocko, has been incasseroled for 94 years for committing the robbery, but the jewels have not been recovered. They are in a little Spanish suitcase. At this point, Grytpype arrives on the scene and introduces himself as British ambassador to Siberia, in Madrid on his day off. He is struck by the resemblance of Seagoon to Bloodnok – not only does Seagoon look nothing like him, but Bloodnok doesn’t look a thing like Seagoon, either. Because Bloodnok is in gaol, he cannot fight the great Andalusian bull to uphold British prestige. Telling Seagoon that Bloodnok is only in gaol for 2 days, they persuade him to disguise himself as Bloodnok and take Bloodnok’s place in gaol. Seagoon finds out from the gaoler that he’s in for 94 years. Meanwhile, the scene shifts to the Hotel Fred, where Henry Crun is manager and Greenslade a porter. Moriarty shows up looking for Bloodnok’s Spanish suitcase. After an interlude in which Henry tries to get Minnie to change the sheets in room 23, Henry tells Moriarty that he had the suitcase sent down to the gaol. Moriarty leaves and encounters Bloodnok disguised as Neddie. Moriarty concocts a plot in which Bloodnok, still in disguise, will be smuggled into gaol to retrieve the suitcase. He is locked in the cell with Neddie and Eccles, only to find that when Greenslade the porter delivered the suitcase, Neddie sent it back to the hotel because it wasn’t his. Grytpype and Moriarty ask Greenslade about the suitcase, and he assures them it’s been returned to the Hotel Fred. Crun, the proprietor, has been thrown in gaol for tax evasion. He took with him nothing except an old Spanish suitcase. Moriarty and Grytpype get themselves thrown in the cell along with Crun, Bloodnok, Seagoon, and Eccles. They open the suitcase to find that it only contains Bloodnok’s underwear. Bluebottle enters to fight the bull, and is most upset to find out he’s in gaol with the others for 94 years. The cast can see the harbour, and the beautiful yacht belonging to the newly-rich El Greenslade. The yacht had a curious name – the Spanish Suitcase.
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