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: Eric Sykes and Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Recorded: Sunday 6 March 1955
First Broadcast : Tuesday 8 March 1955 on the BBC Home Service
Yehti tracks have been found in the snow on the Yorkshire Moors. If captured, a Yehti would be worth a fortune. Grytpype and Moriarty, of the East Acton Geographical Society, offer to pay Neddie fifty pounds for one Yehti. A few days later, Neddie is slogging through a blizzard and seeks refuge in Long Willie’s Croft. Minnie, fearful that it’s the Yehti knocking on the door, won’t let Neddie in unless he has a photograph to prove he’s human, but since it’s dark and he can’t take a photo, she lets him in until the morning. They go into the cellar in search of Mr. Crun. Neddie finds Henry, who must open doors in the house occasionally to let trains through. Neddie remembers Grytpype’s warning that the Yehti can take possession of your mind. Crun bundles Seagoon onto a train, where he encounters Bloodnok and pays him the fifty pounds for information about the Yehti. Bloodnok throws him off the train. He meets Eccles, who agrees to join the Yehti hunt, provided he can bring a friend along. What could befriend Eccles except a Yehti? But instead the friend proves to be Bluebottle. They find Yehti tracks and follow them to a disused farmhouse. They enter, but the door closes behind them. They open doors to find another way out. One has sheep behind it, but only Neddie can hear them. He opens the door again. This time the sheep are gone, but Eccles and Bluebottle can hear them. Another door has a bar-room brawl behind it, but Neddie says it’s empty. In another room is Greenslade in the bath. Fred the Oyster is in yet another room. They find a door marked ‘Eccles’. Eccles goes in and finds a group of girls who cater to his every whim. The next door is marked ‘Bluebottle’. Bluebottle enters and is blown up. Greenslade tries to end the show at this point, but Neddie stops him. He finds no door marked ‘Neddie’ but does find one marked “The Yehti”. He locks the door and takes the house to London. The Geographical Society members enter the house and Neddie removes the padlocks from the room. They all stand ready to grab the Yehti. Neddie opens the door and a train rushes out.
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