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The Landmark 1950s British Radio Comedy Series Featuring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe & Michael Bentine That Inspired Generations Of English Speaking Comedians Worldwide! 189 Half Hour Shows Packed Into 1 MP3 DVD PLUS 12 Bonus Half Hour Michael Bentine Shows! *Presented As An Archival Quality MP3 DVD, MP3 Audio Download Or USB Flash Drive! #GoonShow #TheGoonShow #Goons #SpikeMilligan #PeterSellers #HarrySecombe #MichaelBentine #Q8 #GeorgeMartin #Beatles #TheBeatles #MontyPython #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus #SpikeJones #SpikeJonesAndHisCitySlickers #RadioLuxembourg #BBC #BBCRadio #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #TV #Television #TVShows #TelevisionShows #TVInTheUS #TelevisionInTheUS #Comedians #Writers #MP3 #DVD #AudioDownload #USBFlashDrive
Contents:
52-01-22 - Untitled Goon Show (ser 2, ep 1)
52-02-05 - U.G.S. (The Crystal Palace Project), Epis
53-10-02 The Dreaded Piano Clubber
53-10-09 - The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Mon
53-10-16 - The Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidel
53-12-26 - The Giant Bombardon
54-01-08 The Missing Prime Minister
54-01-29 - The History of Communications
54-03-01~s04e23~The Greatest Mountain In The World (tk-hq)
54-03-08 - The Collapse of The B.R. Sandwich System
54-03-15 The Silent Bugler
54-04-12 - The Great Bank of England Robbery [VG11]
54-08-31~s04esp~The Starlings
54-09-28~s05e01~The Whistling Spy Enigma (tk-hq)
54-10-05 - The Lost Gold Mine Of Charlotte
54-10-12~s05e03~The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (tk-hq)
54-10-19~s05e04~The Phantom Head Shaver (tk-hq)
54-10-26~s05e05~The Affair of the Lone Banana (tk-hq)
54-11-02 - The Canal
54-11-09~s05e07~Lurgi Strikes Britain (tk-hq)
54-11-16~s05e08~The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (tk-hq)
54-11-23~s05e09~The Last Tram (tk-hq)
54-11-30 - The Booted Gorilla Found
54-12-07~s05e11~The Spanish Suitcase (tk-hq)
54-12-14 - Dishonoured, or the Fall of Neddie Seagoo
54-12-21 - Forog
54-12-28~s05e14~Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (tk-hq)
55-01-04~s05e15~1985 (tk-hq)
55-01-11 - The Case Of The Missing Heir
55-01-18 - China Story
55-01-25~s05e18~Under Two Floorboards (tk-hq)
55-02-01 - The Missing Scroll (The Lost Music Of Purdom)
55-02-15~s05e21~The Sinking of Westminster Pier (tk-hq)
55-02-22 - The Fireball of Milton Street
55-03-01 - The Six Ingots Of Leadenhall Street
55-03-08~s05e24~Yehti (tk-hq)
55-03-15~s05e25~The White Box of Great Barfield (tk-hq)
55-03-22 - The End (The Confessions Of A Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)
55-09-20 - The Man Who Won The War (Seagoon MCC)
55-09-27 - Secret Escritoire
55-10-04~s06e03~The Lost Emperor (tk-hq)
55-10-11~s06e04~Napoleon's Piano (tk-hq)
55-10-18~s06e05~The Case of the Missing CD Plates (tk-hq)
55-10-25~s06e06~Rommel's Treasure (tk-hq)
55-11-01 - Foiled By President Fred (In Honour Bound)
55-11-08~s06e08~Shangri La Again! (tk-hq)
55-11-15~s06e09~The International Christmas Pudding (tk-hq)
55-11-29 - The Lost Colony (The Sale Of Manhattan)
55-11-29 The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony)
55-12-06 - The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu
55-12-13 - The Lost Year
55-12-20~s06e14~The Greenslade Story (tk-hq)
55-12-27 - The Hastings Flyer - Robbed
56-01-03~s06e16~The Mighty Wurlitzer (tk-hq)
56-01-10 The Raid Of The International Christmas Pudding
56-01-17 - Tales of Montmartre (Different)
56-01-17~s06e18~Tales of Montmatre (tk-hq)
56-01-24~s06e19~The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI (tk-hq)
56-01-31 - The House of Teeth
56-02-07 - Tales of Old Dartmoor
56-02-14 - The Choking Horror (Edited)
56-02-14 - The Choking Horror
56-02-21~s06e23~The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal (tk-hq)
56-02-28 - The Treasure in the Lake (Different)
56-02-28~s06e24~The Treasure of Loch Lomond (tk-hq)
56-03-01 - The Goons Hit Wales
56-03-06 - The Fear Of Wages
56-03-13 - Scradje
56-03-13~s06e26~Scradge (tk-hq)
56-03-20 - The Man Who Never Was
56-04-03 - The Pevensy Bay Disaster (Different)
56-04-03~s06e10~The Pevensey Bay Disaster (tk-hq)
56-08-29 - China Story
56-10-04~s07e01~The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis (tk-hq)
56-10-11~s07e02~Drums Along The Mersey (tk-hq)
56-10-18 - The [Great] Nadger Plague
56-10-25~s07e04~The Macreekie Rising of '74 (hq)
56-11-01~s07e05~The Spectre of Tintagel (tk-hq)
56-11-15~s07e07~The Great Bank Robbery (tk-hq)
56-11-22 - Personal Narrative (Of Captain Neddie Seagoon, RN)
56-11-29~s07e09~Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (tk-hq)
56-12-02 - Robin Hood
56-12-05 - What's My Line (Different)
56-12-05 What's My Line
56-12-09 Operation Christmas Duff
56-12-13 - The Telephone
56-12-20~s07e12~The Flea (tk-hq)
56-12-22 - Robin Hood
56-12-24~s07esp~Operation Christmas Duff (tk-hq)
56-12-26 - Six Charlies in Search of an Author
57-01-03 - Emperor of the Universe
57-01-10~s07e15~Wings Over Dagenham (tk-hq)
57-01-17~s07e16~The Rent Collectors (tk-hq)
57-01-24~s07e17~Shifting Sands (tk-hq)
57-01-31 - The Moon Show
57-02-07~s07e19~The Mysterious Punch-Up-The-Conker (tk-hq)
57-02-14 - The Sleeping Prince (Different)
57-02-14 - The Sleeping Prince
57-02-21 - Round The World in Eighty Days
57-02-28 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden (Different)
57-02-28 - Insurance, the White Man's Burden
57-03-07 - The Africa Ship Canal
57-03-14~s07e23~Ill Met By Goonlight (tk-hq)
57-03-21 - The Missing Boa Constrictor
57-03-28~s07e25~The Histories of Pliny the Elder (tk-hq)
57-08-22~s07eSP~The Reason Why (tk-hq)
57-09-30~s08e01~Spon (tk-hq)
57-10-06 - The Mummified Priest (VGE 01 remake 54-01-22)
57-10-07 - The Junk Affair (Different)
57-10-07~s08e02~The Junk Affair (tk-hq)
57-10-14~s08e03~The Burning Embassy (tk-hq)
57-10-21~s08e04~The Great Regents Park Swim (hq)
57-10-28 - The Treasure In The Tower (Altogether different)
57-10-28~s08e05~The Treasure In The Tower (tk-hq)
57-11-03 - The Missing Ten Downing Street [VG03]
57-11-04 The Space Age (Different)
57-11-04~s08e06~The Space Age (hq)
57-11-11 - The Red Fort [A Tale of India]
57-11-17 - The Giant Bombardon (VGE 04 remake 53-12-26)
57-11-17 - The Giant Bombardon
57-11-18~s08e08~The Missing Battleship (tk-hq)
57-11-25 - The Policy (Different, beginning cut, overlong)
57-11-25 The Policy (has KERA intro)
57-12-01 - The Kippered Herring Gang
57-12-02~s08e10~King Solomon's Mines (tk-hq)
57-12-09 - The Stolen Postman
57-12-15 - The Vanishing Room [VG06]
57-12-16 The Great British Revolution
57-12-23~s08e13~The Plasticine Man (tk-hq)
57-12-29 The Ink Shortage
57-12-30~s08e14~African Incident (tk-hq)
58-01-06 The Thing On The Mountain
58-01-12 - The Mustard And Cress Shortage [VG08]
58-01-13~s08e16~The String Robberies (tk-hq)
58-01-20~s08e17~The Moriarity Murder Mystery (tk-hq)
58-01-27~s08e18~The Curse of Frankenstein (tk-hq)
58-02-03~s08e19~The White Neddie Trade (tk-hq)
58-02-10 - Ten Snowballs That Shook The World (Different)
58-02-10~s08e20~Ten Snowballs That Shook The World (tk-hq)
58-02-16 - The Internal Mountain (VGE 09 remake 54-03-29)
58-02-17~s08e21~The Man Who Never Was (tk-hq)
58-02-23~svge10~The Silent Bugler (tk-hq)
58-02-24~s08e22~World War One (tk-hq)
58-03-02 - The Great Bank Of England Robbery
58-03-03~s08e23~The Spon Plague (tk-hq)
58-03-09~svge12~The Dreaded Piano Clubber (hq)
58-03-10 - The Vanishing Room (VGE 06 remake 54-02-15)
58-03-10 - Tiddleywinks (Different)
58-03-10~s08e24~Tiddleywinks (tk-hq)
58-03-16~svge13~The Siege of Fort Night (hq)
58-03-17~s08e25~The Evils of Bushey Spon (tk-hq)
58-03-23 - The First Albert Memorial To The Moon (VGE 14 remake 53-11-01)
58-03-24 The Great Statue Debate
58-09-22~svge01~The Mummified Priest (tk-hq)
58-10-06~svge04~The Giant Bombardon (bh) (tk-hq)
58-10-13~svge06~The Vanishing Room (tk-hq)
58-11-01~s09e02~I Was Monty's Treble (tk-hq)
58-11-03 - The Sahara Desert Statue
58-11-17~s09e03~The £1,000,000 Penny (tk-hq)
58-11-24 - Pams Paper Insurance Policy
58-12-01~s09e05~The Mountain Eaters (tk-hq)
58-12-08~s09e06~The Childe Harolde Rewarde (tk-hq)
58-12-15~s09e07~The Seagoon Memoirs (tk-hq)
58-12-22~s09e08~Queen Anne's Rain (tk-hq)
58-12-29~s09e09~The Battle of Spion Kop (tk-hq)
59-01-05~s09e10~Ned's Atomic Dustbin (tk-hq)
59-01-12~s09e11~Who Is Pink Oboe (tk-hq)
59-01-20~s09e12~Call of the West (tk-hq)
59-01-26~s09e13~Dishonoured---Again (BBC7)
59-02-02 - Quatermass OBE (The Scarlet Capsule) (Yet another one)
59-02-02~s09e14~Quatermass O.B.E (different beginning!)
59-02-02~s09e14~Quatermass O.B.E (not tk)
59-02-09~s09e15~The Tay Bridge (tk-hq)
59-02-16~s09e16~The Gold Plate Robbery (tk-hq)
59-02-23~s09e17~The £50 Cure (tk-hq)
59-02-29 - The £50 Cure
59-12-24~s10e01~A Christmas Carol (tk-hq)
59-12-31~s10e02~The Tale of Men's Shirts
60-01-07 - The Chinese Legs
60-01-14 - Robin's Post [The Story Of Lord Seagoon]
60-01-21~s10e05~The Silver Doubloons
60-01-28 - The Last Smoking Seagoon (Different)
60-01-28~s10e06~The Last Smoking Seagoon (tk-hq)
62-11-00 - The Bridge on the River Wye
64-12-25 - The GPO Show
65-06-16 - The Army Show
65-12-25 - The Naughty Navy Show
72-04-30~The Last Goon Show Of All (tk-hq)
Misc - Pre-broadcast Warmup
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The British radio comedy program The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC for the first time on May 28, 1951. It was originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series broadcast from May 28 to September 20, 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title The Goon Show, a title inspired, according to Spike Milligan, by the Popeye character Alice the Goon (when The Goon Show was brought to television in the form of a puppet show in 1963, the puppet of The Goon Show character Eccles was modeled on Alice the Goon). The show's chief creator and main writer was Terence Alan Milligan, who named himself Spike Milligan after hearing on Radio Luxembourg the great American novelty song band Spike Jones and his City Slickers. It starred Spike Milligan (British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor.), Harry Secombe (Welsh comedian, actor and singer), Peter Sellers (English film actor, comedian and singer) and from 1951-1953 Michael Mentine (Peruvian-English comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons). The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. Some of the later episodes feature electronic effects devised by the fledgling BBC Radiophonic Workshop, many of which were reused by other shows for decades. Many elements of the show satirised contemporary life in Britain, parodying aspects of show business, commerce, industry, art, politics, diplomacy, the police, the military, education, class structure, literature and film. The show was released internationally through the BBC Transcription Services (TS). It was heard regularly from the 1950s in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India and Canada, although these TS versions were frequently edited to avoid controversial subjects. NBC began broadcasting the programme on its radio network from the mid-1950s. The programme exercised a considerable influence on the development of British and American comedy and popular culture. It was cited as a major influence by The Beatles and the American comedy team The Firesign Theatre as well as Monty Python and many others.
The Landmark 1950s British Radio Comedy Series Featuring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe & Michael Bentine That Inspired Generations Of English Speaking Comedians Worldwide! 189 Half Hour Shows Packed Into 1 MP3 DVD PLUS 12 Bonus Half Hour Michael Bentine Shows! *Presented As An Archival Quality MP3 DVD, MP3 Audio Download Or USB Flash Drive! #GoonShow #TheGoonShow #Goons #SpikeMilligan #PeterSellers #HarrySecombe #MichaelBentine #Q8 #GeorgeMartin #Beatles #TheBeatles #MontyPython #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus #SpikeJones #SpikeJonesAndHisCitySlickers #RadioLuxembourg #BBC #BBCRadio #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #TV #Television #TVShows #TelevisionShows #TVInTheUS #TelevisionInTheUS #Comedians #Writers #MP3 #DVD #AudioDownload #USBFlashDrive
Contents:
52-01-22 - Untitled Goon Show (ser 2, ep 1)
52-02-05 - U.G.S. (The Crystal Palace Project), Epis
53-10-02 The Dreaded Piano Clubber
53-10-09 - The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Mon
53-10-16 - The Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidel
53-12-26 - The Giant Bombardon
54-01-08 The Missing Prime Minister
54-01-29 - The History of Communications
54-03-01~s04e23~The Greatest Mountain In The World (tk-hq)
54-03-08 - The Collapse of The B.R. Sandwich System
54-03-15 The Silent Bugler
54-04-12 - The Great Bank of England Robbery [VG11]
54-08-31~s04esp~The Starlings
54-09-28~s05e01~The Whistling Spy Enigma (tk-hq)
54-10-05 - The Lost Gold Mine Of Charlotte
54-10-12~s05e03~The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (tk-hq)
54-10-19~s05e04~The Phantom Head Shaver (tk-hq)
54-10-26~s05e05~The Affair of the Lone Banana (tk-hq)
54-11-02 - The Canal
54-11-09~s05e07~Lurgi Strikes Britain (tk-hq)
54-11-16~s05e08~The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (tk-hq)
54-11-23~s05e09~The Last Tram (tk-hq)
54-11-30 - The Booted Gorilla Found
54-12-07~s05e11~The Spanish Suitcase (tk-hq)
54-12-14 - Dishonoured, or the Fall of Neddie Seagoo
54-12-21 - Forog
54-12-28~s05e14~Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (tk-hq)
55-01-04~s05e15~1985 (tk-hq)
55-01-11 - The Case Of The Missing Heir
55-01-18 - China Story
55-01-25~s05e18~Under Two Floorboards (tk-hq)
55-02-01 - The Missing Scroll (The Lost Music Of Purdom)
55-02-15~s05e21~The Sinking of Westminster Pier (tk-hq)
55-02-22 - The Fireball of Milton Street
55-03-01 - The Six Ingots Of Leadenhall Street
55-03-08~s05e24~Yehti (tk-hq)
55-03-15~s05e25~The White Box of Great Barfield (tk-hq)
55-03-22 - The End (The Confessions Of A Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)
55-09-20 - The Man Who Won The War (Seagoon MCC)
55-09-27 - Secret Escritoire
55-10-04~s06e03~The Lost Emperor (tk-hq)
55-10-11~s06e04~Napoleon's Piano (tk-hq)
55-10-18~s06e05~The Case of the Missing CD Plates (tk-hq)
55-10-25~s06e06~Rommel's Treasure (tk-hq)
55-11-01 - Foiled By President Fred (In Honour Bound)
55-11-08~s06e08~Shangri La Again! (tk-hq)
55-11-15~s06e09~The International Christmas Pudding (tk-hq)
55-11-29 - The Lost Colony (The Sale Of Manhattan)
55-11-29 The Sale of Manhattan (The Lost Colony)
55-12-06 - The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu
55-12-13 - The Lost Year
55-12-20~s06e14~The Greenslade Story (tk-hq)
55-12-27 - The Hastings Flyer - Robbed
56-01-03~s06e16~The Mighty Wurlitzer (tk-hq)
56-01-10 The Raid Of The International Christmas Pudding
56-01-17 - Tales of Montmartre (Different)
56-01-17~s06e18~Tales of Montmatre (tk-hq)
56-01-24~s06e19~The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI (tk-hq)
56-01-31 - The House of Teeth
56-02-07 - Tales of Old Dartmoor
56-02-14 - The Choking Horror (Edited)
56-02-14 - The Choking Horror
56-02-21~s06e23~The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal (tk-hq)
56-02-28 - The Treasure in the Lake (Different)
56-02-28~s06e24~The Treasure of Loch Lomond (tk-hq)
56-03-01 - The Goons Hit Wales
56-03-06 - The Fear Of Wages
56-03-13 - Scradje
56-03-13~s06e26~Scradge (tk-hq)
56-03-20 - The Man Who Never Was
56-04-03 - The Pevensy Bay Disaster (Different)
56-04-03~s06e10~The Pevensey Bay Disaster (tk-hq)
56-08-29 - China Story
56-10-04~s07e01~The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis (tk-hq)
56-10-11~s07e02~Drums Along The Mersey (tk-hq)
56-10-18 - The [Great] Nadger Plague
56-10-25~s07e04~The Macreekie Rising of '74 (hq)
56-11-01~s07e05~The Spectre of Tintagel (tk-hq)
56-11-15~s07e07~The Great Bank Robbery (tk-hq)
56-11-22 - Personal Narrative (Of Captain Neddie Seagoon, RN)
56-11-29~s07e09~Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (tk-hq)
56-12-02 - Robin Hood
56-12-05 - What's My Line (Different)
56-12-05 What's My Line
56-12-09 Operation Christmas Duff
56-12-13 - The Telephone
56-12-20~s07e12~The Flea (tk-hq)
56-12-22 - Robin Hood
56-12-24~s07esp~Operation Christmas Duff (tk-hq)
56-12-26 - Six Charlies in Search of an Author
57-01-03 - Emperor of the Universe
57-01-10~s07e15~Wings Over Dagenham (tk-hq)
57-01-17~s07e16~The Rent Collectors (tk-hq)
57-01-24~s07e17~Shifting Sands (tk-hq)
57-01-31 - The Moon Show
57-02-07~s07e19~The Mysterious Punch-Up-The-Conker (tk-hq)
57-02-14 - The Sleeping Prince (Different)
57-02-14 - The Sleeping Prince
57-02-21 - Round The World in Eighty Days
57-02-28 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden (Different)
57-02-28 - Insurance, the White Man's Burden
57-03-07 - The Africa Ship Canal
57-03-14~s07e23~Ill Met By Goonlight (tk-hq)
57-03-21 - The Missing Boa Constrictor
57-03-28~s07e25~The Histories of Pliny the Elder (tk-hq)
57-08-22~s07eSP~The Reason Why (tk-hq)
57-09-30~s08e01~Spon (tk-hq)
57-10-06 - The Mummified Priest (VGE 01 remake 54-01-22)
57-10-07 - The Junk Affair (Different)
57-10-07~s08e02~The Junk Affair (tk-hq)
57-10-14~s08e03~The Burning Embassy (tk-hq)
57-10-21~s08e04~The Great Regents Park Swim (hq)
57-10-28 - The Treasure In The Tower (Altogether different)
57-10-28~s08e05~The Treasure In The Tower (tk-hq)
57-11-03 - The Missing Ten Downing Street [VG03]
57-11-04 The Space Age (Different)
57-11-04~s08e06~The Space Age (hq)
57-11-11 - The Red Fort [A Tale of India]
57-11-17 - The Giant Bombardon (VGE 04 remake 53-12-26)
57-11-17 - The Giant Bombardon
57-11-18~s08e08~The Missing Battleship (tk-hq)
57-11-25 - The Policy (Different, beginning cut, overlong)
57-11-25 The Policy (has KERA intro)
57-12-01 - The Kippered Herring Gang
57-12-02~s08e10~King Solomon's Mines (tk-hq)
57-12-09 - The Stolen Postman
57-12-15 - The Vanishing Room [VG06]
57-12-16 The Great British Revolution
57-12-23~s08e13~The Plasticine Man (tk-hq)
57-12-29 The Ink Shortage
57-12-30~s08e14~African Incident (tk-hq)
58-01-06 The Thing On The Mountain
58-01-12 - The Mustard And Cress Shortage [VG08]
58-01-13~s08e16~The String Robberies (tk-hq)
58-01-20~s08e17~The Moriarity Murder Mystery (tk-hq)
58-01-27~s08e18~The Curse of Frankenstein (tk-hq)
58-02-03~s08e19~The White Neddie Trade (tk-hq)
58-02-10 - Ten Snowballs That Shook The World (Different)
58-02-10~s08e20~Ten Snowballs That Shook The World (tk-hq)
58-02-16 - The Internal Mountain (VGE 09 remake 54-03-29)
58-02-17~s08e21~The Man Who Never Was (tk-hq)
58-02-23~svge10~The Silent Bugler (tk-hq)
58-02-24~s08e22~World War One (tk-hq)
58-03-02 - The Great Bank Of England Robbery
58-03-03~s08e23~The Spon Plague (tk-hq)
58-03-09~svge12~The Dreaded Piano Clubber (hq)
58-03-10 - The Vanishing Room (VGE 06 remake 54-02-15)
58-03-10 - Tiddleywinks (Different)
58-03-10~s08e24~Tiddleywinks (tk-hq)
58-03-16~svge13~The Siege of Fort Night (hq)
58-03-17~s08e25~The Evils of Bushey Spon (tk-hq)
58-03-23 - The First Albert Memorial To The Moon (VGE 14 remake 53-11-01)
58-03-24 The Great Statue Debate
58-09-22~svge01~The Mummified Priest (tk-hq)
58-10-06~svge04~The Giant Bombardon (bh) (tk-hq)
58-10-13~svge06~The Vanishing Room (tk-hq)
58-11-01~s09e02~I Was Monty's Treble (tk-hq)
58-11-03 - The Sahara Desert Statue
58-11-17~s09e03~The £1,000,000 Penny (tk-hq)
58-11-24 - Pams Paper Insurance Policy
58-12-01~s09e05~The Mountain Eaters (tk-hq)
58-12-08~s09e06~The Childe Harolde Rewarde (tk-hq)
58-12-15~s09e07~The Seagoon Memoirs (tk-hq)
58-12-22~s09e08~Queen Anne's Rain (tk-hq)
58-12-29~s09e09~The Battle of Spion Kop (tk-hq)
59-01-05~s09e10~Ned's Atomic Dustbin (tk-hq)
59-01-12~s09e11~Who Is Pink Oboe (tk-hq)
59-01-20~s09e12~Call of the West (tk-hq)
59-01-26~s09e13~Dishonoured---Again (BBC7)
59-02-02 - Quatermass OBE (The Scarlet Capsule) (Yet another one)
59-02-02~s09e14~Quatermass O.B.E (different beginning!)
59-02-02~s09e14~Quatermass O.B.E (not tk)
59-02-09~s09e15~The Tay Bridge (tk-hq)
59-02-16~s09e16~The Gold Plate Robbery (tk-hq)
59-02-23~s09e17~The £50 Cure (tk-hq)
59-02-29 - The £50 Cure
59-12-24~s10e01~A Christmas Carol (tk-hq)
59-12-31~s10e02~The Tale of Men's Shirts
60-01-07 - The Chinese Legs
60-01-14 - Robin's Post [The Story Of Lord Seagoon]
60-01-21~s10e05~The Silver Doubloons
60-01-28 - The Last Smoking Seagoon (Different)
60-01-28~s10e06~The Last Smoking Seagoon (tk-hq)
62-11-00 - The Bridge on the River Wye
64-12-25 - The GPO Show
65-06-16 - The Army Show
65-12-25 - The Naughty Navy Show
72-04-30~The Last Goon Show Of All (tk-hq)
Misc - Pre-broadcast Warmup
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The British radio comedy program The Goon Show was broadcast on the BBC for the first time on May 28, 1951. It was originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series broadcast from May 28 to September 20, 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title The Goon Show, a title inspired, according to Spike Milligan, by the Popeye character Alice the Goon (when The Goon Show was brought to television in the form of a puppet show in 1963, the puppet of The Goon Show character Eccles was modeled on Alice the Goon). The show's chief creator and main writer was Terence Alan Milligan, who named himself Spike Milligan after hearing on Radio Luxembourg the great American novelty song band Spike Jones and his City Slickers. It starred Spike Milligan (British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor.), Harry Secombe (Welsh comedian, actor and singer), Peter Sellers (English film actor, comedian and singer) and from 1951-1953 Michael Mentine (Peruvian-English comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons). The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. Some of the later episodes feature electronic effects devised by the fledgling BBC Radiophonic Workshop, many of which were reused by other shows for decades. Many elements of the show satirised contemporary life in Britain, parodying aspects of show business, commerce, industry, art, politics, diplomacy, the police, the military, education, class structure, literature and film. The show was released internationally through the BBC Transcription Services (TS). It was heard regularly from the 1950s in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India and Canada, although these TS versions were frequently edited to avoid controversial subjects. NBC began broadcasting the programme on its radio network from the mid-1950s. The programme exercised a considerable influence on the development of British and American comedy and popular culture. It was cited as a major influence by The Beatles and the American comedy team The Firesign Theatre as well as Monty Python and many others.