The Goon Show by Spike Milligan
More surreal clowning from one of the greatest comedy teams on radio. Goon but not forgotten! In these episodes, there's a monster on Mount Snowdon and Neddie Seagoon tries to capture it for a reward; a mustard and cress shortage causes havoc to British Railways; a statue of King James II is to be removed from Trafalgar Square and Neddie plunders a sunken Spanish galleon. Contains: The Thing on the Mountain - Series 8, Episode 15 (6 January 1958); The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System (Transcription Service version, recorded 12 January 1958); The Great Statue Debate - Series 8, Episode 26 (24 March 1958) and The Silver Doubloons - Series 10, Episode 5 (21 January 1960). 2 CDs. 2 hrs.
Spike Milligan (Author)
Spike Milligan was perhaps best known as one of the Goons. He went on to become one of Britain's foremost comic writers and performers. His bestselling titles include Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Puckoon and Where have all the Bullets Gone? He died in 2002.
Larry Stephens (Author)
Larry Stephens was a scriptwriter who wrote for several popular comedy shows in the 1950s, including The Tony Hancock Show and The Army Game. He is probably best known as co-writer of many Goon Show episodes, along with Spike Milligan. He died in 1959.
Spike Milligan (Author)
Born in India in April 1918, Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan was a comedy writer and performer who created The Goon Show which ran from 1951 to 1960. Milligan soon established his own fresh style of comedy. A poet and a campaigning humanitarian, Milligan was universally acclaimed for his published war memoirs. Amongst his radio series were The Omar Khayam Show and The Milligan Papers as well as his television series such as A Show Called Fred, The Idiot’sWeekly Price 2d and later the Q series from Q5 to Q9. He died in February 2002.
Spike Milligan was perhaps best known as one of the Goons. He went on to become one of Britain's foremost comic writers and performers. His bestselling titles include Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Puckoon and Where have all the Bullets Gone? He died in 2002.
Larry Stephens (Author)
Larry Stephens was a scriptwriter who wrote for several popular comedy shows in the 1950s, including The Tony Hancock Show and The Army Game. He is probably best known as co-writer of many Goon Show episodes, along with Spike Milligan. He died in 1959.
Spike Milligan (Author)
Born in India in April 1918, Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan was a comedy writer and performer who created The Goon Show which ran from 1951 to 1960. Milligan soon established his own fresh style of comedy. A poet and a campaigning humanitarian, Milligan was universally acclaimed for his published war memoirs. Amongst his radio series were The Omar Khayam Show and The Milligan Papers as well as his television series such as A Show Called Fred, The Idiot’sWeekly Price 2d and later the Q series from Q5 to Q9. He died in February 2002.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9781445861067 |
| Title | The Goon Show |
| Release date | 2012-04-05 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Studio | BBC Physical Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Spike Milligan |
| By (author) | Larry Stephens |
| Read by | Harry Secombe |