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The Goon Show

Vintage Goons

The Ink Shortage

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 7 months

Sir Bernard Seagoon sets out to corner the world market for writing materials.

Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Vintage Goons is a series of re-recorded episodes made by the original cast for sale overseas.

With The Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Roy Speer

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1954.

Re-recording from December 1957 by the BBC Transcription Service made for broadcast overseas.

First broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 7 in 2008. Show less

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