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The Goon Show: The Fireball of Milton Street

on BBC Home Service Basic

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with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan

In the little Sussex hamlet of Milton Street 'twixt Alfriston and Polegate, word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. Henry Crun, the gouty old village alchemist, had seen a strange phenomenon through his telescope. Then, on the night of Tuesday, January 11, 1801, the Long Man of Wilmington disappeared. It was a night that never ended - darkness completely enveloped Milton Street for more than fifty hours. The villagers said the sky had fallen, but Mistress Bannister, an old trot from Pevensey Marshes, knew better. She had foreseen it all in her readings of the pitchblende.
Cast in order of speaking:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
Produced by Peter Eton

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Unknown:
Spike Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Script By:
Eric Sykes
Produced By:
Peter Eton
Sir Ned Seagoon:
Harry Secombe
Squire Bloodnok:
Peter Sellers
Witch Bannister:
Spike Milligan
Jasper Crake:
Peter Sellers
Will Eccles:
Spike Milligan
Fred Naitsoyle:
Harry Secombe
Highwayman Moriarty:
Spike Milligan
Friar Grytpype-thynne:
Peter Sellers
Dustman Bogg:
Harry Secombe
Boy Bluebottle:
Peter Sellers

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