The Goon Show

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BBC Radio 7

Comedy: Sketch

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in the groundbreaking classic comedy.

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in BBC radio's groundbreaking classic comedy.

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The Goon Show: Series 5: The Last Tram (from Clapham)

The Last Tram (from Clapham)

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Goon Show, Series 5, The Last Tram (from Clapham)

London's trams are no more, but boss Seagoon must pursue the one that got away.

London's trams are no more, but boss Seagoon must pursue the one that got away. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1954.

London's trams are no more, but boss Neddie Seagoon must pursue the one that got away.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

Starring:

Peter Sellers 
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954.

The Goon Show: Series 5

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