The Goon Show

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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 6: The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)

The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Goon Show, Series 6, The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)

How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures.

How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures. Stars Spike Milligan. From September 1955.

How Neddie Seagoon 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures. 

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 Bruce Campbell.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in September 1955.

The Goon Show: Series 6

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Classic material from one of the all-time radio comedy greats.

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