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 7: The Spectre of Tintagel

The Spectre of Tintagel

Series 7

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Neddie reveals his Arthurian roots and goes in search of treasure in deepest Cornwall.

Neddie reveals his Arthurian roots and goes in search of treasure in deepest Cornwall. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1956.

Neddie Seagoon reveals his Arthurian roots and goes in search of treasure in deepest Cornwall.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Valentine Dyall 

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 1956.

The Goon Show: Series 7

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