The Goon Show

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

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 Flea

The Flea

Series 7

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Goon Show, Series 7, The Flea

Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys and he is having trouble with a flea called Francoise.

Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys and he's facing trouble from a flea called Francoise. Stars Harry Secombe. From December 1956.

Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys - and he's facing trouble from a flea called Francoise. 

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

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: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956.

The Goon Show: Series 7

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