The Goon Show Volume 32, Spike Milligan
The Goon Show Volume 32, Spike Milligan
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The Goon Show: Volume 32
Four episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy

Author: Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

Narrator: Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2017

Categories: Fiction, Humorous


Synopsis

Four more hilarious episodes of the groundbreaking BBC radio comedy starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.

Forog – Series 5, Episode 13 (21 December 1954) The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street (aka The Terrible Blasting of Moreton’s Bank) – Series 5, Episode 23 (1 March 1955) The Tale of Men’s Shirts – Series 10, Episode 2 (31 December 1959)The Scarlet Capsule – Series 9, Episode 14 (2 February 1959)

Goon but not forgotten! Here is a chance to enjoy more anarchic clowning from one of the greatest ever radio comedy teams. The Goon Show ran on the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, and influenced an entire generation of subsequent comedians. Its legacy has lasted over sixty years, with classic episodes continuing to divert and delight audiences worldwide.

In these four digitally-remastered episodes, written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, Ned tracks down the terrorists responsible for producing the artificial foreign fog that is blanketing London; Inspector Seagoon investigates a bank robbery; Neddie Seagoon stars in a tale of spies, counter-spies and exploding shirt-tails and Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around an unexplained Thing discovered deep below London.

Duration: 1 hour 55 mins approx.

About Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan was perhaps best known as one of the Goons. He went on to become one of Britain's foremost comic writers and performers. His bestselling titles include Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Puckoon and Where have all the Bullets Gone? He died in 2002.

About Eric Sykes

Born in Oldham in 1923 Eric Sykes was first introduced to showbusiness whilst in the RAF and went on to write for hit BBC radio shows and appear in TV variety shows whilst writing for comedy greats such as Peter Sellers and Frankie Howerd. Although he is over eighty, Sykes continues to work, havingrecently starred in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cameron on May 20, 2023

Some great and entertaining Goon Shows in this set.......more