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The Goon Show: Volume 34: Four episodes of the anarchic BBC radio comedy

Four classic episodes of the iconic radio comedy series starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe Tales of Old Dartmoor - Series 6, Episode 21 (7 February 1956) The Sleeping Prince - Series 7, Episode 6 (14 February 1957) Robin Hood - Series 7, Christmas Special (25 December 1988) The Moon Show - Series 7, Episode 18 (31 January 1957) Goon but not forgotten! The Goons' surreal clowning delighted radio audiences between 1951 and 1960. Inventive and hugely influential, they paved the way for a new type of comedy and their legacy lives on today. Here's a chance to enjoy them once more at their brilliant best. In these four digitally-remastered episodes, written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, prison governor Seagoon relocates his inmates to the south of France, and Neddie becomes president of Yakabakoo and tries to quell a revolution. Plus, the Sheriff of Nottingham is out to capture Robin Hood, and in search of romance, Neddie Seagoon cries for the moon.

Larry Stephens, Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show Compendium Volume 14

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in ten classic episodes of The Goon Show, plus a host of bonus features. Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This fourteenth and final collection returns to the programme's fourth series and includes the episodes 'The History of Communications', 'The Kippered Herring Gang', 'The Tooth-Paste Expedition', 'The Case of the Vanishing Room', 'The Greatest Mountain in the World', 'Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System', 'The Case of Agent X2 (aka The Silent Bugler)', 'The Story of Brain [sic] (aka Western Story)', 'The Saga of the Internal Mountain' and 'Bank of England Robbery'. Also included is the special satirical show The Starlings, recorded without an audience or orchestra, plus radio programmes including Vivat Milligna!, Growing Up with the Goons and Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Part 7. Documentary extracts include items from Kaleidoscope and Dad Made Me Laugh, as well as 'The Disconnected Thoughts of Chairman Spike', featuring unused interview material from At Last the Go On Show. Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show: Volume 33: Four episodes of the anarchic BBC radio comedy

Four classic episodes of the legendary BBC radio comedy starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.Foiled by President Fred - Series 6, Episode 7 (1 November 1955)Personal Narrative - Series 7, Episode 8 (22 November 1956)Round the World in Eighty Days - Series 7, Episode 21 (21 February 1957)The Missing Boa Constrictor - Series 7, Episode 25 (21 March 1957)Goon but not forgotten! One of the most popular and influential comedy teams on radio, the Goons ruled the airwaves between 1951 and 1960. Their innovative, irreverent humour, inspired lunacy and surreal clowning set the trend for a new kind of comedy, and their legacy continues to endure today.In these four digitally-remastered episodes, written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, gas meter inspector Seagoon heads to South America over an unpaid bill; Neddie Seagoon RN, Captain of HMS Resolute, faces the Dutch fleet in 1662; Lord Seagoon makes a wager with Count Moriarty, and Ned attempts to raffle a boa constrictor, leading to big trouble in Birmingham.

Larry Stephens, Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show Compendium Volume 13

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in 7 early episodes of The Goon Show, plus a plethora of bonus features. Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This 13th collection turns the clock back to the 1950s and the series' earliest surviving recordings. The episodes included are 'Harry Secombe Tracks Lo-Hing Ding', 'Handsome Harry Hunts for The Lost Drummer', 'The Failures of Handsome Harry Secombe', 'The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw', 'The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments', 'The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger', and 'The Missing Prime Minister'. Also featured are surviving extracts from 'The Search for the Bearded Vulture' and 'The Giant Bombardon'. A host of bonus features are included in the collection, including the 1991 programme 'At Last The Go On Show', 'Goon Again' and 'Just Before Goonrise' from 2001, 'Laughter in the Air' from 1979, 'Spike at 80' from 1998, various extracts from Desert Island Discs, and much more. A PDF booklet tells the story of the show's development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings. Remastered using newly sourced material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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

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.

Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show Compendium Volume 12: Ten episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series plus bonus f

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in 10 rare episodes of The Goon Show, plus a plethora of bonus features. Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This twelfth collection includes the episodes China Story, Foiled by President Fred, Tales of Old Dartmoor, The Macreekie Rising of '74, Robin Hood, Six Charlies in Search of an Author, Insurance – The White Man's Burden, The Red Fort and The Missing Ten Downing Street (aka Ten Downing Street Stolen), along with the 1972 reunion The Last Goon Show of All. Also included are numerous bonus archive items, including celebratory programmes Parkinson Meets The Goons and Heroes for a Time: 6 – The Goons. Here, too, are interviews and features taken from The Best of British Laughs: Peter Sellers, Robbie Vincent's Late Night London, It Takes All Sorts and more, as well as extracts from unedited studio recordings and rehearsals. Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show's development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings. Remastered using newly sourced material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.Duration: 10 hours approx

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show Compendium: Volume 11 (Series 9, Pt 2 & Series 10): Twenty episodes of the classic BBC

Twelve classic episodes of The Goon Show, plus the complete series of The Omar Khayyam Show, The Army Show, The Naughty Navy Show and a wealth of bonus material. Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast. This eleventh volume includes: Dishonoured – Again, The Scarlet Capsule, The Tay Bridge, The Gold Plate Robbery, The £50Cure, A Christmas Carol, The Tale of Men's Shirts, The Chinese Legs, Robin's Post, The Silver Dubloons, The Last Smoking Seagoon, The GPO Show, The Omar Khayyam Show: Ned Kelly, The Omar Khayyam Show: The Ashes, The Omar Khayyam Show: The PM's Trousers, The Omar Khayyam Show: The Flying Dustman; The Omar Khayyam Show: The America Cup, The Omar Khayyam Show: Waltzing Matilda, The Army Show, The Naughty Navy Show. In addition, there are some rare bonus archive items, including interviews with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan and a rehearsal sequence from the soundtrack recording of The Lost Colony. Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show's development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves, while a third PDF booklet details the history of TV spin-off The Telegoons.Duration: 11 hours approx.

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show, Compendium 10 (series 9, Part 1): The classic BBC radio comedy series

Twelve episodes of the groundbreaking show starring Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary radio series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This collection of episodes is taken from the first part of the ninth series, first broadcast in 1958-59. The episodes included are The Sahara Desert Statue; I Was Monty’s Treble; The £100,000 Penny, The Pam’s Paper Insurance Policy; The Mountain Eaters; The Childe Harolde Rewarde; The Seagoon Memoirs; Queen Anne’s Rain; The Battle of Spion Kop; Ned’s Atomic Dustbin; Who Is Pink Oboe? and The Call of the West. Also included are a number of bonus items.

Spike Milligan (Author), , Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show: Volume 30: Well Known In Concentric Circles

More surreal clowning from one of the greatest comedy teams on radio. Goon but not forgotten! In these digitally-remasterd episodes, Ned Seagoon, who is bored at the bank where works, decides to run away - with the bank's money. Also, Neddie follows a trail of cold batter puddings to North Africa; has his snow-plough stolen during the Great English Blizzard and is approached by Mandarin Grytpype-Thynne and General Kash-Mai-Chek to participate in an audacious financial coup. Includes: Dishonoured or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon - Series 5, Episode 12 (14 December 1954); The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea) - Series 5, second performance (not transmitted); The Hastings Flyer - Robbed - Series 6, Episode 15 (27 December 1955) and China Story - Series 6, second performance, National Radio Show (29 August 1956).

Larry Stephens, Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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Goon Show Classics Volume 2 (Vintage Beeb)

Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe star in these two hilarious episodes. In The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI: Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty set out to steal explosive plans for a secret new weapon. Meanwhile, Seagoon is planning to take ten thousand troops to Malaya for tea... In The Evils of Bushey Spon, Neddie Seagoon is called in to oversee the decoration of a council lamp-post: in darkest Bushey Spon. With special guest star AE Matthews. Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs, now on CD and download for the first time ever.

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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The Goon Show Compendium Volume Three: Series 6, Part 1: Episodes from the classic BBC radio comedy

Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast. This third volume includes: 'The Man Who Won the War', 'The Secret Escritoire', 'The Lost Emperor', 'Napoleon's Piano', 'The Case of the Missing CD Plates', 'Rommel's Treasure', 'Shangri La Again!', 'The International Christmas Pudding', 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster', 'The Sale of Manhattan', 'The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu Manchu', 'The Lost Year' and 'The Greenslade Story'. Also featured are some rare archive bonus items, including Peter Sellers in The Listening Room playing Spike Milligan's classic nonsense song 'I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas'. Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show's development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves. Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show. The Goons is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time. ©2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2012 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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Goon Show Classics Volume 1 (Vintage Beeb)

The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea: No fewer than 38 Batter Puddings have been hurled at Minnie Bannister, the world famous poker player. (Give her a good poker and she'll play any tune you like.) A madman is at large so it's time to call in Scotland Yard! The Histories of Pliny the Elder: The mighty Julius Caesar has invaded Ancient Briton, only to be greeted by none other than Eccles. Undeterred, Caesar and the might of the Roman army prepare for battle, while the Britons prepare for a game of football. However, Caracticus Seagoon will never surrender to Rome - he will fight them up the hill and down Mrs Dale. Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs, now on CD and download for the first time ever.

Spike Milligan (Author), Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan (Narrator)

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Audiobooks Narrated by Harry Secombe