The Goon Show

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Annotation

This is a complete list of The Goon Show episodes (originally taken from http://epguides.com/GoonShow/).

Performer details and recording dates from http://www.thegoonshow.net/shows.asp
https://web.archive.org/web/20230227200454/http://www.thegoonshow.net/shows.asp
https://goonshow.org/goonshow/episodes/

Many of these episodes are regularly available on BBC Sounds and repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. But this will end in March 2025.

Annotation last modified on 2025-03-15 11:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: 1st Series “The Crazy People”
2▶Digital Media: Christmas Pantomime 1951
3▶Digital Media: 2nd Series
4▶Digital Media: 3rd Series
5▶Digital Media: Coronation Special
6▶Digital Media: 4th Series
7▶Digital Media: 1954 Specials
8▶Digital Media: 5th Series
9▶Digital Media: 6th Series
10▶Digital Media: 1956 Special
11▶Digital Media: 7th Series
12▶Digital Media: 8th Series
13▼Digital Media: 9th Series
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11958-11-03: The Goon Show, “The Sahara Desert Statue”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Sahara Desert Statue (1958-11-03: Series 9, Episode 1)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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21958-11-10: The Goon Show, “I was Monty's Treble”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
I Was Monty’s Treble (1958-11-10: Series 9, Episode 2)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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31958-11-17: The Goon Show, “The £1,000,000 Penny”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Story of a Crime-Type Murder (aka The £1,000,000 Penny) (1958-11-17: Series 9, Episode 3)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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41958-11-24: The Goon Show, “The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Pam’s Paper Insurance Policy (1958-11-24: Series 9, Episode 4)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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51958-12-01: The Goon Show, “The Mountain Eaters”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Mountain Eaters (1958-12-01: Series 8, Episode 5)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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61958-12-08: The Goon Show, “The Childe Harolde Rewarde”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Childe Harolde Rewarde (1958-12-08: Series 9, Episode 6)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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71958-12-15: The Goon Show, “The Seagoon Memoirs”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Seagoon Memoirs (1958-12-15: Series 9, Episode 7)
writer:
Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show) and Maurice Wiltshire (Goon Show script writer)
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81958-12-22: The Goon Show, “Queen Anne's Rain”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
Queen Anne’s Rain (1958-12-22: Series 9, Episode 8)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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91958-12-29: The Goon Show, “The Battle of Spion Kop”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Battle of Spion Kop (1958-12-29: Series 9, Episode 9)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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101959-01-05: The Goon Show, “Ned's Atomic Dustbin”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin (1959-01-05: Series 9, Episode 10)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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111959-01-12: The Goon Show, “Who is Pink Oboe?”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
Who Is Pink Oboe? (1959-01-12: Series 9, Episode 12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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121959-01-20: The Goon Show, “The Call of the West”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Call of the West (1959-01-20: Series 9, Episode 12)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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131959-01-26: The Goon Show, “Dishonoured Again”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
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141959-02-02: The Goon Show, “The Scarlet Capsule”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Scarlet Capsule (1959-02-02: Series 9, Episode 14)
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151959-02-09: The Goon Show, “The Tay Bridge”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Tay Bridge (1959-02-09: Series 9, Episode 15)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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161959-02-16: The Goon Show, “The Gold Plate Robbery”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The Gold Plate Robbery (1959-02-16: Series 9, Episode 16)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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171959-02-23: The Goon Show, “The £50 Cure”
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [Announcer]:
Wallace Greenslade (BBC Radio announcer and newsreader)
live recording of:
The £50 Cure (1959-02-23: Series 9, Episode 17)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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14▶Digital Media: 10th Series
15▶Digital Media: Later Specials