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”
#TitleRatingLength
11951-05-28: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-05-28: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
21951-06-04: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-06-04: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
31951-06-11: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-06-11: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
41951-06-18: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-06-18: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
51951-06-25: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-06-25: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
61951-07-02: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
BBC Revue Orchestra (merged into the BBC Radio Orchestra in 1964)
conductor:
Robert Busby
live recording of:
1951-07-02: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
71951-07-09: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
BBC Revue Orchestra (merged into the BBC Radio Orchestra in 1964)
conductor:
Robert Busby
live recording of:
1951-07-09: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
81951-07-16: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Denys Drower (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-07-16: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
91951-07-23: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Denys Drower (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-07-23: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
101951-08-02: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Denys Drower (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-08-02: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
111951-08-09: The Crazy People
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]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
Michael Bentine and The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-08-09: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
121951-08-16: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-08-16: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
131951-08-23: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-08-23: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
141951-08-30: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-08-30: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
151951-09-06: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-09-06: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
161951-09-13: The Crazy People
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
Marie Benson (1950s singer) and The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
Skyrockets Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Woolf Phillips
live recording of:
1951-09-13: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
171951-09-20: The Crazy People
harmonica:
Max Geldray
instruments:
The Ray Ellington Quartet
spoken vocals:
Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe (actor, comedian, singer, television presenter) and Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
spoken vocals [announcer]:
Andrew Timothy (BBC Radio announcer)
vocals:
The Stargazers (50s British vocal group)
orchestra:
The BBC Dance Orchestra
conductor:
Stanley Black (bandleader, conductor, pianist)
live recording of:
1951-09-20: The Crazy People
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
?:??
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
14▶Digital Media: 10th Series
15▶Digital Media: Later Specials