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
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11953-10-02: The Goon Show, “The Dreaded Piano Clubber”
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)
live recording of:
The Dreaded Piano Clubber (1953-10-02: Series 4, Episode 1)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
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21953-10-09: The Goon Show, “The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments”
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)
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31953-10-16: The Goon Show, “The Ghastly Experiements of Dr. Hans Eidelburger”
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)
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41953-10-23: The Goon Show, “The Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon”
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)
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51953-10-30: The Goon Show, “The Gibraltar Story”
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)
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61953-11-06: The Goon Show, “Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard”
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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71953-11-13: The Goon Show, “The First Albert Memorial to the Moon”
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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81953-11-20: The Goon Show, “The Missing Beaurocrat”
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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91953-11-27: The Goon Show, “Operation Bagpipes”
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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101953-12-04: The Goon Show, “The Flying Saucer Mystery”
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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111953-12-11: The Goon Show, “The Spanish Armada”
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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121953-12-18: The Goon Show, “The British Way”
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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131953-12-25: (sketch in Christmas Crackers)
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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141953-12-26: The Goon Show, “The Giant Bombardon”
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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151954-01-01: The Goon Show, “Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe”
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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161954-01-08: The Goon Show, “The Missing Prime Minister”
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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171954-01-15: The Goon Show, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun”
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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181954-01-22: The Goon Show, “The Mummified Priest”
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 Mummified Priest (1954-01-22: Series 4, Episode 17)
writer:
Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (writer for The Goon Show)
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191954-01-29: The Goon Show, “The History of Communications”
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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201954-02-05: The Goon Show, “The Kippered Herring Gang”
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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211954-02-12: The Goon Show, “The Toothpaste Expedition”
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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221954-02-15: The Goon Show, “The Case of the Vanishing Room”
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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231954-02-22: The Goon Show, “The Great Ink Drought of 1902”
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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241954-03-01: The Goon Show, “The Greatest Mountain in the World”
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 Greatest Mountain in the World (1954-03-01: Series 4, Episode 23)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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251954-03-08: The Goon Show, “The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System”
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 Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System (1954-03-08: Series 4, Episode 24)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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261954-03-15: The Goon Show, “The Silent Bugler”
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 Silent Bugler (1954-03-14: Series 4, Episode 25)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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271954-03-22: The Goon Show, “Western Story”
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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281954-03-29: The Goon Show, “The Saga of the Internal Mountain”
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 Saga of the Internal Mountain (1954-03-29: Series 4, Episode 27)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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291954-04-05: The Goon Show, “The Invisible Acrobat”
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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301954-04-12: The Goon Show, “The Great Bank of England 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 Great Bank of England Robbery (1954-04-12: Series 4, Episode 29)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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311954-04-19: The Goon Show, “The Siege of Fort Knight”
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 Siege of Fort Night (1954-04-19: Series 4, Episode 30)
writer:
Spike Milligan
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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