What time is it Eccles?
Perhaps the most famous scene in The Goon Show is the one in which Bluebottle asks Eccles the time, whilst they are in the basement of a local watch-repairers. Eccles does have the time... on a piece of paper.
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC
The Goon Show
- Radio sitcom / sketch show
- BBC Home Service
- 1951 - 1960
- 231 episodes (10 series)
Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. Also features Michael Bentine.
- Series 5, Episode 8 repeated Tuesday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra