British Comedy Guide
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC
The Goon Show

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 6, Episode 23 repeated Tuesday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra

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Key cast & crew credits

Cast
Harry Secombe Neddie Seagoon (Series 3-10)
Peter Sellers Hercules Grytpype-Thynne (Series 3-10)
Spike Milligan Count Jim Moriarty (Series 3-10)
Spike Milligan Eccles (Series 2-10)
Peter Sellers Bluebottle (Series 3-10)
Peter Sellers Major Dennis Bloodnok (Series 2-10)
Peter Sellers Henry Crun (Series 3-10)
Spike Milligan Minnie Bannister (Series 3-10)
Michael Bentine Professor Osric Pureheart (Series 1-2)
Harry Secombe Various
Peter Sellers Various
Spike Milligan Various
Spike Milligan Throat (Series 5-10)
Peter Sellers Willium "Mate" Cobblers (Series 4-10)
Spike Milligan Lalkaka / Banerjee (Series 8-10)
Spike Milligan Jim Spriggs (Series 6-10)
Spike Milligan Little Jim (Series 7-10)
Spike Milligan Singhiz Thingz (Series 8-10)
Peter Sellers Lalkaka / Banerjee (Series 8-10)
Andrew Timothy Announcer (Series 1-4)
Wallace Greenslade Announcer (Series 4-10)
Max Geldray Musical Performer
Ray Ellington (as The Ray Ellington Quartet) Musical Performer
Writing team
Spike Milligan Writer
Larry Stephens Writer (Series 1-4 & 6-9)
Eric Sykes Writer (Series 5-6)
Jimmy Grafton Script Editor (Series 1-3)
Production team
Dennis Main Wilson Producer (Series 1-2 & 6)
Peter Eton Producer (Series 3-7)
Pat Dixon Producer (Series 6-7)
Charles Chilton Producer (Series 8)
Roy Speer Producer (Series 8)
Tom Ronald Producer (Series 8)
John Browell Producer (Series 9-10)
Angela Morley (as Wally Stott) Conductor (Series 3-10)
Stanley Black Conductor (Series 1-2)
Spike Milligan Creator

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