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 5, Episode 5 repeated Tuesday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra

The Goon Show - Compendium Volume Eight - Series 8 - Part 2

Immensely popular and hugely influential, the ground-breaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy.

Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast. This volume includes: The String Robberies, The Moriarty Murder Mystery, The Curse Of Frankenstein, The White Neddie Trade, Ten Snowballs That Shook The World, The Man Who Never Was, World War One, The Spon Plague, Tiddlywinks, The Evils Of Bushey Spon and The Great Statue Debate.

In addition, there are some rare archive bonus items including The Royal Tiddlywinks Tournament, a special recording of the tiddlywinks match in which The Goons, as Royal Champions, took on Cambridge University. Also included is a booklet of bonus content.

Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are bound to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.

First released: Thursday 1st November 2012

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