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Radio 4 Extra,13 Oct 1958,30 mins

SeriesVintage Goons

The Vanishing Room

The Goon Show

Available for 25 days

Inspector Ned Seagoon investigates the murder of Lord Cretinby and the mysterious library and corpse which reappear on the other side of the English Channel. Starring: Peter Sellers Harry Secombe Spike Milligan Vintage Goons is a series of re-recorded episodes made by the original cast for sale abroad. Scripts in the Vintage Goons are based on scripts from their 4th series, often with a certain amount of re-writing. With The Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Producer: Roy Speer First broadcast as The Case of the Vanishing Room on the BBC Home Service in February 1954. Re-recording from December 1957 by the BBC Transcription Service made for broadcast overseas. First broadcast in the UK on BBC 7 in October 2003.

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