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Radio 4 Extra,15 Mar 1954,30 mins

SeriesVintage Goons

The Silent Bugler

The Goon Show

Available for 18 days

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. Starring: Peter Sellers Harry Secombe Spike Milligan First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive. With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Producer: Charles Chilton First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. Re-recording from February 1958. First broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986.

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