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Radio 4 Extra,21 Jan 1960,30 mins

SeriesSeries 10

The Silver Doubloons

The Goon Show

Available for 30 days

Neddie Seagoon must plunder a sunken Spanish galleon. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. Starring: Spike Milligan Peter Sellers Harry Secombe. 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: John Browell First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1960.

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