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The Goon Show Compendium Volume 10: Series 9, Part 1
- Author
- Spike Milligan
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 19 March 2015
- Run Time
- 9 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Twelve episodes of the groundbreaking show starring Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers.
Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary radio series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This collection of episodes is taken from the first part of the ninth series, first broadcast in 1958-59.
The episodes included are 'The Sahara Desert Statue'; 'I Was Monty's Treble'; 'The £100,000 Penny', 'The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy'; 'The Mountain Eaters'; 'The Childe Harolde Rewarde'; 'The Seagoon Memoirs'; 'Queen Anne's Rain'; 'The Battle of Spion Kop'; 'Ned's Atomic Dustbin'; 'Who Is Pink Oboe?' and 'The Call of the West'. Also included are a number of bonus items.
The Goons is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time.
©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Spike Milligan
- Narrator
- Full Cast, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan
- Duration
- 9 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 March 2015
- ISBN
- 9781785290305
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Humorous fiction, Radio plays, scripts and performances
Synopsis
Twelve episodes of the groundbreaking show starring Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers.Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary radio series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This collection of episodes is taken from the first part of the ninth series, first broadcast in 1958-59.The episodes included are 'The Sahara Desert Statue'; 'I Was Monty's Treble'; 'The £100,000 Penny', 'The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy'; 'The Mountain Eaters'; 'The Childe Harolde Rewarde'; 'The Seagoon Memoirs'; 'Queen Anne's Rain'; 'The Battle of Spion Kop'; 'Ned's Atomic Dustbin'; 'Who Is Pink Oboe?' and 'The Call of the West'. Also included are a number of bonus items.The Goons is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time.©2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2015 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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