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Radio 4 Extra,12 Jan 1959,30 mins

Series Series 9

Who Is Pink Oboe?

The Goon Show

Available for 23 days

Cowardly Captain Neddie Seagoon goes to war. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. Starring: Harry Secombe Spike Milligan With Peter Sellers away, Graham Stark and Kenneth Connor are enlisted. 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 1959

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