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BBC Radio show broadcast from 1951 to 1960
The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats
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The following is a list of The Goon Show episodes. The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy series, originally produced by the
List of The Goon Show episodes
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Radio show
The Last Goon Show of All is a special edition of the BBC Radio comedy programme The Goon Show commissioned as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary
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1956 film by Ronald Neame
watching." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 8 critics' reviews are positive. The BBC's radio comedy show The Goon Show made a send-up
The_Man_Who_Never_Was
Priest and radio announcer (1912–1990)
Radio announcer, who is known for being the original announcer of the comedy series The Goon Show. His son is the actor Christopher Timothy. Son of Rev
Andrew_Timothy
This is a list of regular cast members of the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show and the characters they portrayed. Throat, Sgt Throat, Miss
List of The Goon Show cast members and characters
List_of_The_Goon_Show_cast_members_and_characters
Repeated references in British radio programme
This is a list of running jokes and catchphrases in the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show. Bluebottle's catchphrases Bluebottle reads his own
The_Goon_Show_running_jokes
Irish comedian and writer (1918–2002)
He took his success with The Goon Show into television with Q5, a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's
Spike_Milligan
Comic book series
The Goon is a supernatural crime comic book series written and drawn by Eric Powell. The series mixes both a comical tone with scenes of violence, which
The_Goon
Topics referred to by the same term
a goon squad Participants in gooning (kidnapping) Edging (sexual practice), control of the orgasm The Goons (The Goon Show), performers in The Goon Show
Goon
English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and
Peter_Sellers
English comedian, writer and actor (1923–2012)
and actor in the 1950s, which include collaboration on some scripts for The Goon Show. He became a television star in his own right in the early 1960s
Eric_Sykes
British non-profit organisation
The Goon Show Preservation Society is a non-profit organisation, formed to help preserve and research the history of the Goon Show. The society, founded
Goon Show Preservation Society
Goon_Show_Preservation_Society
Welsh entertainer (1921–2001)
and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show (1951–1960), playing many characters, most notably
Harry_Secombe
entertainment, including film, radio and theatre. He appeared in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, recorded a number of hit comic songs and became known
Peter Sellers on stage, radio, screen and record
Peter_Sellers_on_stage,_radio,_screen_and_record
Radio show
The Idiot Weekly (1958–1962) was a radio program made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Episodes of The Goon Show were broadcast on Australian
The_Idiot_Weekly
British people who perform comedy
(1918–2002), The Goon Show Robert Moreton (1922–1957) Chris Morris (born 1962), On the Hour Richard Murdoch (1907–1990), Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh Stephen
List_of_British_comedians
Annual arts festival in Britain
adaptation of The Goon Show featuring two scripts by Spike Milligan - The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton) and The Canal. The company revived The Goons in 2017
Birmingham_Comedy_Festival
Music hall song
in the TV comedy Steptoe and Son, Series 5, broadcast in 1970. In 1957, Peter Sellers recorded a rendition in a voice he created for The Goon Show, Willium
Any_Old_Iron_(song)
British radio serial drama (1948–1969)
known for the manufacture of worsted cloth). The show was mentioned in the following episodes of The Goon Show: In an untitled episode (series 2, episode
Mrs_Dale's_Diary
1956 British TV comedy series
Milligan, then both regular performers on the BBC Home Service as two-thirds of the cast of The Goon Show. Directed by Richard Lester, it starred Sellers
A_Show_Called_Fred
BBC radio show (1939–1949)
successfully continued in comedy shows of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Take It from Here, The Goon Show and Round the Horne. The comedian Tommy Handley started
It's_That_Man_Again
Dutch jazz harmonica player (1916–2004)
for the BBC radio comedy programme The Goon Show, he was also credited as being the first harmonica player to embrace jazz. Geldray was born in the Netherlands
Max_Geldray
Character from The Goon Show
Bluebottle is a comedy character from The Goon Show, a 1950s British comedy radio show. The character was created and performed by Peter Sellers. Bluebottle
Bluebottle_(character)
Burrowing mammal native to Africa
Panther: The Ultimate Guide to the Coolest Cat in Town. Dorling Kindersley. pp. 38–39, 44–45, 102–103. ISBN 0-7566-1033-8. "Goon Show Depository". The Goon Show
Aardvark
English musician and bandleader (1916–1985)
known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show, and Ellington also had a
Ray_Ellington
British scriptwriter (1923–1959)
co-writing The Goon Show with Spike Milligan. Stephens was a regular writer of the show for the first two years, and then returned to The Goon Show to assist
Larry_Stephens
English composer and conductor (1924–2009)
familiar to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s under the name of Wally Stott. Morley provided incidental music for The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour. She
Angela_Morley
1952 air pollution event
Sykes, Eric; Milligan, Spike. "Goon Show Script: Forog: Series 5 Episode 13". The Goon Show Site. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved
Great_Smog_of_London
Australian drinking game
Goon of Fortune, sometimes called Wheel of Goon, is an Australian drinking game involving cheap cask wine (colloquially known as "goon"), played between
Goon_of_Fortune
2011 sports comedy film
Goon is a 2011 sports comedy film directed by Michael Dowse and written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, based on the autobiography Goon: The True Story
Goon_(film)
British Second World War deception operation
In 2010 the journalist Ben Macintyre published Operation Mincemeat, a history of the events. A 1956 episode of The Goon Show, titled "The Man Who Never
Operation_Mincemeat
1965 musical comedy-adventure film starring the Beatles
produced records for the Goon Show team. McCartney has always said that the Beatles' style of humour was taken from the Goon Show. Many of the film's concepts
Help!_(film)
British diplomat (1900–1996)
ISBN 0-903895-64-1. The Goon Show Site "The Goon Show Site - Script - The Gold Plate Robbery (Series 9, Episode 16)" Archived 4 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Gladwyn_Jebb
British confection
Strawberries flavours". Brands Untapped. Retrieved 2025-08-25. "The Pevensey Bay Disaster". The Goon Show. Series 6. Episode 10. 1956-04-03. 18:14 minutes in. BBC
Dolly_mixture
Musical
comedy when the Conkerer was jellied was similar to the type of comedy on The Goon Show The chorus to "There is a Song in Man" were taken from the quote "Child
Badjelly's_Bad_Christmas
1962 studio album Comedy by The Goons
Bridge on the River Wye is an album by members of the British comedy group The Goon Show and other humorists. It was produced by George Martin for EMI's
Bridge_on_the_River_Wye
British journalist, satirist and television personality (born 1960)
during the period he was writing The Goon Show, by Hislop and Nick Newman. Hislop's television debut was on the short-lived Channel 4 chat show Loose Talk
Ian_Hislop
being the announcer—and frequently the straight man—for the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show for eight series from 1953 until the end of the show's run
Wallace_Greenslade
English voice actor (1931–2011)
those from The Goon Show, while rehearsing for a Pinocchio TV serial he played Lampwick in, producer Gordon Murray cast him as part of the BBC Puppet
Roy_Skelton
American film director (born 1932)
television, moving to the United Kingdom in the mid-1950s. He collaborated with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, on The Goon Show and The Running Jumping &
Richard_Lester
British TV comedy series (1963–1964)
The Telegoons is a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly esteemed and successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s, The Goon Show produced by Tony
The_Telegoons
Form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning
1960 by the cast of The Goon Show: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, and Harry Secombe. The Goons' work influenced the American radio comedy troupe the Firesign
Surreal_humour
1954 British TV film
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 126. ISBN 0297788108. "1985, The Goon Show - BBC Radio 4 Extra". BBC. "Theatre 625: The World Of George Orwell: 1984". 25 November 1965
Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)
Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(British_TV_programme)
Sandwiches sold in Britain, 1948–1994
successfully. The British Rail sandwich was often ridiculed on British radio and television and in numerous books. An episode of The Goon Show entitled "The Collapse
British_Rail_sandwich
Spike Milligan comedy character from the Goons
1950s BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Peter Sellers had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence
Eccles_(character)
English playwright (1933–2025)
(2002) pp. 16, 32 "The Goon Show Site - Script - The Spon Plague (Series 8, Episode 23)". www.thegoonshow.net. Archived from the original on 20 September
John_Antrobus
1990 film by Mike Leigh
October 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 October 2021. "The Goon Show Site – Goons Characters". Thegoonshow.net. Archived from the original on 12
Life_Is_Sweet_(film)
1984 posthumous single by John Lennon
the TV series Pluribus, which was used for the credits theme in its second episode "Pirate Lady". Also notice that the radio programme The Goon Show (1951-1960)
Nobody_Told_Me
Character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
episode of The Goon Show titled "The Giant Bombardon", broadcast in 1954; the Monty Python group has acknowledged being influenced by the Goons. A humorous
Black_Knight_(Monty_Python)
British actor and singer (1906–1972)
Shot in the Dark (1964). Sanders had earlier inspired Sellers's character Hercules Grytpype-Thynne in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951–60)
George_Sanders
British comedian (1922–1996)
radio "Goon". He also appeared in the 1952 Goon Show film Down Among the Z Men. In 1951 Bentine was invited to the United States to appear on The Ed Sullivan
Michael_Bentine
1964 book by John Lennon
Stanley Unwin, including Milligan's radio comedy programme The Goon Show. He admired the programme's unique humour, characterised by attacks on establishment
In_His_Own_Write
Uninhabited islet in the North Atlantic Ocean
Rockall. Rockall was the launching site for the prototype "Jet-propelled guided NAAFI" in the Goon Show episode of the same name (January 1956).[citation needed]
Rockall
1957 film directed by David Lean
"Facts and Trivia". The Goon Show Site. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2014. "Wayne and Shuster Show, The Episode Guide (1954–1990)
The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
British surreal comedy group
material for the show, the Pythons watched one of their collective heroes, Spike Milligan, whom they had admired on The Goon Show (a show the Pythons regard
Monty_Python
Fictional villain based on Asian stereotypes
was a recurring character on The Goon Show, a 1950s British radio comedy programme. He was featured in the episode "The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu Manchu"
Fu_Manchu
Hayward's high-pitched voice for the character Bluebottle in The Goon Show. The character became a popular regular in the series, and was often greeted by
Ruxton_Hayward
ensuring the quartet were hired by the BBC for their new programme, eventually called The Goon Show. Grafton also acted as a script editor for the first
Jimmy_Grafton
English writer and director (born 1978)
before the Boosh came Not the Nine O'Clock News (whose famous gorilla joke makes a cameo of sorts), then the Pythons — and before them all The Goon Show, of
Paul_King_(director)
2010 book by Jennifer Egan
A Visit from the Goon Squad is a 2010 novel by American author Jennifer Egan. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011. The book is a set of thirteen
A_Visit_from_the_Goon_Squad
1952 novel by Pierre Boulle
Jonathan Miller, released the record The Bridge on the River Wye, a spoof of the film version of Kwai based around the 1957 Goon Show "An African Incident"
The Bridge over the River Kwai
The_Bridge_over_the_River_Kwai
1949 dystopian novel by George Orwell
like The Handmaid's Tale, Virtual Light, The Private Eye and The Children of Men have also been drawn. In 1955, an episode of BBC's The Goon Show, 1985
Nineteen_Eighty-Four
English rock band
West Midlands, in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of radio comedy programme The Goon Show. The band is unusual for using two bass-players
Ned's_Atomic_Dustbin
1956 song by the Goons with Maurice Ponke and His Orchestre Fromage
along as various Goon Show characters. As Secombe was signed to Philips Records, he did not sing on any of the Goons' Decca recordings of the 1950s, including
Ying_Tong_Song
Fictional character
Major Denis Bloodnok is a fictional character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. He was voiced by Peter Sellers. Bloodnok's army career is
Major_Bloodnok
Gracious Me The Goon Show Hancock's Half Hour The Harpoon Hazelbeach The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hole in the Wall Gang The House of Milton
List_of_radio_comedies
Loch In Scotland
24 January 2019 "The Goon Show Site - Script - The Treasure in the Lake (Series 6, Episode 24)". www.thegoonshow.net. Archived from the original on 19 February
Loch_Lomond
Episode of The Goon Show
"The Fear of Wages" is an episode of the British radio comedy The Goon Show, written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens. As the 25th episode of the sixth
The_Fear_of_Wages
American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1962)
said: "Monty Python changed my life. I watched the original Office. I love The Mighty Boosh and The Goon Show. I'm a fanatic about Ealing comedies. And Fawlty
Jeff_Garlin
English comedian and actor (born 1939)
BBC Radio comedy The Goon Show. Cleese allegedly defaced the school grounds, as a prank, by painting footprints to suggest that the statue of Field Marshal
John_Cleese
Topics referred to by the same term
lurgy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lurgy may refer to: Lurgy or dreaded lurgi, a fictional disease invented on The Goon Show since used as slang
Lurgy
1958 British film by Michael Relph
Harry Secombe, who was already a popular British radio personality on The Goon Show, but it was only moderately successful. Secombe said it "was to be my
Davy_(film)
1958 studio album by Peter Sellers
1951, alongside Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine in The Goon Show. Sellers found acclaim for his impersonations and satirical humour and
The_Best_of_Sellers
Sequence of 31 British comedy films
ISBN 9781841497822. "Carry on Sergeant - the Goon Show Depository". "Carry on Columbus". Bright, Morris; Ross, Robert (2000). Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers
Carry_On_(franchise)
Scottish director and screenwriter (born 1928)
collaborations with The Goon Show stars Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. He directed the scenes with Sellers and Orson Welles in the multi-director James
Joseph McGrath (film director)
Joseph_McGrath_(film_director)
Person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh
Popular shows included Danger – Men at Work!, ITMA, and Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. These led to the post-war development of such hits as The Goon Show and
Comedian
English comedian and actor (1922–2013)
to the intervention of Sellers. For a time, Stark was a regular in Educating Archie, and substituted for Spike Milligan on The Goon Show when the comedian
Graham_Stark
Fortress and prison near Marseille, France
shipment to the United States in the 1971 crime film The French Connection. In the 1956 "Tales of Old Dartmoor" episode of The Goon Show radio comedy
Château_d'If
Surname list
"hearn-hearn" was often used in the Goon Show to represent the sounds uttered by speakers of US English (e.g., The Sleeping Prince). The Irish sept of Ahearn/Ahern
Ahern
The Histories of Pliny the Elder is a parody of the occupation of Britain by the Romans, from series seven of the 1950s BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show
The Histories of Pliny the Elder
The_Histories_of_Pliny_the_Elder
English actor (born 1946)
Spendlove. In 2001 Holland performed in Goon Again, the 50th anniversary celebration of The Goon Show. He took the parts originally played by Peter Sellers
Jeffrey_Holland_(actor)
Wine packaged in a bag-in-box arrangement
also known as cask wine, bag-in-box wine, or goon, is any wine that is sold in bag-in-box packaging. The wine is stored in a strong, flexible bag made
Box_wine
British actor (1902–1966)
solving a series of murders connected with the radio show. He made two cameo appearances in The Goon Show as Colonel Chinstrap: one in "Shifting Sands"
Jack_Train
1971 war memoir by Spike Milligan
the woods shouting gibberish. Although they are disciplined and made to burn the clubs, it is here that the inspiration for The Goon Show began. The book
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
Adolf_Hitler:_My_Part_in_His_Downfall
Topics referred to by the same term
roaster based in Oakland, California, US Bluebottle (character), in The Goon Show Bluebottle OS, computer operating system Fizzy Blue Bottles, a type
Bluebottle
Wording that is devised to be understood in two ways
expression "going round the horn" (i.e. Cape Horn), and the fact that "horn" is slang for an erection. Spike Milligan, writer of The Goon Show, remarked that a
Double_entendre
English writer
for the BBC on leaving school in 1961. Wilmut claims to have drifted into a career as a writer "by accident". Wilmut's books include The Goon Show Companion
Roger_Wilmut
British publisher (1930–2007)
1971. In 1972, he purchased the scripts of The Goon Show. In 1974, he purchased the Irish Academic Press, which included the 1,000 volumes of British Parliamentary
Frank_Cass
Episode of The Goon Show
"The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis" is an episode of The Goon Show, a British radio comedy. It was the first episode of the seventh season and was
The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis
The_Nasty_Affair_at_the_Burami_Oasis
English record producer (1926–2016)
River Wye, a spoof of the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, being based on the 1957 Goon Show episode "An African Incident". In the mid-1970s, Martin's
George_Martin
Former cinema and theatre in London
audience. Shows recorded there included panel game shows such as I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, comedy such as Hi Gang!, Dad's Army, The Goon Show, Don't Stop
Paris_Theatre
English rock drummer (1946–1978)
with a restless imagination and a particular fondness for music and The Goon Show. Moon attended Alperton Secondary Modern School after failing his eleven
Keith_Moon
Character in The Goon Show (BBC radio)
character in the 1950s British radio comedy show The Goon Show. He was created and performed by Welsh comedian Harry Secombe. Seagoon was usually the central
Neddie_Seagoon
Conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Emirates
season of The Goon Show was called "The Nasty Affair at the Buraimi Oasis". The Goon Show used a piece of contemporary news as a framing theme of the story
Buraimi_dispute
American surreal comedy group
1967, Bergman had the Firesign Theatre appear regularly on Radio Free Oz. The Firesigns were strongly influenced by the British Goon Show; Proctor, Austin
The_Firesign_Theatre
1956 British film by Joseph Sterling
Dick Emery. It was written by Harry Booth, Jon Penington and regular Goon show co-writer Larry Stephens, from a story by Stephens, with additional material
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
The_Case_of_the_Mukkinese_Battle-Horn
Australian radio comedy program starring Spike Milligan
to Dame Edna Everage's. The producer was Charles Chilton who had also produced some episodes of The Goon Show, on which The Idiot Weekly was based. It
The_Omar_Khayyam_Show
BBC radio comedy series
Again and The Goon Show. As with Round the Horne, the cast's adventures would sometimes be episodic with cliff-hanger endings each week as with "The Curse
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
I'm_Sorry,_I'll_Read_That_Again
Book by M. E. Clifton James
was seen in public drunk and smoking, while the real Montgomery was a teetotaling non-smoker. The Goon Show broadcast a parody episode entitled I Was Monty's
I_Was_Monty's_Double
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