Eventually, they managed to get a series on the BBC Home Service. The first series was called Crazy People, but it was then re-titled The Goon Show (the word 'Goon' came from a Popeye cartoon). In the ...

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Sir Harry Secombe, comedy genius of radio's The Goon Show, has died at the age of 79. The comic, who also presented ITV's religious music show Highway, had a run of ill health over the past few years.

Radio sitcom / sketch show BBC Home Service 1951 - 1960 231 episodes (10 series) A small, fat, affable but idiotic Welshman, Neddie is always looking for a way to make money and to be either famous or ...