In the annals of British comedy, few partnerships are as celebrated as that of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. Beyond their ...
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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 ...
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.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest ...
Melbourne’s genre-warping Tropical Fuck Storm have signed to independent label Fire Records, marking the occasion with their latest track, "Goon Show".
In search of lost time: Remembering The Last Goon Show Of All Itself produced as part of the BBC's own 50th birthday celebrations, The Last Goon Show Of All marks 50 years since its broadcast this ...