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The Goon Show Compendium Volume 14: Series 4, Part 2
- Author
- Spike Milligan
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 November 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Humour
What to expect
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in ten classic episodes of The Goon Show, plus a host of bonus features.
Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This fourteenth and final collection returns to the programme's fourth series and includes the episodes 'The History of Communications', 'The Kippered Herring Gang', 'The Tooth-Paste Expedition', 'The Case of the Vanishing Room', 'The Greatest Mountain in the World', 'Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System', 'The Case of Agent X2' (aka 'The Silent Bugler'), 'The Story of Brain' (aka 'Western Story'), 'The Saga of the Internal Mountain' and 'Bank of England Robbery'.
Also included is the special satirical show The Starlings, recorded without an audience or orchestra, plus radio programmes including Vivat Milligna!, Growing Up with the Goons and Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Part 7. Documentary extracts include items from Kaleidoscope and Dad Made Me Laugh, as well as 'The Disconnected Thoughts of Chairman Spike', featuring unused interview material from At Last the Go On Show.
Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.
The Goons is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time.
©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Spike Milligan
- Narrator
- Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan
- Duration
- 9 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 November 2018
- ISBN
- 9781787532670
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Humour
Synopsis
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in ten classic episodes of The Goon Show, plus a host of bonus features.Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This fourteenth and final collection returns to the programme's fourth series and includes the episodes 'The History of Communications', 'The Kippered Herring Gang', 'The Tooth-Paste Expedition', 'The Case of the Vanishing Room', 'The Greatest Mountain in the World', 'Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System', 'The Case of Agent X2' (aka 'The Silent Bugler'), 'The Story of Brain' (aka 'Western Story'), 'The Saga of the Internal Mountain' and 'Bank of England Robbery'.Also included is the special satirical show The Starlings, recorded without an audience or orchestra, plus radio programmes including Vivat Milligna!, Growing Up with the Goons and Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Part 7. Documentary extracts include items from Kaleidoscope and Dad Made Me Laugh, as well as 'The Disconnected Thoughts of Chairman Spike', featuring unused interview material from At Last the Go On Show.Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.The Goons is a classic comedy which reflects the broadcast standards, language and attitudes of its time.©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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