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The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 150,000 ...
A tribute to the pioneers of modern absurdist comedy is set to take the stage at Penrith Playhouse next month. Penrith Players are set to bring three classic episodes of The Goon Show, first aired ...
Spike Milligan fans will be in their element this autumn as the first ever UK tour based on classic radio comedy The Goon Show tours the country. Opening at Salisbury Playhouse on 4th September before ...
The Goon Show burst on to the airwaves in 1951 and changed comedy forever. As a stage version of the classic radio series embarks on a UK tour to mark the centenary of Spike Milligan’s birth ...
The Goon Show. The Dreaded Batter ... As part of the BBC 100 - Lost Gems collection, a classic episode has been located, previously unheard on 4 Extra, in its original, broadcast form.
Andrew, 48, did the recordings, featuring some classic Goon Show scripts, back in March, not long before his father died. He said: ...
The Goon Show - The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding New to BBC Radio 4 Extra. 4 Extra unearths a long-lost episode of BBC radio's groundbreaking, surreal classic comedy.
A lost Goon Show sketch written by revered comedy duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson will be performed later for the first time in 70 years after being unearthed in a university archive.