But while one had the voices and the other the sheer insanity, it was Harry's cheery, indefatigable and perpetually dogged Neddie Seagoon who braced the whole show together. Harry would have been ...

SIR HARRY SECOMBE, who has died aged 79, came to public prominence as the idiotic "Neddie Seagoon" of The Goon Show and matured into an episcopal figure known for his melodious tenor voice and ...

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 ...

Though born and bred a Welshman, the man who played Neddie Seagoon in the cult 1950s radio comedy The Goons had a close and lasting relationship with the borough, where he used to live.

He played Neddie Seagoon, a central character in the BBC ... to himself as Sir Cumference (in recognition of his rotund figure). The motto he chose for his coat of arms was "GO ON", a reference ...