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The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title The Goon Show .
This is a list of regular cast members of the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show and the characters they portrayed. Contents. 1 Harry Secombe. 1.1 Neddie Seagoon. 1.2 Uncle Oscar. 1.3 Private Bogg. 1.4 Nugent Dirt. 1.5 Izzy. 1.6 Welshmen. 1.7 Yorkshiremen. 2 Spike Milligan. 2.1 Eccles. 2.2 Minnie Bannister. 2.3 Moriarty. 2.4 Throat.
Details of all Goon Show episodes from Series 4. Includes titles, authors, producers and broadcast dates.
Andrew Timothy – the show's original announcer, who left the show after the first few episodes of season 4, claiming that he "feared for his sanity".
1951 - 1960. 231 episodes (10 series) Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. Also features Michael Bentine. Series 6, Episode 6 repeated Tuesday at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra. Like this. F. X. R. W. E. Overview. Cast & Crew. About. Characters. Features.
The show, co-written by Jimmy Grafton, was conceived as a vehicle for comedy actor Dennis Price and produced by Dennis Main Wilson, the original producer of The Goon Show, and Peter was to play the Mayor of Littleton-on-Sea.
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Four episodes from Series 4 were released on CD as The Goon Show: Series Four, Part One (2010). A further seven episodes from Series 2–4 are included in The Goon Show Compendium Volume 13 (2017) along with the only surviving fragment of the Series 4 episode "The Giant Bombardon".
