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The Silent Bugler

Episode 10 of 14

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission. Stars Harry Secombe. Re-recording from 1958.

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
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 shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954.

Re-recording from February 1958.

First broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986.

30 minutes

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