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The Affair of the Lone Banana

Episode 5 of 24

Neddie tracks young Fred Nurke, who's vanished from his banana-growing family's home. Stars Spike Milligan. From October 1954.

Neddie Seagoon tracks young Fred Nurke, who’s vanished from his banana-growing family's home.

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: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1954.

30 minutes

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