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The Curse of Frankenstein
Episode 18 of 26
The million-pound race is on to be the first to play the bagpipes at the South Pole. Stars Harry Secombe. From January 1958.
The million-pound race is on to be the first to play the bagpipes at the South Pole.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm
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 January 1958.
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