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The £50 Cure

The Goon ShowSeries 9
Episode 17 of 17

Kenneth Connor stands in for Harry Secombe, as Neddie Seagoon picks up a lavish NHS prescription for his broken legs. From 1959.

Neddie Seagoon picks up a lavish NHS prescription for his broken legs.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Spike Milligan
Peter Sellers
Kenneth Connor stands in for Harry Secombe.

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: John Browell

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1959.

30 minutes

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