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The Goon ShowSeries 5
Episode 17 of 24

Neddie Seagoon is Britain's ambassador in China, and he's after cash. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From January 1955.

Neddie Seagoon is Britain's ambassador in China, and he's after cash.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes.

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 Bruce Campbell.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Peter Eton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1955.

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