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The Kippered Herring Gang

BBC Debut. Neddie trails the notorious gang with a unique calling card – a kippered herring. Stars Harry Secombe. Re-recording from 1957.

Neddie is on the trail of the notorious gang that leaves a unique calling card – a kippered herring. Stars Harry Secombe.

Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

Vintage Goons is a series of re-recorded episodes made by the original cast for sale abroad.

With The Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Roy Speer

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1954.

Re-recording from December 1957 by the BBC Transcription Service made for broadcast overseas.

This is the debut broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Jan 202403:00

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