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Radio 4 Extra,28 Dec 1954,30 mins

SeriesSeries 5

Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Goon Show

Available for 36 days

Neddie Seagoon wants fame and riches, but will he risk life and limb for Maid Marion? 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 Wally Stott. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Producer: Peter Eton First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1954.

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