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Radio 4 Extra,01 Dec 1958,30 mins

SeriesSeries 9

The Mountain Eaters

The Goon Show

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Eccles and Neddie Seagoon set out to scoff Everest, with Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty in pursuit... Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. 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: John Browell First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1958.

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