Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This 14th and final collection returns to the program’s fourth series and includes the episodes The History of Communications, The Kippered Herring Gang, The Tooth-Paste Expedition, The Case of the Vanishing Room, The Greatest Mountain in the World, Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System, The Case of Agent X2 (aka The Silent Bugler), The Story of Brain [sic] (aka Western Story), The Saga of the Internal Mountain, and Bank of England Robbery.

Also included is the special satirical show The Starlings, recorded without an audience or orchestra, plus radio programs including Vivat Milligna!, Growing Up with the Goons, and Radio Fun: The Story of Radio Comedy Part 7. Documentary extracts include items from Kaleidoscope and Dad Made Me Laugh, as well as "The Disconnected Thoughts of Chairman Spike," featuring unused interview material from At Last the Go On Show.

In addition, two physical booklets combine to tell the story of the show’s development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves.

Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.

Duration: 9 hours 35 mins approximately.

About the Author

Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan was a comedy writer and performer who created The Goon Show which ran from 1951 to 1960. Milligan soon established his own fresh style of comedy. A poet and a campaigning humanitarian, Milligan was universally acclaimed for his published war memoirs. Amongst his radio series were The Omar Khayam Show and The Milligan Papers as well as his television series such as A Show Called Fred, The Idiot’sWeekly Price 2d and later the Q series from Q5 to Q9. He died in February 2002.

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