A list of all Goon Shows from series 1


Goon Show Series: 1
Billed as 'CRAZY PEOPLE, featuring Radio's own Crazy Gang - "The Goons".' The shows consists of four or five short sketches separated by musical items.

Cast includes Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, The Stargazers and Max Geldray. Shows were announced by Andrew Timothy and The BBC Dance Orchestra was conducted by Stanley Black except where stated below.

Shows in the first series have never been given titles. No episodes from this series are known to exist.

Episode Details:

01: No Title
First broadcast: 28/05/1951
Recorded: 27/05/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

02: No Title
First broadcast: 04/06/1951
Recorded: 03/06/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

03: No Title
First broadcast: 11/06/1951
Recorded: 10/06/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

04: No Title
First broadcast: 18/06/1951
Recorded: 17/06/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

05: No Title
First broadcast: 25/06/1951
Recorded: 24/06/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

06: No Title
First broadcast: 02/07/1951
Recorded: 01/07/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: With the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby.

07: No Title
First broadcast: 09/07/1951
Recorded: 08/07/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: With the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby.

08: No Title
First broadcast: 16/07/1951
Recorded: 15/07/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: Denys Drower as announcer.

09: No Title
First broadcast: 23/07/1951
Recorded: 22/07/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: Denys Drower as announcer.

10: No Title
First broadcast: 02/08/1951
Recorded: 29/07/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: Denys Drower as announcer.

11: No Title
First broadcast: 09/08/1951
Recorded: 05/08/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

12: No Title
First broadcast: 16/08/1951
Recorded: 12/08/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

13: No Title
First broadcast: 23/08/1951
Recorded: 19/08/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

14: No Title
First broadcast: 30/08/1951
Recorded: 26/08/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont

15: No Title
First broadcast: 06/09/1951
Recorded: 02/09/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

16: No Title
First broadcast: 13/09/1951
Recorded: 09/09/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: With the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby.

17: No Title
First broadcast: 20/09/1951
Recorded: 16/09/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: Without Max Geldray, with Marie Benson (vocalist) and the Skyrockets Orchestra conducted by Woolf Phillips.

Special: Cinderella
First broadcast: 26/12/1951
Recorded: 16/12/1951
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
Notes: Pantomime with Lizbeth Webb as Cinderella, Graham Stark as Prince Charming, The Goons, The Stargazers, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black.

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