 
Goon Show Series: 6 Cast includes Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade as announcer. Episode Details: 01: The Man Who Won the War First broadcast: 20/09/1955 Recorded: 18/09/1955 Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'Seagoon MCC'. 02: The Secret Escritoire First broadcast: 27/09/1955 Recorded: 25/09/1955 Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes Producer: Peter Eton 03: The Lost Emperor First broadcast: 04/10/1955 Recorded: 02/10/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Not coherently announced. 04: Napoleon's Piano First broadcast: 11/10/1955 Recorded: 09/10/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled 'The Sale of Manhattan'. 05: The Case of the Missing CD Plates First broadcast: 18/10/1955 Recorded: 16/10/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'A Strange Case of Diplomatic Immunity'. 06: Rommel's Treasure First broadcast: 25/10/1955 Recorded: 23/10/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'The Search for Rommel's Treasure'. 07: Foiled by President Fred First broadcast: 01/11/1955 Recorded: 30/10/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'In Honour Bound'. 08: Shangri-La Again First broadcast: 08/11/1955 Recorded: 06/11/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'Lost Horizon'. 09: The International Christmas Pudding First broadcast: 15/11/1955 Recorded: 13/11/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'The Great International Christmas Pudding'. 10: The Pevensey Bay Disaster First broadcast: 03/04/1956 Recorded: 20/11/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: On the day the show was recorded there was a serious train crash. Due to the fact that the show contains a train crash, the episode was not broadcast until two weeks after the end of the series. Despite this, it is still refered to as episode 10. The script was also reused for episode 15 under the title 'The Hastings Flyer - Robbed'. 11: The Sale of Manhattan First broadcast: 29/11/1955 Recorded: 27/11/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'The Lost Colony'. 12: The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu First broadcast: 06/12/1955 Recorded: 04/12/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Announced as 'Fred Fu-Manchu and his Bamboo Saxophone'. 13: The Lost Year First broadcast: 13/12/1955 Recorded: 11/12/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton 14: The Greenslade Story First broadcast: 20/12/1955 Recorded: 18/12/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: With John Snagge. 15: The Hastings Flyer - Robbed First broadcast: 27/12/1955 Recorded: 18/12/1955 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: This script is identical to that of episode 10 'The Pevensey Bay Disaster', incorporating the timing cuts made for that occasion. Only the announcements are changed to 'The Hastings Flyer'. 16: The Mighty Wurlitzer First broadcast: 03/01/1956 Recorded: 01/01/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton 17: The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding First broadcast: 10/01/1956 Recorded: 08/01/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Not coherently announced. 18: Tales of Montmartre First broadcast: 17/01/1956 Recorded: 15/01/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes Producer: Peter Eton Notes: With Charlotte Mitchell. 19: The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI First broadcast: 24/01/1956 Recorded: 22/01/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Not coherently announced. 20: The House of Teeth First broadcast: 31/01/1956 Recorded: 29/01/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: With Valentine Dyall. Not coherently announced. 21: Tales of Old Dartmoor First broadcast: 07/02/1956 Recorded: 05/02/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Orchestra conducted by Bruce Campbell. 22: The Choking Horror First broadcast: 14/02/1956 Recorded: 12/02/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Orchestra conducted by Bruce Campbell. 23: The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal First broadcast: 21/02/1956 Recorded: 19/02/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With John Snagge (pre-recorded). Without Musicians because there was a musicians' strike on at the time. In common with other Variety shows, the cast made do without music. This show and the next include Milligan's famous ballad 'I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas'. 24: The Treasure in the Lake First broadcast: 28/02/1956 Recorded: 26/02/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Announced as 'The Treasure of Loch Lomond'. Orchestra conducted by Bruce Campbell. 25: The Fear of Wages First broadcast: 06/03/1956 Recorded: 04/03/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Inspired by the film 'The Wages of Fear'. 26: Scradje First broadcast: 13/03/1956 Recorded: 11/03/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With John Snagge (pre-recorded). 27: The Man Who Never Was First broadcast: 20/03/1956 Recorded: 18/03/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: This is an expanded version of the script from part of episode 20 in the 3rd series. It is also reworked later in series 8. Special: China Story First broadcast: 29/08/1956 Recorded: 24/08/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Notes: This is a new production of episode 17 of the 5th series - the script is almost identical. It was recorded at the National Radio Show. Special: The Missing Christmas Parcel - Post Early for Christmas First broadcast: 08/12/1955 Recorded: 27/11/1955 Author: Eric Sykes Producer: Peter Eton and John Lane Notes: A 15 minutes broadcast in Children's Hour. Without musicians. Special: The Goons Hit Wales First broadcast: 01/03/1956 Recorded: 26/02/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Notes: 5½ minute insert in St. David's Day programme.  |
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