 
Goon Show Series: 7 Cast includes Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade as announcer. Episode Details: 01: The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis First broadcast: 04/10/1956 Recorded: 30/09/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Peter Eton Notes: Not coherently announced. 02: Drums Along the Mersey First broadcast: 11/10/1956 Recorded: 07/10/1956 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Peter Eton Notes: With Valentine Dyall. 03: The Nadger Plague First broadcast: 18/10/1956 Recorded: 14/10/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Announced as 'The Great Nadger Plague'. 04: The MacReekie Rising of '74 First broadcast: 25/10/1956 Recorded: 21/10/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Without Spike Milligan, with George Chisholm. 05: The Spectre of Tintagel First broadcast: 01/11/1956 Recorded: 28/10/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With Valentine Dyall. 06: The Sleeping Prince First broadcast: 14/02/1957 Recorded: 04/11/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: This show, which parodies a Latin-American revolution, was postponed 3 months owing to the international situation at the time (among other things, the Hungarian uprising was taking place). Despite this it is still referred to as episode 6. 07: The Great Bank Robbery First broadcast: 15/11/1956 Recorded: 11/11/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 08: Personal Narrative First broadcast: 22/11/1956 Recorded: 18/11/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Announced as 'The Personal Narrative of Captain Neddie Seagoon R.N.'. 09: The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons First broadcast: 29/11/1956 Recorded: 25/11/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Announced as 'The Great Art Mystery, or The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoon'. 10: What's My Line? First broadcast: 05/12/1956 Recorded: 02/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 11: The Telephone First broadcast: 13/12/1956 Recorded: 09/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 12: The Flea First broadcast: 20/12/1956 Recorded: 16/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 13: Six Charlies in Search of an Author First broadcast: 26/12/1956 Recorded: 23/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 14: Emperor of the Universe First broadcast: 03/01/1957 Recorded: 23/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 15: Wings Over Dagenham First broadcast: 10/01/1957 Recorded: 30/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With George Chisholm. 16: The Rent Collectors First broadcast: 17/01/1957 Recorded: 30/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With Bernard Miles. 17: Shifting Sands First broadcast: 24/01/1957 Recorded: 20/01/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Not coherently announced. With Jack Train as Colonel Chinstrap (from 'ITMA'). It is interesting that this character, although from a different show a decade earlier, fitted into the Goon Show framework with no sense of strain. 18: The Moon Show First broadcast: 31/01/1957 Recorded: 27/01/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 19: The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker First broadcast: 07/02/1957 Recorded: 03/02/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Not coherently announced. This show contains the well known "What time is it Eccles?" sketch. 20: Round the World in Eighty Days First broadcast: 21/02/1957 Recorded: 17/02/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 21: Insurance, the White Man's Burden First broadcast: 28/02/1957 Recorded: 24/02/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon 22: The Africa Ship Canal First broadcast: 07/03/1957 Recorded: 03/03/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Announced as 'The Great Trans-Africa Canal'. 23: Ill Met by Goonlight First broadcast: 14/03/1957 Recorded: 10/03/1957 Author: Spike Milligan Producer: Pat Dixon 24: The Missing Boa Constrictor First broadcast: 21/03/1957 Recorded: 17/03/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: Not coherently announced. 25: The Histories of Pliny the Elder First broadcast: 28/03/1957 Recorded: 24/03/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Special: The Reason Why First broadcast: 22/08/1957 Recorded: 11/08/1957 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Jacques Brown Notes: With Valentine Dyall. Music pre-recorded, no audience. Special: Robin Hood First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK Recorded: 02/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. Not broadcast in Britain. Special: Operation Christmas Duff First broadcast: 24/12/1956 Recorded: 09/12/1956 Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens Producer: Pat Dixon Notes: A BBC General Overseas Service (GOS) only overseas edition. The GOS was at this time broadcasting entirely on short waves, so that this show could only have been heard in the UK by listeners equipped with short-wave receivers. The show was aimed largely at the British Armed Forces overseas.  |
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