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The Goon Show Compendium: Volume 8, Series 8, Part 2

The Goon Show Compendium: Volume 8, Series 8, Part 2

Series 8, Part 2

by Spike Milligan
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 29/11/2012

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Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast. This volume includes: The String Robberies, The Moriarty Murder Mystery, The Curse of Frankenstein, The White Neddie Trade, Ten Snowballs that Shook the World, The Man Who Never Was, World War One, The Spon Plague, Tiddlywinks, The Evils of Bushey Spon, The Great Statue Debate. In addition, there are some rare archive bonus items including The Royal Tiddlywinks Tournament, a special recording of the tiddlywinks match in which the Goons, as Royal Champions, took on Cambridge University. Two illustrated booklets 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 bound to appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show. 7 CDs. 7 hrs 10 mins.
ISBN:
9781445825601
9781445825601
Category:
Humour
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
29-11-2012
Publisher:
BBC Audio A Division Of Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
145x127x50mm
Weight:
0.41kg
Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy.

At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show.

Until his death in 2002, he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.

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