A list of all Goon Shows from series Vintage Goons


Goon Show Series: Vintage Goons
The 'Vintage Goons' series was specially recorded by the BBC Transcription Services. All episodes were based on scripts from series 4 (with some reworking) and were recorded on the same day as series 8 shows. Six episodes were then broadcast on the BBC Home Service immediately proir to series 9.

Cast includes Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and Wallace Greenslade as announcer.

Episode Details:

01: The Mummified Priest
First broadcast: 22/09/1958
Recorded: 06/10/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton

02: The Greatest Mountain in the World
First broadcast: 29/09/1958
Recorded: 20/10/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton

03: The Missing Ten Downing Street
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 03/11/1957
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Announced as 'The Missing Prime Minister of 1953'.

04: The Giant Bombardon
First broadcast: 06/10/1958
Recorded: 17/11/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: With Valentine Dyall.

05: The Kippered Herring Gang
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 01/12/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Roy Speer

06: The Vanishing Room
First broadcast: 13/10/1958
Recorded: 15/12/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Roy Speer

07: The Ink Shortage
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 29/12/1957
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Announced as 'Hansard Unexpurgated'.

08: The Mustard and Cress Shortage
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 12/01/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Tom Ronald
Notes: Announced as 'The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System'.

09: The Internal Mountain
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 16/02/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton

10: The Silent Bugler
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 23/02/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: The nearest thing to an announcement is '...take the Case of Agent X2'.

11: The Great Bank of England Robbery
First broadcast: 20/10/1958
Recorded: 02/03/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Announced first as 'Open Casebook' and later by the official title.

12: The Dreaded Piano Clubber
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 09/03/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton

13: The Siege of Fort Night
First broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 16/03/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton

14: The Albert Memorial
First broadcast: 27/10/1958
Recorded: 23/03/1958
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Announced as 'The First Albert Memorial to the Moon'.

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