Many comedies are said to be ground breaking, but what makes The Goon Show and the humour of Spike Milligan so special in British Comedy?

It has been said of Spike Milligan that "...if there is a definition of genius - one of the best ones is that whatever province you're in you leave it different. He left comedy different and it was never the same after him..."

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