Series 7 (1956-57)

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

Episode Details:

1 : The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis

First Broadcast: 1956-10-04
Recorded: 1956-09-30
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Not coherently announced.
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2 : Drums Along the Mersey

First Broadcast: 1956-10-11
Recorded: 1956-10-07
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: With Valentine Dyall.
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3 : The Nadger Plague

First Broadcast: 1956-10-18
Recorded: 1956-10-14
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Announced as 'The Great Nadger Plague'.
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4 : The MacReekie Rising of '74

First Broadcast: 1956-10-25
Recorded: 1956-10-21
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Without Spike Milligan, with George Chisholm.

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5 : The Spectre of Tintagel

First Broadcast: 1956-11-01
Recorded: 1956-10-28
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: With Valentine Dyall.
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6 : The Sleeping Prince

First Broadcast: 1957-02-14
Recorded: 1956-11-04
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.
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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7 : The Great Bank Robbery

First Broadcast: 1956-11-15
Recorded: 1956-11-11
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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8 : Personal Narrative

First Broadcast: 1956-11-22
Recorded: 1956-11-18
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Announced as 'The Personal Narrative of Captain Neddie Seagoon R.N.'.
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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9 : The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons

First Broadcast: 1956-11-29
Recorded: 1956-11-25
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Announced as 'The Great Art Mystery, or The Case of the Fake Neddie Seagoon'.
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10 : What's My Line?

First Broadcast: 1956-12-05
Recorded: 1956-12-02
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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11 : The Telephone

First Broadcast: 1956-12-13
Recorded: 1956-12-09
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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12 : The Flea

First Broadcast: 1956-12-20
Recorded: 1956-12-16
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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13 : Six Charlies in Search of an Author

First Broadcast: 1956-12-26
Recorded: 1956-12-23
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon

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14 : Emperor of the Universe

First Broadcast: 1957-01-03
Recorded: 1956-12-23
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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15 : Wings Over Dagenham

First Broadcast: 1957-01-10
Recorded: 1956-12-30
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: With George Chisholm.
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16 : The Rent Collectors

First Broadcast: 1957-01-17
Recorded: 1956-12-30
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: With Bernard Miles.
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17 : Shifting Sands

First Broadcast: 1957-01-24
Recorded: 1957-01-20
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.
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18 : The Moon Show

First Broadcast: 1957-01-31
Recorded: 1957-01-27
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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19 : The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

First Broadcast: 1957-02-07
Recorded: 1957-02-03
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.
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20 : Round the World in Eighty Days

First Broadcast: 1957-02-21
Recorded: 1957-02-17
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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21 : Insurance, the White Man's Burden

First Broadcast: 1957-02-28
Recorded: 1957-02-24
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon

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22 : The Africa Ship Canal

First Broadcast: 1957-03-07
Recorded: 1957-03-03
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Announced as 'The Great Trans-Africa Canal'.
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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23 : Ill Met by Goonlight

First Broadcast: 1957-03-14
Recorded: 1957-03-10
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Pat Dixon
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24 : The Missing Boa Constrictor

First Broadcast: 1957-03-21
Recorded: 1957-03-17
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: Not coherently announced.
Available on: [CD Box Set]

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25 : The Histories of Pliny the Elder

First Broadcast: 1957-03-28
Recorded: 1957-03-24
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
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Special : Robin Hood

First Broadcast: Not broadcast in UK
Recorded: 1956-12-02
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Pat Dixon
Notes: With Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. Not broadcast in Britain.

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Special : Operation Christmas Duff

First Broadcast: 1956-12-24
Recorded: 1956-12-09
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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Special : The Reason Why

First Broadcast: 1957-08-22
Recorded: 1957-08-11
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Jacques Brown
Notes: With Valentine Dyall. Music pre-recorded, no audience.
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