Goon Show Episodes, Series 8

Series 8 (1957-58)

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

Episode Details:

1 : Spon

First Broadcast: 1957-09-30
Recorded: 1957-09-29
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Without Harry Secombe, with Dick Emery.
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2 : The Junk Affair

First Broadcast: 1957-10-07
Recorded: 1957-10-06
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Not coherently announced.
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3 : The Burning Embassy

First Broadcast: 1957-10-14
Recorded: 1957-10-13
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Not coherently announced.
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4 : The Great Regents Park Swim

First Broadcast: 1957-10-21
Recorded: 1957-10-20
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Charles Chilton
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5 : The Treasure in the Tower

First Broadcast: 1957-10-28
Recorded: 1957-10-27
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Not coherently announced.
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6 : The Space Age

First Broadcast: 1957-11-04
Recorded: 1957-11-03
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
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7 : The Red Fort

First Broadcast: 1957-11-11
Recorded: 1957-11-10
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Announced as 'A Tale of India'.

8 : The Missing Battleship

First Broadcast: 1957-11-18
Recorded: 1957-11-17
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Without Max Geldray. Not coherently announced.
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9 : The Policy

First Broadcast: 1957-11-25
Recorded: 1957-11-24
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
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10 : King Solomon's Mines

First Broadcast: 1957-12-02
Recorded: 1957-12-01
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
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11 : The Stolen Postman

First Broadcast: 1957-12-09
Recorded: 1957-12-08
Author: Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
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12 : The Great British Revolution

First Broadcast: 1957-12-16
Recorded: 1957-12-15
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
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13 : The Plasticine Man

First Broadcast: 1957-12-23
Recorded: 1957-12-22
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Without Ray Ellington.
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14 : African Incident

First Broadcast: 1957-12-30
Recorded: 1957-12-29
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: Not coherently announced. With Cecile Chevreau.
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15 : The Thing on the Mountain

First Broadcast: 1958-01-06
Recorded: 1958-01-05
Author: Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire
Producer: Roy Speer
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16 : The String Robberies

First Broadcast: 1958-01-13
Recorded: 1958-01-12
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: With George Chisholm. Announced as 'The Great String Robberies'.
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17 : The Moriarty Murder Mystery

First Broadcast: 1958-01-20
Recorded: 1958-01-19
Author: Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire
Producer: Charles Chilton
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18 : The Curse of Frankenstein

First Broadcast: 1958-01-27
Recorded: 1958-01-19
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Without Ray Ellington, with George Chisholm. Announced as 'The Curse of Frankenstein - BLAST!' and then continues as a story entitled 'My Heart's in the Highlands'.
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19 : The White Neddie Trade

First Broadcast: 1958-02-03
Recorded: 1958-02-02
Author: Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire
Producer: Charles Chilton
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20 : Ten Snowballs that Shook the World

First Broadcast: 1958-02-10
Recorded: 1958-02-09
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
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21 : The Man Who Never Was

First Broadcast: 1958-02-17
Recorded: 1958-02-16
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: This script is a re-working of episode 27 and of the 6th series, itself an expanded version from part of episode 20 of the 3rd series.
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22 : World War One

First Broadcast: 1958-02-24
Recorded: 1958-02-23
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: The script is titled '_____!' as are the BBC Transcription Services issues: the announced title is written as '_____!' and pronounced as a faint murmur - Milligan's interpretation of illegible writing on a faded manuscript.
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23 : The Spon Plague

First Broadcast: 1958-03-03
Recorded: 1958-03-02
Author: Spike Milligan and John Antrobus
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: With George Chisholm. Announced as 'The Great Spon Plague'.
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24 : Tiddleywinks

First Broadcast: 1958-03-10
Recorded: 1958-03-09
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: With John Snagge. Not coherently announced.
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25 : The Evils of Bushey Spon

First Broadcast: 1958-03-17
Recorded: 1958-03-16
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: With A. E. Matthews. Inspired by a real-life row A. E. Matthews was having with his local council about a concrete lamp-post they wanted to put outside his house. (There is also a reference to this in the previous show). Mr Matthews appears only in the last five minutes of the show, which are ad-libbed by all concerned owing to Mr Mathews's utter refusal to stick to the plot.
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26 : The Great Statue Debate

First Broadcast: 1958-03-24
Recorded: 1958-03-23
Author: Spike Milligan and John Antrobus
Producer: Charles Chilton
Notes: Not coherently announced.
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