Happy birthday, John Antrobus
The fifth episode of the second series of the Goon Show was broadcast on 26 February 1952. Find it on page 26 of the Radio Times here....
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The Seagoon Memoirs
Chronicling a 21st century idiot's obsession with a 1950s radio comedy masterpiece.
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Welcome, dear reader - pull up a bollard.
On 28 May 1951, four young men took to the airwaves on the BBC's Home Service to launch their unique brand of comedy on an unsuspecting world.
In the mid-1990s, an even younger idiot was introduced to recordings of their broadcasts - and there began a strange obsession crossing decades and generations.
The Seagoon Memoirs is an attempt to channel this obsession into something creative, chronicle the show's history, development and legacy, and in some small way contribute to preserving this masterpiece of British radio comedy.
Listen to me waffle on about the Goons on the excellent Goon Pod here. Alternatively, listen to more interesting people on other episodes of Goon Pod, including Jane Milligan, Al Murray, Dirk Maggs, and the cast of 'Spike!', the new Milligan/Goon-themed play by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
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Happy birthday, John Browell
Episode four of the second series of the Goon Show was broadcast on 12 February 1952, as per page 26 of that week’s Radio Times. Today...
‘Catch him before he gets to the bus stop!’
Episode three of the second series was broadcast on 5 February 1952 at 9:30pm on the BBC Home Service. The listing for the show is on...
Ned of Wales
The second episode of the second series of the Goon Show was broadcast on 29 January 1952 at 9:30pm on the BBC Home Service. Don't...
The earliest recording
The first episode of the second series is also the first episode for which an audio recording exists. Broadcast on 22 January 1952, it...
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