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List of The Goon Show episodes

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The following is a list of The Goon Show episodes. The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy series, originally produced by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 and broadcast on the BBC Home Service.

Availability of ''The Goon Show'' episodes

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=Lost episodes=

Many of the earliest radio episodes no longer exist. When the first episodes were broadcast, recording technology was still expensive and primitive by later standards. Audio tape was not in general use, and any recordings were made directly on to acetate discs. These could be played back, but tended to wear out quickly and did not survive unless further processed to create a master disc, which was only done for recordings intended for sale. Only one episode from the fourth series was preserved in the BBC Sound Archive (as a tape dub from an acetate disc).

Other episodes from Series 2–4 have survived, sometimes in incomplete form, as off-air recordings of varying quality. Four episodes from Series 4 were released on CD as The Goon Show: Series Four, Part One (2010). A further seven episodes from Series 2–4 are included in The Goon Show Compendium Volume 13 (2017) along with the only surviving fragment of the Series 4 episode "The Giant Bombardon". Volume 14 (2018) includes all of the remaining Series 4 episodes, including those from the 2010 set.

The special episodes "Archie in Goonland" (1954) (a crossover with Educating Archie) and "The Missing Christmas Parcel – Post Early for Christmas" (1955) (a 15-minute insert in Children's Hour) are also believed lost.

=Surviving episodes=

Commencing with the start of the fifth series (in 1954), BBC Transcription Services began making copies for overseas sales, and even commissioned re-recordings of some key fourth series episodes for the "Vintage Goons" series, which was mainly intended for overseas markets. The Transcription versions were then cut to remove topical and parochial material and anything that might be potentially offensive. Later, Transcription Services releases had further cuts for timing purposes. For many years, these abridged versions were thought to be only surviving copies of many episodes.

In 1987, when BBC producer Richard Edis selected "The International Christmas Pudding" for a Radio 2 repeat,Radio Times listing archived at BBC Genome. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_two/1987-12-25#at-16.00 he discovered the edited Transcription Services copy was too short for the intended slot. He consulted sound engineer and researcher Ted Kendall, who'd been working on rebuilding the BBC's Goons archive and had found a tape of the original transmission version of the episode in a collection made by dubbing mixer Peter Copeland. Kendall was able to restore the missing material.Goon Pod, "Ted Kendall: Restoring The Goons". Accessed 28 October 2024. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tyler-adams0/episodes/Ted-Kendall-Restoring-The-Goons-e2krftn

In 1991, Dirk Maggs brought Kendall onto the team for his documentary At Last the Go On Show, and Kendall informed him of twelve episodes whose commercial rights had been licensed to EMI, which had then released them in truncated form. The BBC therefore didn't have the rights to release them commercially - but they did still hold the broadcast rights. This prompted Maggs to commission Kendall to restore sixteen episodes, including the ones tied up with EMI, for two repeat runs. The first of these ran on Radio 2, starting with "The Lost Emperor" on 18 April 1992,https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_two/1992-04-18#at-13.00 and the other was on Radio 4 starting with "The Call of the West" on 12 October 1992.https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_radio_fourfm/1992-10-12#at-23.00Goon Pod, "Ted Kendall: Restoring The Goons". Accessed 29 October 2024. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tyler-adams0/episodes/Ted-Kendall-Restoring-The-Goons-e2krftn

In the years since then, a considerable amount of missing material has been found and restored to the Transcription copies. Kendall states in his sleeve notes to the Goon Show Compendium CD box sets that the episodes have been pieced together from sources including the BBC Sound Archive and Transcription Services master tapes and discs, unofficial copies made by engineers or other BBC staff, and domestic off-air recordings, using the best quality source in each case.

Kendall also notes that Transcription Services seem to have used the original broadcast tapes as the basis for their versions, making cuts as necessary. The cut material was often spliced onto the end of the reels in case it needed to be restored. When the "Vintage Goons" series began, episodes were recorded by TS at Maida Vale. Since these were performed on the same nights as Series 8 episodes, it made sense for Transcription Services to make their own simultaneous recordings at Maida Vale and it seems that this technique was also used on Series 9 and 10. These were then edited to match the broadcast versions before TS made its own cuts. However, it seems that in some cases the TS versions inadvertently preserved lines slated for deletion, meaning that longer cuts of these episodes can be reassembled.

=Commercial releases=

Parlophone, a division of EMI, released several discs of The Goon Show starting with The Best of the Goon Shows in 1959.https://www.discogs.com/release/671967-The-Goons-The-Best-Of-The-Goon-Shows In all, EMI released twelve episodes, but for contractual reasons these were all heavily cut to remove musical interludes and other music cues.

BBC Records issued the first volume of Goon Show Classics in 1974 on record and tape, featuring "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler" and "The Histories of Pliny the Elder".https://www.discogs.com/release/1584435-The-Goons-Goon-Show-Classics The Goon Show Classics label was used for several further records and subsequently a series of double-cassette collections containing four episodes each.https://www.discogs.com/release/6035524-The-Goons-Goon-Show-Classics In 1996 this gave way to CD sets of remastered episodes,https://www.discogs.com/release/5041579-The-Goons-Moriarty-Where-Are-You eventually running to 30 volumes containing 120 shows, plus an additional CD set comprising The Last Goon Show of All and Goon Again.

Volume 1 of The Goon Show Compendium, containing the first 13 episodes of series 5, was released on 7 April 2008, starting a comprehensive release programme of all extant Goons material. In 2015 three of the EMI-licensed episodes were included without the cuts, in their original chronological order, on The Goon Show Compendium Volume 11, indicating that the rights had by then reverted to the BBC. It was later confirmed that Volume 12, released on 3 November 2016, would include all of the remaining EMI episodes, plus The Last Goon Show of All and bonus features.{{cite book|title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume 12: Ten episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series plus bonus features Audio CD – Audiobook, CD, Unabridged |id={{ASIN|1785294490|country=uk}} }}

=Broadcasting=

Archive episodes of The Goon Show are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra; previously they were occasionally repeated on Radio 2 or Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

The ABC Radio National network in Australia has regularly broadcast The Goon Show since the 1960s. For many years, the series was broadcast every Saturday afternoon, just after the midday news bulletin. More recently, it was broadcast twice a week, on Friday mornings and Sunday afternoons. The network took the series off the air in January 2004, but following listener response to the cancellation, broadcasts of the show resumed in the Friday time slot in June. The ABC's broadcasts of the series have made The Goon Show one of the most repeated and longest-running of all radio programmes.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

The programme has been broadcast in the United States. NBC broadcast The Goon Show as early as the mid-1950s.{{cite web|publisher=Firesign Theatre |url=http://www.firezine.net/issue4/fz4_13.htm |title=Under the Influence of the Goons |work=FIREZINE #4 |date=Winter 1997–1998 |access-date=14 October 2006}} Terry Gilliam of the Goon-influenced Monty Python comedy troupe recalled first hearing it broadcast on FM radio in New York City in the 1960s.{{cite web| publisher=Pythonline Daily Llama |url=http://www.thegoonshow.net/tributes/terry_gilliam.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721201622/http://www.thegoonshow.net/tributes/terry_gilliam.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2006 |title=The Goon Show Site – Tributes – Terry Gilliam |access-date=2 June 2006}} When Vermont Public Radio signed on the air in 1977 (as a single station which has since evolved into a statewide network), the first programme to air was an episode of The Goon Show.{{cite web|publisher=Vermont Public Radio |year=2002 |url=http://www.vpr.net/history/timeline/index.shtml |title=Vermont Public Radio 25th Anniversary Site |access-date=29 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004121108/http://www.vpr.net/history/timeline/index.shtml |archive-date=4 October 2006 |url-status=dead}} The show was described as a "madcap radio comedy classic".{{cite web| publisher=Vermont Public Radio | year=2002 |url=http://www.vpr.net/history/timeline/70s.shtml |title=Vermont Public Radio ::: 70s Timeline |access-date=3 June 2006}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Episodes

The following list of episodes of The Goon Show includes any "specials" and all episodes made for the BBC Transcription Service unaired domestically at the time (and therefore listed at the date of their recording).

=Series overview=

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;" | Number of episodes

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 125px;" | First episode

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 125px;" | Final episode

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 125px;" | Date of season special(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="vertical-align: top;" | Ref

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 1

|style="text-align: center;" | 17

| 28 May 1951

| 20 September 1951

| 16 December 1951

|{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=116}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2

|style="text-align: center;" | 25

| 22 January 1952

| 15 July 1952

|

| |{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=117}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3

|style="text-align: center;" | 25

| 11 November 1952

| 5 May 1953

| 3 June 1953

| |{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=118}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4

|style="text-align: center;" | 30

| 2 October 1953

| 19 April 1954

| 11 June 1954
31 August 1954

| |{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|pp=120–122}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5

|style="text-align: center;" | 26

| 28 September 1954

| 22 March 1955

|

| |{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=122}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6

|style="text-align: center;" | 27

| 20 September 1955

| 3 April 1956

| 8 December 1955
29 August 1956

| |{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=124}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7

|style="text-align: center;" | 25

| 4 October 1956

| 28 March 1957

| 22 August 1957{{efn|A special was recorded on 2 December 1956 for broadcast on the BBC Transcription Services and was not heard in Britain. A second special was broadcast on 24 December 1956 on the BBC General Overseas Service only.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|pp=126–127}} }}

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|pp=126–127}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8

|style="text-align: center;" | 26

| 30 September 1957

| 24 March 1958

|

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=128}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Vintage Goons

|style="text-align: center;" | 14

| 6 October 1957

| 23 March 1958

|

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=130}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9

|style="text-align: center;" | 17

| 3 November 1958{{efn|Six episodes of Vintage Goons were broadcast 22 September 1958 – 27 October 1958, prior to the start of series nine.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=130}} }}

| 23 February 1959

|

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=132}}

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10

|style="text-align: center;" | 6

| 24 December 1959

| 28 January 1960

|

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=132}}

One-off special shows

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;" | Number of shows

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 125px;" | Date of broadcast

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 125px;" | Date of broadcast

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="vertical-align: top;" | Ref

scope="row" | One-off specials

|style="text-align: center;" | 2

| 5 October 1972

| 29 May 2001

| {{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=147}}

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|+ BBC recording numbers

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Definition

scope="row" | SLO

| 33{{1/3}} rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House

scope="row" | SBU

| 33{{1/3}} rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at Bush House

scope="row" | SOX

| 33{{1/3}} rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at 200 Oxford Street

scope="row" | TLO

| 15 i.p.s. tape recorded at Broadcasting House

scope="row" | TBU

| 15 i.p.s. tape recorded at Bush House

scope="row" | TNC

| 15 i.p.s. tape recorded in Newcastle

=First series: ''Crazy People'' (1951)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, The Stargazers, Max Geldray and the BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black.

Announcer: Andrew Timothy

The shows were all recorded on a Sunday; episodes 1–9 were broadcast on Mondays, 10–17 were broadcast on Thursdays.{{sfn|Farnes|1997|p=189}} No episodes are known to survive.

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scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 65px;" | Episode #

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 85px;" | Title

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 85px;" | Recording number

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 120px;" | Original airdate

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 130px;" | Producer

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 275px;" | Scriptwriter(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

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| Untitled

| SLO 90268

| 28 May 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| Untitled

| SLO 90269

| 4 June 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| Untitled

| SLO 90452

| 11 June 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4

| Untitled

| SLO 90366

| 18 June 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5

| Untitled

| SLO 59949

| 25 June 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6

| Untitled

| SLO 91295

| 2 July 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7

| Untitled

| SLO 91565

| 9 July 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8

| Untitled

| SLO 92262

| 16 July 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Denys Drower replaced Andrew Timothy as announcer

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9

| Untitled

| SLO 92468

| 23 July 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10

| Untitled

| SLO 92867

| 2 August 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Denys Drower replaced Andrew Timothy as announcer

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 11

| Untitled

| SOX 61088

| 9 August 1951

| Leslie Bridgmont

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 12

| Untitled

| SLO 93368

| 16 August 1951

| Leslie Bridgmont

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 13

| Untitled

| SOX 61088

| 23 August 1951

| Leslie Bridgmont

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 14

| Untitled

| SLO 93400

| 30 August 1951

| Leslie Bridgmont

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 15

| Untitled

| SBU 71149

| 6 September 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 16

| Untitled

| SLO 94892

| 13 September 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 17

| Untitled

| SLO 95143

| 20 September 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Special

| "Cinderella"

| SLO 99928

| 26 December 1951

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Lizbeth Webb was Cinderella; Graham Stark was Prince Charming

=Second series (1952)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black. The Stargazers were present for the first six shows only.

Announcer: Andrew Timothy

The shows were all recorded on a Sunday, except episodes 24 and 25; all episodes were broadcast on Tuesdays.{{sfn|Farnes|1997|p=189}} Only three episodes are known to survive as truncated, off-air recordings.

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scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 65px;" | Episode #

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 85px;" | Title

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 85px;" | Recording number

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 120px;" | Original airdate

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 130px;" | Producer

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 275px;" | Scriptwriter(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| Untitled

| SLO 1768

| 22 January 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| Untitled

| SLO 2147

| 29 January 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| Untitled

| SLO 2519

| 5 February 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4

| Untitled

| SLO 2519

| 19 February 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5

| Untitled

| SLO 3334

| 26 February 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6

| Untitled

| SLO 3627

| 4 March 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7

| Untitled

| SLO 4179

| 11 March 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8

| Untitled

| SLO 5112

| 18 March 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9

| Untitled

| SLO 5277

| 25 March 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10

| Untitled

| SLO 5380

| 1 April 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 11

| Untitled

| SLO 5684

| 8 April 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 12

| Untitled

| SLO 6306

| 15 April 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 13

| Untitled

| SLO 6737

| 22 April 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 14

| Untitled

| SLO 6959

| 29 April 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 15

| Untitled

| SBU 83555

| 6 May 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 16

| Untitled

| SLO 7761

| 13 May 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 17

| Untitled

| SLO 8202

| 20 May 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 18

| Untitled

| SLO 8179

| 27 May 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 19

| Untitled

| SLO 9302

| 3 June 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Also included the BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Robert Busby

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 20

| Untitled

| SLO 9307

| 10 June 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Also included the BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Wally Stott

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 21

| Untitled

| SLO 9638

| 17 June 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Bentine

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 22

| Untitled

| SLO 9955

| 24 June 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 23

| Untitled

| SLO 10474

| 1 July 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 24

| Untitled

| SLO 11378

| 8 July 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 25

| Untitled

| SLO 10808

| 15 July 1952

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13

=Third series (1952–53)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Andrew Timothy

The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays, with the exception of episode 7, a Christmas special.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=118}} Only one excerpt and one full episode are known to survive.

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Title

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Recording number

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Original airdate

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Producer

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Scriptwriter(s)

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scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 1

| "Fred of the Islands"

| SLO 17297

| 11 November 1952

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| {{sort|Egg of the Great Auk|"The Egg of the Great Auk"}}

| SOX 82948

| 18 November 1952

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| "I Was a Male Fan Dancer"

| SLO 18332

| 25 November 1952

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4

| {{sort|Saga of HMS Aldgate|"The Saga of HMS Aldgate"}}

| SLO 18613

| 2 December 1952

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5

| {{sort|Expedition for Toothpaste|"The Expedition for Toothpaste"}}

| SLO 18848

| 9 December 1952

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6

| {{sort|Archers|"The Archers"}}

| SLO 19414

| 16 December 1952

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7

| "Robin Hood"

| SLO 19526

| 26 December 1952

| Peter Eton

| Jimmy Grafton

| Christmas pantomime: running time: 45 minutes
Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery and Carole Carr

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8

| "Where Does Santa Claus Go in the Summer?"

| SLO 19783

| 30 December 1952

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Ellis Powell

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9

| {{sort|Navy, Army and Air Force|"The Navy, Army and Air Force"}}

| SLO 20695

| 6 January 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10

| {{sort|British Way of Life|"The British Way of Life"}}

| SLO 20695

| 13 January 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 11

| {{sort|Survey of Britain|"A Survey of Britain"}}

| SLO 20948

| 20 January 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 12

| "Flint of the Flying Squad"

| SLO 21647

| 27 January 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 13

| "Seaside Resorts in Winter"

| SOX 86757

| 3 February 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 14

| {{sort|Tragedy of Oxley Tower|"The Tragedy of Oxley Tower"}}

| SLO 22493

| 10 February 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark and Valentine Dyall

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 15

| {{sort|Story of Civilization|"The Story of Civilization"}}

| SLO 22860

| 17 February 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 16

| {{sort|Search for the Bearded Vulture|"The Search for the Bearded Vulture"}}

| SLO 22973

| 24 February 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark. Excerpt released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 17

| {{sort|Mystery of the Monkey's Paw|"The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw"}}

| SLO 23540

| 3 March 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Milligan returned, with Dick Emery. Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 18

| {{sort|Mystery of the Cow on the Hill|"The Mystery of the Cow on the Hill"}}

| SLO24224

| 10 March 1953

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 19

| "Where Do Socks Come From?"

| SLO 24432

| 17 March 1953

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 20

| {{sort|Man Who Never Was|"The Man Who Never Was"}}

| SLO 24764

| 31 March 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| This episode, made before the film of the same name came out, was rewritten in 1956 and 1958. (1953 recording lost)

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 21

| {{sort|Building of a Suez Canal|"The Building of a Suez Canal"}}

| SLO 25520

| 7 April 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 22

| {{sort|De Goonlies|"The De Goonlies"}}

| SLO 25873

| 14 April 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 23

| {{sort|Conquest of Space|"The Conquest of Space"}}

| SLO 26517

| 21 April 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 24

| {{sort|Ascent of Mount Everest|"The Ascent of Mount Everest"}}

| SLO 26797

| 28 April 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 25

| {{sort|Story of the Plymouth Hoe Armada|"The Story of the Plymouth Hoe Armada"}}

| SLO 27952

| 5 May 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | {{sort|26|Special}}

| "Coronation edition"

| SLO 29390

| 3 June 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton

| Running time: 40 minutes. Without Geldray; with Graham Stark

=Fourth series (1953–54)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcers: Andrew Timothy (Episodes 1–5) and Wallace Greenslade (Episodes 6–30, plus specials)

Episodes 1–20 were broadcast on Fridays; episodes 21–30 on Mondays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=120}}

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| "The Dreaded Piano Clubber"

| TLO 35079

| 2 October 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2

| {{sort|Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments|"The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments"}}

| TLO 35432

| 9 October 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3

| {{sort|Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidelburger|"The Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidelburger"}}

| TLO 35740

| 16 October 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4

| {{sort|Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon|"The Building of Britain's First Atomic Cannon"}}

| TLO 36235

| 23 October 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5

| {{sort|Gibraltar Story|"The Gibraltar Story"}}

| TLO 37145

| 30 October 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6

| "Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard"

| TLO 37511

| 6 November 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7

| {{sort|First Albert Memorial to the Moon|"The First Albert Memorial to the Moon"}}

| TLO 37898

| 13 November 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8

| {{sort|Missing Bureaucrat|"The Missing Bureaucrat"}}

| TLO 38482

| 20 November 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9

| "Operation Bagpipes"

| TLO 37891

| 27 November 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10

| {{sort|Flying Saucer Mystery|"The Flying Saucer Mystery"}}

| TLO 39091

| 4 December 1953

| Peter Eton

| Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 11

| {{sort|Spanish Armada|"The Spanish Armada"}}

| TLO 39790

| 11 December 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 12

| {{sort|British Way|"The British Way"}}

| TLO40412

| 18 December 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Special

| Short insert in: "Christmas Crackers"

| TLO 40660

| 25 December 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 13

| {{sort|Giant Bombardon|"The Giant Bombardon"}}

| TLO 40660

| 26 December 1953

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with Michael Bentine. Excerpt released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 14

| "Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe"

| TLO 40965

| 1 January 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 15

| {{sort|Missing Prime Minister|"The Missing Prime Minister"}}

| TLO 41242

| 8 January 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 16

| "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun"

| TLO41552

| 15 January 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 17

| {{sort|Mummified Priest|"The Mummified Priest"}}

| TLO 42416

| 22 January 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 18

| {{sort|History of Communications|"The History of Communications"}}

| TLO 42842

| 29 January 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 19

| {{sort|Kippered Herring Gang|"The Kippered Herring Gang"}}

| TLO 48011

| 5 February 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 20

| {{sort|Toothpaste Expedition|"The Toothpaste Expedition"}}

| TLO 49072

| 12 February 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 21

| {{sort|Case of the Vanishing Room|"The Case of the Vanishing Room"}}

| TLO 49191

| 15 February 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 22

| {{sort|Great Ink Drought of 1902|"The Great Ink Drought of 1902"}}

| TLO 49628

| 22 February 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 23

| {{sort|Greatest Mountain in the World|"The Greatest Mountain in the World"}}

| TLO 50206

| 1 March 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 24

| {{sort|Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System|"The Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System"}}

| TLO 50546

| 8 March 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 25

| {{sort|Silent Bugler|"The Silent Bugler"}}

| TLO 50871

| 15 March 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 26

| "Western Story"

| TLO 51429

| 22 March 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 27

| {{sort|Saga of the Internal Mountain|"The Saga of the Internal Mountain"}}

| TLO 51769

| 29 March 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 28

| {{sort|Invisible Acrobat|"The Invisible Acrobat"}}

| TLO 52346

| 5 April 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 29

| {{sort|Great Bank of England Robbery|"The Great Bank of England Robbery"}}

| TLO 52585

| 12 April 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 30

| {{sort|Siege of Fort Knight|"The Siege of Fort Knight"}}

| TLO 52599

| 19 April 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Special

| "Archie in Goonland"

| TLO 55169

| 11 June 1954

| Roy Speer

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

| with Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, Hattie Jacques and the BBC Variety Orchestra

scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | Special

| {{sort|Starlings|"The Starlings"}}

| TNC 408

| 31 August 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| Released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 14

=Fifth series (1954–55)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=122}} All episodes from this and subsequent series survive, though a handful do so only in the form of domestic off-air recordings.

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Scriptwriter(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1

| "The Whistling Spy Enigma"

| 28 September 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| This script was later reused in a 1966 television episode of Secombe & Friends.

2

| "The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte)"

| 5 October 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

3

| "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)"

| 12 October 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

4

| "The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)"

| 19 October 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

5

| "The Affair of the Lone Banana"

| 26 October 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

6

| "The Canal"

| 2 November 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

7

| "Lurgi Strikes Britain"

| 9 November 1954

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

8

| "The Mystery of the Marie {{sic}} Celeste (Solved!)"

| 16 November 1954

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

9

| "The Last Tram (from Clapham)"

| 23 November 1954

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

10

| "The Booted Gorilla (Found?)"

| 30 November 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

| Features Peter Sellers (as Dennis Bloodnok) singing Any Old Iron, a song Sellers recorded in 1957 as "Willium Mate", another voice he used in the series.

11

| "The Spanish Suitcase"

| 7 December 1954

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

12

| "Dishonoured (or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon)"

| 14 December 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

13

| "Forog"

| 21 December 1954

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

14

| "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest"

| 28 December 1954

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

| A Christmas episode. Featuring Charlotte Mitchell. Several jokes appear to have been reused in the later Christmas episode 'Robin Hood'

15

| "1985"

| 4 January 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

16

| "The Case of the Missing Heir"

| 11 January 1955

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

17

| "China Story"

| 18 January 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

18

| "Under Two Floorboards"

| 25 January 1955

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

19

| "The Missing Scroll"

| 1 February 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

20

| "1985"

| 8 February 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

| Remade edition, with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

21

| "The Sinking of Westminster Pier"

| 15 February 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

22

| "The Fireball of Milton Street"

| 22 February 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

23

| "The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street"

| 1 March 1955

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

24

| "The Yehti"

| 8 March 1955

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

25

| "The White Box of Great Bardfield"

| 15 March 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

26

| "The End (aka Confessions of a Secret Senna Pod Drinker)"

| 22 March 1955

| Peter Eton

| Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan

|

=Sixth series (1955–56)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=124}}

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1

| "The Man Who Won the War (aka Seagoon MCC)"

| 20 September 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

2

| "The Secret Escritoire"

| 27 September 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

|

3

| "The Lost Emperor"

| 4 October 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

4

| "Napoleon's Piano"

| 11 October 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

5

| "The Case of the Missing CD Plates"

| 18 October 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

6

| "Rommel's Treasure"

| 25 October 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

7

| "Foiled by President Fred"

| 1 November 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

8

| "Shangri-La Again"

| 8 November 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

9

| "The International Christmas Pudding"

| 15 November 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

10

| "The Pevensey Bay Disaster"

| (22 November 1955)

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| {{efn|Recorded 20 November 1955; postponed because of train derailment at Milton; "China Story" repeated instead{{cite AV media notes |title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume Three (Series 6 – Part 1) |year=2009 |first1=Andrew |last1=Pixley |first2=Ted |last2=Kendall |at=booklet 1, p. 9; booklet 2, pp. 8, 11, 14 |type=CD |publisher=BBC Audiobooks |isbn=978-1-4084-1044-8 }}}}

11

| "The Sale of Manhattan (aka The Lost Colony)"

| 29 November 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

12

| "The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu"

| 6 December 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

Sp.

| "The Missing Christmas Parcel – Post Early for Christmas"

| 8 December 1955

| Peter Eton, John Lane

| Eric Sykes

|

13

| "The Lost Year"

| 13 December 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

14

| "The Greenslade Story"

| 20 December 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge

15

| "The Hastings Flyer – Robbed"

| 27 December 1955

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

16

| "The Mighty Wurlitzer"

| 3 January 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

17

| "The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding"

| 10 January 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

18

| "Tales of Montmartre"

| 17 January 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

| with Charlotte Mitchell

19

| "The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI"

| 24 January 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

20

| "The House of Teeth"

| 31 January 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

21

| "Tales of Old Dartmoor"

| 7 February 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

|

22

| "The Choking Horror"

| 14 February 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

23

| "The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal"

| 21 February 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

24

| "The Treasure in the Lake"

| 28 February 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan

|

Sp.

| "The Goons Hit Wales"

| 1 March 1956

| Unknown

| Spike Milligan

|

25

| "The Fear of Wages"

| 6 March 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

26

| "Scradje"

| 13 March 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

27

| "The Man Who Never Was"

| 20 March 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Revised version of the original 1953 episode.

10

| "The Pevensey Bay Disaster"

| 3 April 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| {{efn|Postponed from 22 November 1955}}

Sp.

| "China Story"

| 29 August 1956

| Dennis Main Wilson

| Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes

| Remake

=Seventh series (1956–57)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Thursdays, except episodes 10 and 13, which were on Wednesdays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=126}}

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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1

| "The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis"

| 4 October 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

2

| "Drums Along the Mersey"

| 11 October 1956

| Peter Eton

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

3

| "The Great Nadger Plague"

| 18 October 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

4

| "The MacReekie Rising of '74"

| 25 October 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Recorded without Milligan, with George Chisholm

5

| "The Spectre of Tintagel"

| 1 November 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with Valentine Dyall

6

| "The Sleeping Prince"

| 14 February 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Planned for broadcast on 8 November 1956 but delayed due to the Hungarian Revolution. It was replaced by a repeat of "The Greenslade Story".https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=The_Sleeping_Prince

7

| "The Great Bank Robbery"

| 15 November 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

8

| "Personal Narrative"

| 22 November 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

9

| "The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons"

| 29 November 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

Sp.

| "Robin Hood (and His Merry Men)"

| rec. 2 December 1956
broadcast 25 December 1988{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605710/the-goon-show-volume-34-by-spike-milligan-and-larry-stephens/9781787533554 |title=The Goon Show: Volume 34 |access-date=24 May 2019}}

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| A Christmas episode. Featuring Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. Also features many repeat jokes from 1954's 'Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest', also a Christmas episode.

10

| "What's My Line?"

| 5 December 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

11

| "The Telephone"

| 13 December 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

12

| "The Flea"

| 20 December 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

Sp.

| "Operation Christmas Duff"

| 24 December 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

13

| "Six Charlies in Search of an Author"

| 26 December 1956

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

14

| "Emperor of the Universe"

| 3 January 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

15

| "Wings Over Dagenham"

| 10 January 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with George Chisholm

16

| "The Rent Collectors"

| 17 January 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with Bernard Miles

17

| "Shifting Sands"

| 24 January 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with Jack Train

18

| "The Moon Show"

| 31 January 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

19

| "The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker"

| 7 February 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

20

| "Round the World in Eighty Days"

| 21 February 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

21

| "Insurance, the White Man's Burden"

| 28 February 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

22

| "The Africa Ship Canal"

| 7 March 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

23

| "Ill Met by Goonlight"

| 14 March 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan

|

24

| "The Missing Boa Constrictor"

| 21 March 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

25

| "The Histories of Pliny the Elder"

| 28 March 1957

| Pat Dixon

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

Sp.

| "The Reason Why"

| 22 August 1957

| Jacques Brown

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

=Eighth series (1957–58)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Mondays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=128}}

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1

| "Spon"

| 30 September 1957

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| Recorded without Secombe, with Dick Emery

2

| "The Junk Affair"

| 7 October 1957

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

3

| "The Burning Embassy"

| 14 October 1957

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

4

| "The Great Regent's Park Swim"

| 21 October 1957

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

5

| "The Treasure in the Tower"

| 28 October 1957

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

6

| "The Space Age"

| 4 November 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

7

| "The Red Fort"

| 11 November 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

8

| "The Missing Battleship"

| 18 November 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Geldray edited from broadcast{{cite AV media notes |title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume Seven (Series 8 – Part 1) |year=2012 |first1=Andrew |last1=Pixley |first2=Ted |last2=Kendall |at=booklet 1, pp. 9, 11; booklet 2, p. 6 |type=CD |publisher=AudioGO Ltd |isbn=978-1445-891330}}

9

| "The Policy"

| 25 November 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

10

| "King Solomon's Mines"

| 2 December 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

11

| "The Stolen Postman"

| 9 December 1957

| Roy Speer

| Larry Stephens

|

12

| "The Great British Revolution"

| 16 December 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Features Peter Sellers portraying Prime Minister Harold MacMillan in the style of Laurence Olivier as Richard III.

13

| "The Plasticine Man"

| 23 December 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| Ellington edited from some broadcast versions

14

| "African Incident"

| 30 December 1957

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| with Cécile Chevreau

15

| "The Thing on the Mountain"

| 6 January 1958

| Tom Ronald]]

| Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire

|

16

| "The String Robberies"

| 13 January 1958

| Tom Ronald

| Spike Milligan

| with George Chisholm

17

| "The Moriarty Murder Mystery"

| 20 January 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire

|

18

| "The Curse of Frankenstein"

| 27 January 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| Ellington edited from broadcast,{{cite AV media notes |title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume Eight (Series 8 – Part 2) |year=2012 |first1=Andrew |last1=Pixley |first2=Ted |last2=Kendall |at=booklet 1, p. 4 |type=CD |publisher=AudioGO Ltd |isbn=978-1445-825601}} with George Chisholm

19

| "The White Neddie Trade"

| 3 February 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire

|

20

| "Ten Snowballs that Shook the World"

| 10 February 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

21

| "The Man Who Never Was" (remake)

| 17 February 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

| A revised remake of Series 6, Episode 27

22

| "_____________ (aka _____________! and World War I)"{{cite AV media notes |title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume Eight |chapter=Episode Synopses |publisher=AudioGO |year=2012 |at=Booklet 2, p. 4 |isbn=978-1-445-82560-1 }}

| 24 February 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

23

| "The Spon Plague"

| 3 March 1958

| Charles Chilton

| John Antrobus, Spike Milligan

| with George Chisholm

24

| "Tiddlywinks"

| 10 March 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge

25

| "The Evils of Bushey Spon"

| 17 March 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| with A. E. Matthews

26

| "The Great Statue Debate"

| 24 March 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan, John Antrobus

|

=''Vintage Goons'' series (1957–58)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The following episodes were especially recorded for overseas stations only during the Eighth Series and were re-recordings of earlier episodes. Six of these episodes were broadcast prior to the commencement of the Ninth series, which is why the Ninth series was shorter. However, many of these episodes were not broadcast in the United Kingdom until the 1980s or 1990s. So for contextual purposes, the recording dates are listed alongside the original airdates in the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=130}}{{cite AV media notes |title=The Goon Show Compendium Volume Nine (Vintage Goons) |year=2014 |first1=Andrew |last1=Pixley |first2=Ted |last2=Kendall |at=booklet 2, pp. 2–6, 9 |type=CD |publisher=AudioGO Ltd |isbn=978-1471-331619}}

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1

| "The Mummified Priest"

| 6 October 1957

| 22 September 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

2

| "The Greatest Mountain in the World"

| 20 October 1957

| 29 September 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

3

| "The Missing Number 10 Downing Street"

| 3 November 1957

| 12 December 2023{{Cite episode |title=The Missing 10 Downing Street |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t937 |access-date=23 January 2024 |series=The Goon Show |station=BBC Radio 4 Extra |date=12 December 2023 |season=Vintage Goons |number=3 of 14 |quote=BBC Debut. ... Re-recording from 1957. }}

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens

|

4

| "The Giant Bombardon"

| 17 November 1957

| 6 October 1958

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

5

| "The Kippered Herring Gang"

| 1 December 1957

| 9 April 1994

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan

|

6

| "The Vanishing Room"

| 15 December 1957

| 13 October 1958

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan

|

7

| "The Ink Shortage"

| 29 December 1957

| 8 December 2008

| Roy Speer

| Spike Milligan

|

8

| "The Mustard and Cress Shortage"

| 12 January 1958

| 17 September 1994

| Tom Ronald

| Spike Milligan

|

9

| "The Internal Mountain"

| 16 February 1958

| 28 December 1986

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

10

| "The Silent Bugler"

| 23 February 1958

| 29 December 1986

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

11

| "The Great Bank of England Robbery"

| 2 March 1958

| 20 October 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

12

| "The Dreaded Piano Clubber"

| 23 March 1958

| 26 December 1986

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| {{efn|name=note-e|Different paperwork sources for episodes 12 and 14 of the Vintage Goons series are variously dated 9 March 1958 or 23 March 1958. The rehearsal material for "The Dreaded Piano Clubber" was recorded on the same day as Eighth series episode "The Great Statue Debate", which was 23 March 1958. However, along with "The Albert Memorial", it was issued out of chronological order.}}

13

| "The Siege of Fort Night"

| 16 March 1958

| 27 December 1986

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

|

14

| "The Albert Memorial"

| 9 March 1958

| 27 October 1958

| Charles Chilton

| Spike Milligan

| {{efn|name=note-e}}

=Ninth series (1958–59)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Mondays, except episode 12, which was on a Tuesday.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=132}}

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1

| "The Sahara Desert Statue"

| 3 November 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

2

| "I Was Monty's Treble"

| 10 November 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

3

| "The £1,000,000 Penny"

| 17 November 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

4

| "The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy"

| 24 November 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

5

| "The Mountain Eaters"

| 1 December 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

6

| "The Childe Harolde Rewarde"

| 8 December 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

7

| "The Seagoon Memoirs"

| 15 December 1958

| John Browell

| Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire

|

8

| "Queen Anne's Rain"

| 22 December 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

9

| "The Battle of Spion Kop"

| 29 December 1958

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

10

| "Ned's Atomic Dustbin"

| 5 January 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

11

| "Who Is Pink Oboe?"

| 12 January 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| Recorded without Sellers, with Kenneth Connor, Valentine Dyall, Graham Stark, Jack Train and a pre-recorded John Snagge

12

| "The Call of the West"

| 20 January 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

13

| "Dishonoured – Again"

| 26 January 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| A revised remake of Dishonoured, or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon (Series 5, Episode 12)

14

| "The Scarlet Capsule"

| 2 February 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with Andrew Timothy (pre-recorded)

15

| "The Tay Bridge"

| 9 February 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with George Chisholm

16

| "The Gold Plate Robbery"

| 16 February 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

17

| "The £50 Cure"

| 23 February 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|Recorded without Secombe, with Kenneth Connor

=Tenth series (1959–60)=

Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

The shows were all broadcast on Thursdays.{{sfn|Wilmut|Grafton|1981|p=132}}

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! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Producer

! scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" | Scriptwriter(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1

| "A Christmas Carol"

| 24 December 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

2

| "The Tale of Men's Shirts"

| 31 December 1959

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

3

| "The Chinese Legs"

| 7 January 1960

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

4

| "Robin's Post"

| 14 January 1960

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

|

5

| "The Silver Doubloons"

| 21 January 1960

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with Valentine Dyall

6

| "The Last Smoking Seagoon"

| 28 January 1960

| John Browell

| Spike Milligan

| with John Snagge (pre-recorded)

=Specials (1968–2001)=

  1. "Tales of Men's Shirts" (8 August 1968; Thames Television)
  2. "The Last Goon Show of All" (5 October 1972)
  3. "Goon Again: the 50th Anniversary Cardboard Replica Goon Show" (29 May 2001)

Notes and references

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

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  • {{cite book | last=Farnes | first=Norma | title=The Goons: The Story | date= 6 November 1997 | publisher=Virgin Books | location=London | isbn=1-85227-679-7 }}
  • {{cite book | last1=Wilmut | first1=Roger | last2=Grafton | first2=Jimmy | authorlink1=Roger Wilmut| authorlink2=Jimmy Grafton | title=The Goon Show Companion – A History and Goonography | year=1981 | publisher=Robson Books | location=London | isbn=0-903895-64-1 }}

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