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The Battle of Spion Kop
Episode 9 of 17
Things aren't going well in The South African War. Time to send in the cutlery. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.
Things aren't going well in The South African War. Time to send in the cutlery.
Groundbreaking, surreal 91福利社 radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren鈥檛 kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on the 91福利社 91福利社 Service in December 1958.
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