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The Spon Plague
Episode 23 of 26
Britain is gripped by a strange epidemic, leaving a path of bare knees in its wake. Stars Spike Milligan. From March 1958.
Britain is gripped by a strange epidemic, leaving a path of bare knees in its wake.
Ground-breaking, surreal ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Service in March 1958.
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03:00
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