• Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister
  ...n and Minnie Bannister''' are two characters from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. Crun and Min were performed by [[Peter ...lm (musician)|George Chisholm]]'s trombone or performing on the saxophone. In the episode "[[The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)]]" Hen
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• Eccles
  ...MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccl ...stralia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.
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• Count Jim Moriarty
  ...[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Harry Secombe]] filled-in for the role in Milligan's absence. ...tion was accompanied by a change in the character's voice, becoming higher in register and losing its smooth diction as the series progressed.
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• Neddie Seagoon
  '''Neddie Seagoon''' is a character in the 1950s British [[radio comedy]] show ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was created and performed by Welsh ...short legs), and shares Secombe's [[tenor]] voice, as used to identify him in "The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons". He also appears to have been [[M
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• Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
  ...pisode "[[Who is Pink Oboe?]]", [[Valentine Dyall]] filled-in for the role in Sellers' absence. ...t plotting with Moriarty to sell the guided NAAFI secrets to the Russians. In "[[The Histories of Pliny the Elder]]", he was [[w:Julius Caesar|Julius Cae
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• Old Mother Riley
  ...'. The ''[[Film Fun]]'' comic included an “Old Mother Riley” strip cartoon in the 1940s. ...Mother Riley, drag was a mixture of singing acts and short comedy sketches in music halls across the UK.
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• Major Bloodnok
  ...fictional character|fictional character]] from the 1950s [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] comedy ''[[The Goon Show]]''. He was voiced by [[Peter Sellers]]. ...later", to which Milligan, playing Throat, replies "Good night, darling". In addition, during "[[The Tale of Men's Shirts]]", he appears obsessed with w
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• Benny Lee
  ...[Scottish people|Scottish]] comedy actor and singer. He started his career in stage roles, and developed a television and film career. ...cess-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> He began his singing career as [[tenor]] in the school choir. Leaving school at 14, he became a [[tailor]]'s [[apprent
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• Chesney and Wolfe
  ...(1969–73) and ''[[Romany Jones]]'' (1972–75). When their partnership began in the mid-1950s, Chesney was already known to the public as a [[harmonica]] p ...news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/apr/23/ronald-chesney-obituary |title=Ronald Chesney obituary |work=[[
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• Peter Butterworth
  ...on and radio, and was known for playing [[The Monk (Doctor Who)|The Monk]] in ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''. Butterworth was married to the actress and i ...line-up, something which offered inspiration to him when starting a career in acting.<ref name="what">{{cite web|url=http://www.carryon.org.uk/regulars_f
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• Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh
  {{Infobox radio show ...ll head of dark hair and the other bald; they are in front of a microphone in a recording studio, reading a script
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• Harry Secombe
  | television = ''[[The Goon Show]]'' (Radio)<br />The Harry Secombe Show, Secombe And Friends, [[Highway (TV series)|Hi ...le (Oliver Twist)|Bumble]] in ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]'' (1968) – and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating [[hymn|h
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• The Goon Show series 1
  ...a one-cell brain. Anything not basically simple puzzles a goon. He thinks in the fourth dimension and his language is one step past babytalk. Goonery is ...oduce shows such as ''[[Taxi! (British TV series)|Taxi!]]'', ''[[Hi Gang! (radio series)|Hi Gang!]]'', ''[[Can You Beat It?]]'' and ''[[Oliver’s Twists]]'
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• The Goon Show series 5
  ...came in to help with the remainder. [[Peter Eton]] produced all the shows in the series. All the shows were recorded on a Sunday and transmitted on the ...al gusto, [[Harry Secombe]] introduced the new series of [[The Goon Show]] in which he starred alongside [[Peter Sellers]] and the show's creator [[Spike
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• The Goon Show
  {{Infobox radio show ...r Sellers]] (top), [[Spike Milligan]] (left) and [[Harry Secombe]] (right) in a 1950s [[BBC]] publicity shot
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• Joyce Grenfell
  ...-known broadcaster on radio and television. As a writer, she was the first radio critic for ''[[The Observer|The Observer]]'', contributed to ''[[Punch (mag ...uccess led to a career as an entertainer, giving her creations in theatres in five continents between 1940 and 1969.
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• The Goon Show series 2
  In late 1951, producer [[Dennis Main Wilson]] was planning the new run of Goon programme ...how'' rather than ''Crazy People''. This is purely because everybody, both in and outside the business, refers to it as ''the Goon Show'' (or that ''Goon
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• The Goon Show series 7
  ...chael O'Bolligan: fined five pounds. And now, at eight stone seven pounds, in transparent shorts, The Goon Show.''’ ...n a Thursday evening excepting [[What's My Line?|7/10]] and [[Six Charlies in Search of an Author|7/13]] which were broadcast on a Wednesday. Most of the
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• Kenneth Horne
  ...st remembered for his work on three [[BBC Radio]] series: ''[[Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh]]'' (1944–54), ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' (1958–64) and ''[[Round ...o his business career, and kept his broadcasting as a sideline. His career in industry flourished, and he later became the chairman and managing director
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• It's That Man Again
  {{About|the radio programme|the film adaptation|It's That Man Again (film){{!}}''It's That Ma {{Infobox radio show
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