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Remembering... Spike Milligan Spike Milligan

Remembering... Spike Milligan By Spike Milligan

Remembering... Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan


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The comic genius of Spike Milligan changed the face of radio comedy through The Goon Show. This title chooses and introduces clips from his astonishing career: readings from his books Puckoon and Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall, poems, songs, sketches, extracts from Q6 and In the Psychiatrist's Chair.

Remembering... Spike Milligan Summary

Remembering... Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan

Comic icon Spike Milligan recollects highlights from his stellar career. The comic genius of Spike Milligan changed the face of radio comedy through The Goon Show. Here Milligan chooses and introduces classic clips from an astonishing career: readings from his books Puckoon and Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall, poems, songs, sketches, extracts from Q6 and In the Psychiatrist's Chair. He reminisces about India and Bexhill and reads his favourite poems including Fred Fernakerpan. Also included is the complete version of The Starlings - the only Goon Show recorded outside of London and without a studio audience. Plus, of course, there's a generous helping of Goon Show clips, including The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea and The Pevensey Bay Disaster, featuring Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. In this recording you can hear in his own words why Spike was one of the biggest figures in British comedy. This recording was previously released as Spike Milligan at the Beeb.

Additional information

GOR005999506
9781408466537
1408466538
Remembering... Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan
Used - Very Good
Hardback
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
20100805
2
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