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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · 2d

What a great opportunity to introduce Spike Milligan's humour to a new generation - on @itvx.com

The animated TV series based on Spike Milligan’s book Badjelly The Witch is set to appear for the first time in the UK on Thursday 16th October. The 13 part series was made in New Zealand and…

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 4d

THE MAN WHO TRIED TO DESTROY LONDON'S MONUMENTS
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social

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Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 11d

GOON POD Q&A
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This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions!

What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock?
Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons?
Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein?

..And much much more!
With @adamsleslie.bsky.social

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · 14d

A reminder. The Goon Show Preservation Society will be represented at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House on Saturday 11th October. There will be a film screening, and you can come and talk to us at our stall.

Come see us with TPTV in Hebden Bridge

In June this year, an episode of The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures TV was a Goon Show Special which featured our own Mark Cousins and some rare bits of Goon Madness film featuring Harry Se…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · 17d

What you missed at the GSPS annual meeting

The 2025 Annual Meeting Report

The annual meeting of the GSPS was held at Stephens House and Garden in Finchley on 13th September, our fourth visit to the venue. The roll says there were 13 members present, with another 9 tuned …

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Larry Stephens @lsggbg.bsky.social · 19d

NED: A house!
BLOODNOK: It's a mirage.
NED: Nonsense... Let's go in. Eccles - search the house for food... Oh! It's vanished. You were right - a mirage.
BLOODNOK: I told you.
ECCLES: AHHHHH!
FX: CRASH OF BODY
BLOODNOK: What happened?
ECCLES: I was upstairs.
(Vintage Goons, 22 Sep 1958)

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AngryDigit @angrydigit.bsky.social · 20d

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Nicola’s Century 21 @gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 20d

Lady Penelope investigates..

The writings of Spike Milligan

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 25d

THE NADGER PLAGUE
With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social

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Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Sep 11

A quick reminder, the Goon Show Preservation Society's annual meeting is this Saturday in Finchley, near to the home of the East Finchley boy hero Bluebottle.
Come along...

GSPS Annual Meeting – 13 September 2025

The 2025 annual GSPS member’s meeting is set for Saturday, 13th September. Once again, we’ll be gathering within earshot of the Spike Milligan Memorial Bench and the Lodge House which h…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Sep 7

Happy Birthday Peter Sellers

by Mark J Cousins So, what do you buy the star who is 100 years old and has everything? All you can do is help to breathe life into his memory and share it with those around you. Peter Sellers is v…

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · Sep 7

Calling Bluebottle! #TheGoonsShowPreservationSociety present an exclusive screening at our #TPTV Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October.

⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or online buff.ly/lBLZv9b

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Sep 6

Come along and see us next week. It'll be fun

GSPS Annual Meeting – 13 September 2025

The 2025 annual GSPS member’s meeting is set for Saturday, 13th September. Once again, we’ll be gathering within earshot of the Spike Milligan Memorial Bench and the Lodge House which h…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Sep 2

There are several Peter Sellers themed programmes on Radio 4 Extra next week. I've updated my list here:
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Sellers Centenary on the BBC

As Peter Sellers 100th birthday approaches on 8th September, the BBC is airing a variety of programmes from the archives to mark the occasion.BBC2:Monday 1st September, 11.00pmThe Life And Death Of…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Aug 29

What the BBC are broadcasting around the Peter Sellers centenary on 8th September

Sellers Centenary on the BBC

As Peter Sellers 100th birthday approaches on 8th September, the BBC is airing a variety of programmes from the archives to mark the occasion.BBC2:Monday 1st September, 11.00pmThe Life And Death Of…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Aug 20

The new edition of @thegsps.bsky.social newsletter is on its way to members. It's not just a Peter Sellers Centenary Special, there's lots more in there too.
See what you're missing out on if you're not a member...

Goon Show News issue 190

The September issue of Goon Show News is on its way to our members. Yes, it’s still August, but it includes notice of the GSPS annual meeting on 13th September. At least the editor can have a…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Aug 13

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Aug 13

The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social will be at the ‪@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow in Hebden Bridge on 13th October. Have a good day out and come say hello to us, all in one.
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Come see us with TPTV in Hebden Bridge

In June this year, an episode of The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures TV was a Goon Show Special which featured our own Mark Cousins and some rare bits of Goon Madness film featuring Harry Se…

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · Aug 6

New! THE FIREBALL OF MILTON STREET
With Jeffers from @podcatflappo.bsky.social

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This week we discuss the end of the world, crispy pre-war bacon, a 200-foot ladder, a multi-storey bungalow and Secombe on a mouse hunt!

(picture inspired by a cast doodle on Goon Show script!)

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Aug 5

One for South Island New Zealand folks. News of another Goon Show performance on stage.

A Goon Show in New Zealand

After two separate Goon Show performances on stage in the North of England this year, we’re pleased to hear of another show being performed. This time it’s a bit further afield, though I suppose th…

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW! Gavin Sutherland on GOON SHOW MUSIC
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This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Jul 26

A new thrill!

I’ve done the first 19 boxes of the @goonshow.org archive, and by thunder, box 18 will make your eyes pop out. A real highlight. And there’s more, my friends, where THAT came from!

borthcat.york.ac.uk/gsps-box-18

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · Jul 17

Dirk Maggs and Ted Kendall are this week's guests on Goon Pod, gassing about Goons!
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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Jul 4

New on the @thegsps.bsky.social website:
As we approach would have been Peter Sellers' 100th birthday, Mark Cousins previews next month's Sellers Season at the British Film Institute.

Peter Sellers at the BFI

In Character: Peter SellersThe British Film Institute season by Mark Cousins “For me, the most influentialactor in films was Peter Sellers”- Robin Williams Marking what would have been his one hund…

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Jul 2

One for Goon Show history fans, a radio drama about Angela Morley being broadcast on Friday.

Angela Morley Drama on Radio 4 Extra

The BBC are broadcasting a radio play on Friday 4th July which should appeal to students of Goon Show history. 1977, by Sarah Wooley, tells the story of the composer Angela Morley in the years afte…

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · Jul 2

FOLKS!

We have SEVEN DAYS to raise £700 as part of our crowdfunder, and then we unlock a further £3,000 from an external donor!

All yer info here, link in the description

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Innit' Marvellous? The Galton and Simpson Archive Campaign

YouTube video by Gary Brannan

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