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BBC Records (Vinyl) @bbcrecords.co.uk · 20d

In case you needed evidence.

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 27d

Calling Bluebottle! #TheGoonsShowPreservationSociety present an exclusive screening at our #TPTV Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House Sat 11 & Sun 12 Oct.
⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or buff.ly/QMiH1yf

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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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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Sep 3

Arena: The Peter Sellers Story
"The first of three films presenting a portrait of one of the world's greatest comic actors, tracing his life from childhood to a successful post-war career with the Goons and more."
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Section of end credits from the programme which reads, "The BBC wishes to thank The Peter Sellers Estate; Shepperton Studios; Bryan Connon; St. Aloysius College; Mervyn Heard; Keith Wilton/Filmtek; THE GOON SHOW PRESERVATION SOCIETY; Philip Kemp; Wimbledon Theatre; Graftons; Lumiere Pictures; Rank Film Distributors..."

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Ian Winick, Translator & Copywriter @ianwinick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here's a recent article written for the Goon Show News, reproduced on my blog with kind permission.

www.ianwinick.com/en/the-goon-...

The Goon Show and Me - Ian Winick

This article was written for the December 2024 issue of the Goon Show News,published by the Goon Show Preservation Society, http://www.goonshow.org. I remember the time and place the Goon Show entered...

www.ianwinick.com

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Aug 24

GSPS magazine no. 190 is out now, folks! If you're not a member yet, why not join today?
goonshow.org/gsps/join/

Front cover of Goon Show News, the quarterly magazine of The Goon Show Preservation Society. Issue number 190 dated September 2025.

Goon Show News 'goontents' which includes articles on the 100th anniversary of Peter Sellers; a soldier's Christmas; GSPS at Hebden Bridge; news from Milligan Lodge; R.I.P. Mike Coveney, founder; R.I.P. Mike Childs; Brad Ashton's memories; preservation report, three cheers for Bentine; BBC Sounds; an enacted Goon Show, a lost Goon Show performed, a kick up the archives and letters.

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Goon Show Preservation Society 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.
goonshow.org/2025/08/13/t...

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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WindsLightToVariable @yingtongiddle.bsky.social · Aug 2

#TheGoonShow
#Seagoon & #Eccles re-enacting 1066 & All that??
I presume #Bloodnok is Commander of the Gin Bottle-shaped bottlements in the background.🤔
@thegsps.bsky.social

Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 2

"A Sea View" from the 1932 Bexhill Guidebook.
#Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Rowing #History #1930s

Two men in a rowing boat off the coast of Bexhill-on-Sea in 1932.

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Richard Usher @richardausher.bsky.social · Jun 30

Premiering on YouTube today is my performance of a #GoonShow sketch written for #PeterSellers by #comedy legends #GaltonandSimpson. 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Two Raised Fingers' was performed for @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social 2025

#actor #voiceartist #theatre

youtu.be/wrJt0xyNlFk?...

A Goon Show Sketch by Galton & Simpson - Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Two Raised Fingers

YouTube video by Richard Usher

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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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Stephen Palmer @stephenauthor.bsky.social · Jun 18

@thegsps.bsky.social. A little light reading...

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goonshow.org @goonshow.org · Jul 2

Advance Notice – The GSPS Annual Meeting – 13th September
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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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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · May 28

28 May is #NationalGoonShowDay folks! Join us today via the website and get a whopping 25% off an e-membership*! Use the codeword: SPON.
*Offer only available to new members signing up by 4 June 2025. Valid for 1 year. Not available to lapsed members or for renewals.
goonshow.org/gsps/join/

28th May is National Goon Show Day folks! To receive a quarterly magazine AND be able to buy our exclusive Encyclopaedia Goonicus, JOIN US TODAY via the website and get a whopping 25% off an e-membership! Use the codeword: SPON. Offer only available to new members signing up between 28th May and 4th June 2025. Special offer membership valid for only one year. This offer is not available to lapsed members or members renewing their subscription.

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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · May 8

Nice, informative overview of the rarely seen Peter Sellers short THE SUPER SECRET SERVICE shown on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social last evening - review by the excellent Anthony Nield on Letterboxd #FilmSky boxd.it/9DBdJF

A review of The Super Secret Service (1953)

A curio for fans of The Goon Show. It was co-written by Spike Milligan with Larry Stephens, his most regular collaborator on the radio series. And it stars Peter Sellers under various hairpieces, incl...

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Larry Stephens @lsggbg.bsky.social · May 7

'The Super Secret Service' was written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens and stars Peter Sellers. Plus Graham Stark, Dick Emery and Ray Ellington. Tune in at 6pm!

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

This afternoon on #TPTV Wednesday 7th May. All programmes #TPTVsubtitles
12:00 FORBIDDEN (1949)
13:55 THE BROTHERS (1974)
15:00 YUMA (1971)
16:30 TARNISHED HEROES (1961) Premiere
18:00 THE SUPER SECRET SERVICE (1953) Premiere

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · May 5

The deaf ears found on the floor of a barber’s shop in Penge?

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Apr 23

Set your sundials for 7 May at 6pm! The Super Secret Service, a 1953 short film written by Larry Stephens (@lsggbg.bsky.social) and Spike Milligan and starring Peter Sellers, is being shown on Talking Pictures Television (@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social)

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · Apr 30

New! GOON SHOW SOUND EFFECTS
pod.link/1569929507

Fred the Oyster! Tom the piano-playing penguin! The Mighty Wurlitzer! Ned Seagoon & his nickel-plated bagpipes being run over by a steamroller! Whoooosh! They're all here plus a chat about what sounds are fading from popular memory!

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · Apr 23

I drew the artwork for this episode!

Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · Apr 23

New! SUPER GRAN, SOOTY & SPIKE
pod.link/1569929507

Chris Diamond returns to revisit some fondly-remembered kids TV shows (mostly from the 80s) in which Spike Milligan popped up to inject his own particular flavour of fun, such as Super Gran, The Sooty Show & Pob's Programme!

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Apr 23

Set your sundials for 7 May at 6pm! The Super Secret Service, a 1953 short film written by Larry Stephens (@lsggbg.bsky.social) and Spike Milligan and starring Peter Sellers, is being shown on Talking Pictures Television (@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social)

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WindsLightToVariable @yingtongiddle.bsky.social · Apr 4

#TheGoonShow @thegsps.bsky.social #Bloodnok

Just found this....

youtu.be/3mQr-z4_xXo?...

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The Goon Show - Major Bloodnok & Colonel Chinstrap enjoy a sociable drink together . .

YouTube video by Chris Stayt

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Apr 6

Thank you Jeeeeeeeeem!

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The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social · Apr 3

Fabulous! Thank you!

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · Apr 2

You might like these @thegsps.bsky.social - test pages for an official Goon Show comic that didn't happen, by Dave Windett, David Hailwood, Hunt Emerson and Lee Healey, based on "Ned's Atomic Dustbin". Commissioned by me in 2007

Test page for an official Goon Show comic that didn't happen, by Dave Windett, based on "Ned's Atomic Dustbin". Commissioned by me in 2007

Test page for an official Goon Show comic that didn't happen, by David Hailwood, based on "Ned's Atomic Dustbin". Commissioned by me in 2007

Test page for an official Goon Show comic that didn't happen, by Hunt Emerson, based on "Ned's Atomic Dustbin". Commissioned by me in 2007

Test page for an official Goon Show comic that didn't happen, by VIZ artist Lee Healey, based on "Ned's Atomic Dustbin". Commissioned by me in 2007

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