When The Goon Show went on the air in 1951, BBC executives were reluctant to fund it, and they hated the name. So they called it Crazy People. It was an apt description for a zany radio comedy with a ...

A lost Goon Show sketch written by revered comedy duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson will be performed later for the first time in 70 years after being unearthed in a university archive. The skit was ...

Spike Milligan fans will be in their element this autumn as the first ever UK tour based on classic radio comedy The Goon Show tours the country. Opening at Salisbury Playhouse on 4th September before ...

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 150,000 ...

Sir Harry Secombe, a comedian whose gift for the ridiculous made him one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers, has died at the age of 79. Secombe, whose fine tenor voice and tireless good works were ...

May 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the influential British radio comedy program “The Goon Show,” which inspired fans from the Monty Python group to John Lennon. The Jewish content of The Goons, ...

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest ...

A tribute to the pioneers of modern absurdist comedy is set to take the stage at Penrith Playhouse next month. Penrith Players are set to bring three classic episodes of The Goon Show, first aired by ...