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The Curse of Frankenstein

Episode 18 of 26

The million-pound race is on to be the first to play the bagpipes at the South Pole. Stars Harry Secombe. From January 1958.

The million-pound race is on to be the first to play the bagpipes at the South Pole.

Groundbreaking, surreal Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
George Chisholm

First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service in January 1958.

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