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Trailer: Episode Number Nine

October 17, 2026 · 1 min

Coming soon! A new monthly podcast where we examine the ninth episode of classic – and not-so-classic – British sitcoms to see what it represents and tells us about the series as a whole. https://open.spotify.com/sho…
The Great Regent's Park Swim

October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

The Queen in America, Eurovision, Elvis, knitting a Spon, a Russian Love Song, Harry Rocking the Town! - it's all here this week! Plus: how much do we love Moriarty, a glaring goof and Watch That Tiger! Ted Webb joins Tyler to discuss…
Jet Storm (1959)

September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

Jet Storm, also known as Jet Stream or Killing Urge, is a British thriller directed and co-written by Cy Endfield and starring Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Patrick Allen and Virginia Maskell. It is an early example of what would…
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)

September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 33 min

“You’re worth more dead than alive!” We’ve talked a lot about Steptoe & Son – and its principle artistes – recently on Goon Pod and the sister show so it feels appropriate this week to air this interesting chat. It is July 1973 and the…
The Last Laugh Before TV-am (C4, 1985)

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

Broadcast on Channel 4 on 2nd December 1985, The Last Laugh Before TV-am was Spike Milligan’s attempt to bring his particular vein of humour to a new generation... although very little about it suggested that Milligan had changed his…

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The Seagoon Memoirs

September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

Field Marshals are queuing up to draw their pensions – it’s the first time they ever really wanted to go to the front. But Gunner Ned Seagoon, former Ablutions Orderly at Alamein, has other ways of making a mint. He’s writing his memoirs…
The Royal Variety Performance 1963 (with Steven Cockcroft)

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

An annual tradition dating back to the year the Titanic went down – a useful metaphor to describe some of the subsequent acts who sank without trace – the Royal Variety Performance brings together entertainers from around the world to…
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

The first half of the 1970s was not a particularly fruitful period for Peter Sellers, at least in terms of critical and commercial success. He made a slew of films which failed to take off or, in some cases, weren't even released. Some of…
Sellers & Milligan Mixtape

August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

This week, special guest Richard Moore joins Tyler for what we're going to call Sellers & Milligan Mixtape. Richard has pulled together a number of rarities and curios from the recording careers of the two ex-Goons and created a couple…
The Silent Bugler

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

The Silent Bugler is a good example of Spike Milligan revisiting earlier material, with the later Vintage Goons remake refining rather than reinventing the original. The original story from Series 4 opens with a Cold War setting and digs…
Only Two Can Play (1962)

July 29, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

The wan Don who thinks he’s Don Juan – a Welsh librarian gets the seven-year-itch. This week writer Paul Whitelaw makes his first faltering steps into Goon Pod territory to talk about a favourite film: Only Two Can Play, directed by…
Puckoon (1963)

July 22, 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

“Caw!” said the crow. “Balls!” said the Milligan. This week, we look at a book that Spike Milligan claimed took either five years - or ten years and fifteen secretaries - to write, and which “damn nearly drove me mad.” But just how much…

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About the show

A podcast where we talk about classic comedy with particular focus on the work of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe & Michael Bentine. You'll also hear us discuss the likes of Monty Python, Hancock, Blackadder, the Carry On films, Peter Cook, Steptoe & Son and countless other comedy figures & fixtures from the postwar era. Please follow on Bluesky @goonpod.bsky.social and Twitter @goonshowpod