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Operation Christmas Duff

With a festive pudding shortage for forces overseas, Neddie Seagoon takes action. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1956.

In light of a festive pudding shortage for forces overseas, Neddie Seagoon takes action.

Soon Richard Dimbleby is reporting on the giant Christmas pudding being mixed at dry dock in Chatham.

Groundbreaking, surreal 大象传媒 radio comedy written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

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鈥檛 kept in the archive.

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Pat Dixon

Made for the 大象传媒 General Overseas Service and first broadcast to troops in 1956.

First UK broadcast on Christmas Day 1986 on 大象传媒 Radio 4.

30 minutes

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Wed 21 Dec 2022 03:00

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