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Insurance: The White Man's Burden

Episode 21 of 25

Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance. Stars Harry Secombe. From February 1957.

Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.

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

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
Jack Train

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

First broadcast on the 大象传媒 Home Service in February 1957.

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