1st Series
Billed as: 'CRAZY PEOPLE,
featuring Radio's own Crazy Gang - "The Goons".'
with :-
- Peter Sellers,
- Harry Secombe,
- Spike Milligan,
- Michael Bentine,
- The Ray Ellington Quartet,
- The Stargazers,
- Max Geldray,
and
- The BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black.
(except where stated)
- Announcer Andrew Timothy, except nos. 8-10, announcer Denys Drower.
- Scripts written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, edited by Jimmy Grafton.
- Produced by Dennis Main Wilson (except Shows 11-14).
- Produced by Leslie Bridgmont (Shows 11-14).
Nos. 1-9 broadcast on Mondays, nos. 10-17 on Thursdays.
All pre-recorded the previous Sunday.
The shows consist of four or five short sketches separated by musical items.
| 1 |
28-May-51 |
SLO |
90268 |
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| 2 |
04-Jun-51 |
SLO |
90269 |
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| 3 |
11-Jun-51 |
SLO |
90452 |
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| 4 |
18-Jun-51 |
SLO |
90366 |
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| 5 |
25-Jun-51 |
SOX |
59949 |
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| 6 |
02-Jul-51 |
SLO |
91295 |
(with the BBC Revue Orch. cond. by Robert Busby) |
| 7 |
09-Jul-51 |
SLO |
91565 |
(with the BBC Revue Orch. cond. by Robert Busby) |
| 8 |
16-Jul-51 |
SLO |
92262 |
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| 9 |
23-Jul-51 |
SLO |
92468 |
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| 10 |
02-Aug-51 |
SLO |
92867 |
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| 11 |
09-Aug-51 |
SOX |
61088* |
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| 12 |
16-Aug-51 |
SLO |
93368 |
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| 13 |
23-Aug-51 |
SOX |
61088* |
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| 14 |
30-Aug-51 |
SLO |
93400 |
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| 15 |
06-Aug-51 |
SBU |
71149 |
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| 16 |
13-Sep-51 |
SLO |
94892 |
(with the BBC Revue Orch. cond. by Robert Busby) |
| 17 |
20-Sep-51 |
SLO |
95143 |
(without Geldray, with Marie Benson (vocalist) and the Skyrockets Orch. cond. by Woolf Phillips) |
| SP |
26-Dec-51 |
SLO |
99928 |
CINDERELLA
(pantomime)
with Lizbeth Webb as Cinderella,
Graham Stark as Prince Charming:
The Goons:
The Stargazers:
The Ray Ellington Quartet:
Max Geldray and the Augmented Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black.
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.
Recorded 16-Dec-51
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* obviously these shows can't both have had the same number, but it has
not been possible to cross-check any further the information given in
those official files which still exist. |
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