2nd Series

Billed as "THE GOON SHOW, featuring those crazy people . . ."

with :-

  • Peter Sellers,
  • Harry Secombe,
  • Spike Milligan,
  • Michael Bentine,
  • The Ray Ellington Quartet,
  • The Stargazers (Shows 1 - 6)
  • Max Geldray.

  • Announcer: Andrew Timothy

  • The BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black.
       (except where stated)

  • Scripts written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens,
        edited by Jimmy Grafton (who also wrote special lyrics for some shows).
  • Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.

Broadcast Tuesdays, pre-recorded the previous Sunday (except nos 24 & 25).
1 22-Jan-52 SLO 1768  
2 29-Jan-52 SLO 2147  
3 05-Feb-52 SLO 2519  
- 12-Feb-52 - - No transmission owing to the death of King George VI
4 19-Feb-52 SLO 3334 (BBC Dance Orch. cond. by Stanley Andrews)
5 25-Feb-52 SLO 3627  
6 04-Mar-52 SLO 4021  
7 11-Mar-52 SLO 4179  
8 18-Mar-52 SLO 5112 The Goons' version of Rider Haggard's 'She' - entitled 'Her'*
9 25-Mar-52 SLO 5227  
10 01-Apr-52 SLO 5380  
11 08-Apr-52 SLO 5684 (without Milligan)
12 15-Apr-52 SLO 6306  
13 22-Apr-52 SLO 6737  
14 29-Apr-52 SLO 6959  
15 06-May-52 SBU 83555  
16 13-May-52 SLO 7761  
17 20-May-52 SLO 8202  
18 27-May-52 SLO 8179  
19 03-Jun-52 SLO 9302 (with the BBC Revue Orch. cond. by Robert Busby)
20 10-Jun-52 SLO 9307 (with the BBC Dance Orch. cond. by Wally Stott)
21 17-Jun-52 SLO 9638 (without Bentine)
22 24-Jun-52 SLO 9955  
23 01-Jul-52 SLO 10474  
24 08-Jul-52 SLO 11378 (recorded 29-Jun-52)
25 15-Jul-52 SLO 10808 (recorded 06-Jul-52)

* this is the first in-series show to have a single plot
  lasting right through the programme.