Scripts by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, John Antrobus, and Maurice Wiltshire, as indicated.
Broadcast Mondays, pre-recorded the previous Sunday (except no. 18)
| 1 |
30-Sep-57 |
TLO |
38857 |
Spon
(Spike)
(without Secombe, with Dick Emery) |
| 2 |
07-Oct-57 |
TLO |
39090 |
*The Junk Affair 1
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 3 |
14-Oct-57 |
TLO |
39928 |
The Burning Embassy 1
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 4 |
21-Oct-57 |
TLO |
40052 |
*The Great Regents Park Swim
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 5 |
28-Oct-57 |
TLO |
40562 |
The Treasure in the Tower 1
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 6 |
04-Nov-57 |
TLO |
41101 |
*The Space Age
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 7 |
11-Nov-57 |
TLO |
41712 |
The Red Fort 2
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 8 |
18-Nov-57 |
TLO |
41935 |
*The Missing Battleship 1
(Spike & Larry Stephens)
(without Geldray) |
| 9 |
25-Nov-57 |
TLO |
42750 |
The Policy
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 10 |
02-Dec-57 |
TLO |
42899 |
*King Solomon's Mines
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 11 |
09-Dec-57 |
TLO |
43427 |
The Stolen Postman
(Larry Stephens) |
| 12 |
16-Dec-57 |
TLO |
44167 |
*The Great British Revolution
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 13 |
23-Dec-57 |
TLO |
44618 |
The Plasticine Man
(Spike & Larry Stephens)
(without Ellington) |
| 14 |
30-Dec-57 |
TLO |
45270 |
*African Incident 1
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 15 |
06-Jan-58 |
TLO |
45929 |
The Thing on the Mountain
(Larry Stephens & Maurice Wiltshire) |
| 16 |
13-Jan-58 |
TLO |
46344 |
*The String Robberies 3
(Spike)
(with George Chisholm) |
| 17 |
20-Jan-58 |
TLO |
47306 |
The Moriarty Murder Mystery
(Larry Stephens & Maurice Wiltshire) |
| 18 |
27-Jan-58 |
TLO |
47557 |
The Curse of Frankenstein 4
(Spike)
(recorded 19-Jan-58)
(without Ellington, with George Chisholm) |
| 19 |
03-Feb-58 |
TLO |
47740 |
The White Neddie Trade
(Larry Stephens & Maurice Wiltshire) |
| 20 |
10-Feb-58 |
TLO |
48542 |
Ten Snowballs that Shook the World
(Spike) |
| 21 |
17-Feb-58 |
TLO |
49421 |
*The Man Who Never Was 5
(Spike & Larry Stephens) |
| 22 |
24-Feb-58 |
TLO |
49663 |
*World War One 6 (TS:'_____I')
(Spike) |
| 23 |
03-Mar-58 |
TLO |
50040 |
*The Spon Plague 7
(Spike & John Antrobus)
(with George Chisholm) |
| 24 |
10-Mar-58 |
TLO |
51225 |
*Tiddleywinks 1
(with John Snagge) |
| 25 |
17-Mar-58 |
TLO |
50769 |
*The Evils of Bushey Spon 8
(Spike)
(with A. E. Matthews) |
| 26 |
24-Mar-58 |
TLO |
51440 |
*The Great Statue Debate 1
(Spike & John Antrobus) |
Notes to the 8th series
* A special TS series of 'Vintage Goons' (based on scripts from the 4th series) was recorded on the same dates as these marked shows
1. Not coherently announced.
2. Announced as 'A Tale of India'.
3. Announced as 'The Great String Robberies'.
4. Announced as 'The Curse of Frankenstein - BLAST!' and then continues as a story entitled 'My Heart's in the Highlands'.
5. This script is a re-working of no. 27 and of the 6th series, itself an expanded version of part of no. 20 of the 3rd series. It is the 6th series version which has been issued by Transcription Service
6. The script is titled '_____!' as are the TS issues: the announced title is written as '_____!' and pronounced as a faint murmur - Milligan's interpretation of illegible writing on a faded manuscript.
7. Announced as 'The Great Spon Plague'.
8. Inspired by a real-life row A. E. Matthews was having with his local council about a concrete lamp-post they wanted to put outside his house. (There is also a reference to this in the previous show). Mr Matthews appears only in the last five minutes of the show, which are ad-libbed by all concerned owing to Mr Mathews's utter refusal to stick to the plot.
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