List of The Goon Show episodes
The following is a list of The Goon Show episodes. The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy series, originally produced by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 and broadcast on the BBC Home Service.
Availability of ''The Goon Show'' episodes
Lost episodes
Many of the earliest radio episodes no longer exist. When the first episodes were broadcast, recording technology was still expensive and primitive by later standards. Audio tape was not in general use, and any recordings were made directly on to acetate discs. These could be played back, but tended to wear out quickly and did not survive unless further processed to create a master disc, which was only done for recordings intended for sale. Only one episode from the fourth series was preserved in the BBC Sound Archive.Other episodes from Series 2–4 have survived, sometimes in incomplete form, as off-air recordings of varying quality. Four episodes from Series 4 were released on CD as The Goon Show: Series Four, Part One. A further seven episodes from Series 2–4 are included in The Goon Show Compendium Volume 13 along with the only surviving fragment of the Series 4 episode "The Giant Bombardon". Volume 14 includes all of the remaining Series 4 episodes, including those from the 2010 set.
The special episodes "Archie in Goonland" and "The Missing Christmas Parcel – Post Early for Christmas" are also believed lost.
Surviving episodes
Commencing with the start of the fifth series, BBC Transcription Services began making copies for overseas sales, and even commissioned re-recordings of some key fourth series episodes for the "Vintage Goons" series, which was mainly intended for overseas markets. The Transcription versions were then cut to remove topical and parochial material and anything that might be potentially offensive. Later, Transcription Services releases had further cuts for timing purposes. For many years, these abridged versions were thought to be only surviving copies of many episodes.In 1987, when BBC producer Richard Edis selected "The International Christmas Pudding" for a Radio 2 repeat, he discovered the edited Transcription Services copy was too short for the intended slot. He consulted sound engineer and researcher Ted Kendall, who'd been working on rebuilding the BBC's Goons archive and had found a tape of the original transmission version of the episode in a collection made by dubbing mixer Peter Copeland. Kendall was able to restore the missing material.
In 1991, Dirk Maggs brought Kendall onto the team for his documentary At Last the Go On Show, and Kendall informed him of twelve episodes whose commercial rights had been licensed to EMI, which had then released them in truncated form. The BBC therefore didn't have the rights to release them commercially - but they did still hold the broadcast rights. This prompted Maggs to commission Kendall to restore sixteen episodes, including the ones tied up with EMI, for two repeat runs. The first of these ran on Radio 2, starting with "The Lost Emperor" on 18 April 1992, and the other was on Radio 4 starting with "The Call of the West" on 12 October 1992.
In the years since then, a considerable amount of missing material has been found and restored to the Transcription copies. Kendall states in his sleeve notes to the Goon Show Compendium CD box sets that the episodes have been pieced together from sources including the BBC Sound Archive and Transcription Services master tapes and discs, unofficial copies made by engineers or other BBC staff, and domestic off-air recordings, using the best quality source in each case.
Kendall also notes that Transcription Services seem to have used the original broadcast tapes as the basis for their versions, making cuts as necessary. The cut material was often spliced onto the end of the reels in case it needed to be restored. When the "Vintage Goons" series began, episodes were recorded by TS at Maida Vale. Since these were performed on the same nights as Series 8 episodes, it made sense for Transcription Services to make their own simultaneous recordings at Maida Vale and it seems that this technique was also used on Series 9 and 10. These were then edited to match the broadcast versions before TS made its own cuts. However, it seems that in some cases the TS versions inadvertently preserved lines slated for deletion, meaning that longer cuts of these episodes can be reassembled.
Commercial releases
Parlophone, a division of EMI, released several discs of The Goon Show starting with The Best of the Goon Shows in 1959. In all, EMI released twelve episodes, but for contractual reasons these were all heavily cut to remove musical interludes and other music cues.BBC Records issued the first volume of Goon Show Classics in 1974 on record and tape, featuring "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler" and "The Histories of Pliny the Elder". The Goon Show Classics label was used for several further records and subsequently a series of double-cassette collections containing four episodes each. In 1996 this gave way to CD sets of remastered episodes, eventually running to 30 volumes containing 120 shows, plus an additional CD set comprising The Last Goon Show of All and Goon Again.
Volume 1 of The Goon Show Compendium, containing the first 13 episodes of series 5, was released on 7 April 2008, starting a comprehensive release programme of all extant Goons material. In 2015 three of the EMI-licensed episodes were included without the cuts, in their original chronological order, on The Goon Show Compendium Volume 11, indicating that the rights had by then reverted to the BBC. It was later confirmed that Volume 12, released on 3 November 2016, would include all of the remaining EMI episodes, plus The Last Goon Show of All and bonus features.
Broadcasting
Archive episodes of The Goon Show are regularly broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra; previously they were occasionally repeated on Radio 2 or Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.The ABC Radio National network in Australia has regularly broadcast The Goon Show since the 1960s. For many years, the series was broadcast every Saturday afternoon, just after the midday news bulletin. More recently, it was broadcast twice a week, on Friday mornings and Sunday afternoons. The network took the series off the air in January 2004, but following listener response to the cancellation, broadcasts of the show resumed in the Friday time slot in June. The ABC's broadcasts of the series have made The Goon Show one of the most repeated and longest-running of all radio programmes.
The programme has been broadcast in the United States. NBC broadcast The Goon Show as early as the mid-1950s. Terry Gilliam of the Goon-influenced Monty Python comedy troupe recalled first hearing it broadcast on FM radio in New York City in the 1960s. When Vermont Public Radio signed on the air in 1977, the first programme to air was an episode of The Goon Show. The show was described as a "madcap radio comedy classic".
Episodes
The following list of episodes of The Goon Show includes any "specials" and all episodes made for the BBC Transcription Service unaired domestically at the time.Series overview
One-off special shows| Series | Number of shows | Date of broadcast | Date of broadcast | Ref |
| One-off specials | 2 | 5 October 1972 | 29 May 2001 |
| Code | Definition |
| SLO | 33 rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House |
| SBU | 33 rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at Bush House |
| SOX | 33 rpm coarse groove 16" disk recorded at 200 Oxford Street |
| TLO | 15 i.p.s. tape recorded at Broadcasting House |
| TBU | 15 i.p.s. tape recorded at Bush House |
| TNC | 15 i.p.s. tape recorded in Newcastle |
First series: ''Crazy People'' (1951)
Cast: 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.Announcer: Andrew Timothy
The shows were all recorded on a Sunday; episodes 1–9 were broadcast on Mondays, 10–17 were broadcast on Thursdays. No episodes are known to survive.
Second series (1952)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the BBC Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black. The Stargazers were present for the first six shows only.Announcer: Andrew Timothy
The shows were all recorded on a Sunday, except episodes 24 and 25; all episodes were broadcast on Tuesdays. Only three episodes are known to survive as truncated, off-air recordings.
Episodes 1, 3 and 25 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13.
Third series (1952–53)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Andrew Timothy
The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays, with the exception of episode 7, a Christmas special. Only one excerpt and one full episode are known to survive.
Episode 17 and an excerpt of episode 16 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13
| Episode # | Title | Recording number | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "Fred of the Islands" | SLO 17297 | 11 November 1952 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | |
| 2 | SOX 82948 | 18 November 1952 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 3 | "I Was a Male Fan Dancer" | SLO 18332 | 25 November 1952 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | |
| 4 | SLO 18613 | 2 December 1952 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 5 | SLO 18848 | 9 December 1952 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan | |
| 6 | SLO 19414 | 16 December 1952 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan | |
| 7 | "Robin Hood" | SLO 19526 | 26 December 1952 | Peter Eton | Jimmy Grafton | Christmas pantomime: running time: 45 minutes Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery and Carole Carr |
| 8 | "Where Does Santa Claus Go in the Summer?" | SLO 19783 | 30 December 1952 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Ellis Powell |
| 9 | SLO 20695 | 6 January 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery | |
| 10 | SLO 20695 | 13 January 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark | |
| 11 | SLO 20948 | 20 January 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery | |
| 12 | "Flint of the Flying Squad" | SLO 21647 | 27 January 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark |
| 13 | "Seaside Resorts in Winter" | SOX 86757 | 3 February 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery |
| 14 | SLO 22493 | 10 February 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark and Valentine Dyall | |
| 15 | SLO 22860 | 17 February 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Dick Emery | |
| 16 | SLO 22973 | 24 February 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Recorded without Milligan, with Graham Stark | |
| 17 | SLO 23540 | 3 March 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Milligan returned, with Dick Emery | |
| 18 | SLO24224 | 10 March 1953 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 19 | "Where Do Socks Come From?" | SLO 24432 | 17 March 1953 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | |
| 20 | SLO 24764 | 31 March 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | This episode, made before the film of the same name came out, was remade twice, in series 6 and 8 | |
| 21 | SLO 25520 | 7 April 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 22 | SLO 25873 | 14 April 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 23 | SLO 26517 | 21 April 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 24 | SLO 26797 | 28 April 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| 25 | SLO 27952 | 5 May 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | ||
| "Coronation edition" | SLO 29390 | 3 June 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens, Jimmy Grafton | Running time: 40 minutes Without Geldray; with Graham Stark |
Fourth series (1953–54)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcers: Andrew Timothy and Wallace Greenslade
Episodes 1–20 were broadcast on Fridays; episodes 21–30 on Mondays.
Episodes 2, 3, 15 and an excerpt of episode 13 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.13; Episodes 18–21, 23–27, 29 and "The Starlings" special released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.14
| Episode # | Title | Recording number | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Dreaded Piano Clubber" | TLO 35079 | 2 October 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remade in the Vintage Goons series |
| 2 | TLO 35432 | 9 October 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 3 | TLO 35740 | 16 October 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 4 | TLO 36235 | 23 October 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 5 | TLO 37145 | 30 October 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 6 | "Through the Sound Barrier in an Airing Cupboard" | TLO 37511 | 6 November 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 7 | TLO 37898 | 13 November 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Albert Memorial" | |
| 8 | TLO 38482 | 20 November 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 9 | "Operation Bagpipes" | TLO 37891 | 27 November 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 10 | TLO 39091 | 4 December 1953 | Peter Eton | Larry Stephens | ||
| 11 | TLO 39790 | 11 December 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 12 | TLO40412 | 18 December 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| Special | Short insert in: "Christmas Crackers" | TLO 40660 | 25 December 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 13 | TLO 40660 | 26 December 1953 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With Michael Bentine Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 14 | "Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe" | TLO 40965 | 1 January 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 15 | TLO 41242 | 8 January 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Missing No. 10 Downing Street" | |
| 16 | "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Crun" | TLO41552 | 15 January 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 17 | TLO 42416 | 22 January 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 18 | TLO 42842 | 29 January 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 19 | TLO 48011 | 5 February 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 20 | TLO 49072 | 12 February 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | ||
| 21 | TLO 49191 | 15 February 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Vanishing Room" | |
| 22 | TLO 49628 | 22 February 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Ink Shortage" | |
| 23 | TLO 50206 | 1 March 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 24 | TLO 50546 | 8 March 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Mustard and Cress Shortage" | |
| 25 | TLO 50871 | 15 March 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 26 | "Western Story" | TLO 51429 | 22 March 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 27 | TLO 51769 | 29 March 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series as "The Internal Mountain" | |
| 28 | TLO 52346 | 5 April 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | ||
| 29 | TLO 52585 | 12 April 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| 30 | TLO 52599 | 19 April 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Remade in the Vintage Goons series | |
| Special | "Archie in Goonland" | TLO 55169 | 11 June 1954 | Roy Speer | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | With Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, Hattie Jacques and the BBC Variety Orchestra |
| Special | TNC 408 | 31 August 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan |
Fifth series (1954–55)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays. All episodes from this and subsequent series survive, though a handful do so only in the form of domestic off-air recordings.
Episodes 1–13 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.1; Episodes 14–26 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.2
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Whistling Spy Enigma" | 28 September 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | This episode was reperformed in a 1966 television episode of Secombe & Friends |
| 2 | "The Lost Gold Mine " | 5 October 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 3 | "The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)" | 12 October 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 4 | "The Phantom Head Shaver " | 19 October 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 5 | "The Affair of the Lone Banana" | 26 October 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 6 | "The Canal" | 2 November 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
| 7 | "Lurgi Strikes Britain" | 9 November 1954 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 8 | "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste " | 16 November 1954 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 9 | "The Last Tram " | 23 November 1954 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 10 | "The Booted Gorilla " | 30 November 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | Features Sellers singing "Any Old Iron", a song he released as a single in 1957 as "Willium Mate" |
| 11 | "The Spanish Suitcase" | 7 December 1954 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 12 | "Dishonoured " | 14 December 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 13 | "Forog" | 21 December 1954 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 14 | "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest" | 28 December 1954 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | A Christmas episode featuring Charlotte Mitchell. Several jokes appear to have been reused in the later Christmas episode "Robin Hood" |
| 15 | "1985" | 4 January 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | Remade later this series |
| 16 | "The Case of the Missing Heir" | 11 January 1955 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 17 | "China Story" | 18 January 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | Remade in 1956 |
| 18 | "Under Two Floorboards" | 25 January 1955 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 19 | "The Missing Scroll" | 1 February 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 20 | "1985" | 8 February 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | Remake of episode 15, with John Snagge |
| 21 | "The Sinking of Westminster Pier" | 15 February 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 22 | "The Fireball of Milton Street" | 22 February 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 23 | "The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street" | 1 March 1955 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 24 | "The Yehti" | 8 March 1955 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan | |
| 25 | "The White Box of Great Bardfield" | 15 March 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 26 | "The End " | 22 March 1955 | Peter Eton | Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan |
Sixth series (1955–56)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Tuesdays.
Episodes 1–6 and 8–14 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.3; Episodes 15–17, 19–27 and "China Story" special released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.4; Episodes 7 and 18 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.12
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Man Who Won the War " | 20 September 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 2 | "The Secret Escritoire" | 27 September 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | |
| 3 | "The Lost Emperor" | 4 October 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 4 | "Napoleon's Piano" | 11 October 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 5 | "The Case of the Missing CD Plates" | 18 October 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 6 | "Rommel's Treasure" | 25 October 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 7 | "Foiled by President Fred" | 1 November 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 8 | "Shangri-La Again" | 8 November 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 9 | "The International Christmas Pudding" | 15 November 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 10 | "The Pevensey Bay Disaster" | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Recorded 20 November 1955; postponed because of train derailment at Milton; "China Story" repeated instead | |
| 11 | "The Sale of Manhattan " | 29 November 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 12 | "The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu" | 6 December 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| Special | "The Missing Christmas Parcel – Post Early for Christmas" | 8 December 1955 | Peter Eton, John Lane | Eric Sykes | |
| 13 | "The Lost Year" | 13 December 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 14 | "The Greenslade Story" | 20 December 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
| 15 | "The Hastings Flyer – Robbed" | 27 December 1955 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 16 | "The Mighty Wurlitzer" | 3 January 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 17 | "The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding" | 10 January 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 18 | "Tales of Montmartre" | 17 January 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | With Charlotte Mitchell |
| 19 | "The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI" | 24 January 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 20 | "The House of Teeth" | 31 January 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
| 21 | "Tales of Old Dartmoor" | 7 February 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | |
| 22 | "The Choking Horror" | 14 February 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 23 | "The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal" | 21 February 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
| 24 | "The Treasure in the Lake" | 28 February 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan | |
| Special | "The Goons Hit Wales" | 1 March 1956 | Unknown | Spike Milligan | |
| 25 | "The Fear of Wages" | 6 March 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 26 | "Scradje" | 13 March 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With John Snagge |
| 27 | "The Man Who Never Was" | 20 March 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remake of series 3 episode 20 |
| 10 | "The Pevensey Bay Disaster" | 3 April 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | Postponed from 22 November 1955 |
| Special | "China Story" | 29 August 1956 | Dennis Main Wilson | Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes | Remake of series 5 episode 17 |
Seventh series (1956–57)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Thursdays, except episodes 10 and 13, which were on Wednesdays.
Episodes 1–3, 5–12 and "Operation Christmas Duff" special released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.5; Episodes 14–20, 22–25 and "The Reason Why" special released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.6; Episodes 4, 13, 21 and "Robin Hood " special released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.12
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis" | 4 October 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 2 | "Drums Along the Mersey" | 11 October 1956 | Peter Eton | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
| 3 | "The Great Nadger Plague" | 18 October 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 4 | "The MacReekie Rising of '74" | 25 October 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Recorded without Milligan, with George Chisholm |
| 5 | "The Spectre of Tintagel" | 1 November 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With Valentine Dyall |
| 6 | "The Sleeping Prince" | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Planned for broadcast on 8 November 1956 but delayed due to the Hungarian Revolution. It was replaced by a repeat of "The Greenslade Story". | |
| 7 | "The Great Bank Robbery" | 15 November 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 8 | "Personal Narrative" | 22 November 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 9 | "The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons" | 29 November 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| Special | "Robin Hood " | rec. 2 December 1956 broadcast 25 December 1988 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | A Christmas episode featuring Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. Also features many repeat jokes from "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest" |
| 10 | "What's My Line?" | 5 December 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 11 | "The Telephone" | 13 December 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 12 | "The Flea" | 20 December 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| Special | "Operation Christmas Duff" | 24 December 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 13 | "Six Charlies in Search of an Author" | 26 December 1956 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 14 | "Emperor of the Universe" | 3 January 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 15 | "Wings Over Dagenham" | 10 January 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With George Chisholm |
| 16 | "The Rent Collectors" | 17 January 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With Bernard Miles |
| 17 | "Shifting Sands" | 24 January 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With Jack Train |
| 18 | "The Moon Show" | 31 January 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 19 | "The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker" | 7 February 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 6 | "The Sleeping Prince" | 14 February 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Postponed from 8 November 1956 |
| 20 | "Round the World in Eighty Days" | 21 February 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 21 | "Insurance, the White Man's Burden" | 28 February 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 22 | "The Africa Ship Canal" | 7 March 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 23 | "Ill Met by Goonlight" | 14 March 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan | |
| 24 | "The Missing Boa Constrictor" | 21 March 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 25 | "The Histories of Pliny the Elder" | 28 March 1957 | Pat Dixon | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| Special | "The Reason Why" | 22 August 1957 | Jacques Brown | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
Eighth series (1957–58)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Mondays.
Episodes 1–6 and 8–15 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.7; Episodes 16–26 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.8; Episode 7 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.12
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "Spon" | 30 September 1957 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | Recorded without Secombe, with Dick Emery |
| 2 | "The Junk Affair" | 7 October 1957 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 3 | "The Burning Embassy" | 14 October 1957 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 4 | "The Great Regent's Park Swim" | 21 October 1957 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 5 | "The Treasure in the Tower" | 28 October 1957 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 6 | "The Space Age" | 4 November 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 7 | "The Red Fort" | 11 November 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 8 | "The Missing Battleship" | 18 November 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Geldray edited from broadcast |
| 9 | "The Policy" | 25 November 1957 | Roy Speer | Larry Stephens | |
| 10 | "King Solomon's Mines" | 2 December 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 11 | "The Stolen Postman" | 9 December 1957 | Roy Speer | Larry Stephens | |
| 12 | "The Great British Revolution" | 16 December 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Features Sellers portraying Prime Minister Harold MacMillan in the style of Laurence Olivier as Richard III. |
| 13 | "The Plasticine Man" | 23 December 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Ellington edited from some broadcast versions |
| 14 | "African Incident" | 30 December 1957 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | With Cécile Chevreau |
| 15 | "The Thing on the Mountain" | 6 January 1958 | Tom Ronald | Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire | |
| 16 | "The String Robberies" | 13 January 1958 | Tom Ronald | Spike Milligan | With George Chisholm |
| 17 | "The Moriarty Murder Mystery" | 20 January 1958 | Charles Chilton | Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire | |
| 18 | "The Curse of Frankenstein" | 27 January 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | Ellington edited from broadcast, with George Chisholm |
| 19 | "The White Neddie Trade" | 3 February 1958 | Charles Chilton | Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire | |
| 20 | "Ten Snowballs that Shook the World" | 10 February 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 21 | "The Man Who Never Was" | 17 February 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | Remake of series 3 episode 20 and Series 6 Episode 27 |
| 22 | "_____________ " | 24 February 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 23 | "The Spon Plague" | 3 March 1958 | Charles Chilton | John Antrobus, Spike Milligan | With George Chisholm |
| 24 | "Tiddlywinks" | 10 March 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
| 25 | "The Evils of Bushey Spon" | 17 March 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | With A. E. Matthews |
| 26 | "The Great Statue Debate" | 24 March 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan, John Antrobus |
''Vintage Goons'' series (1957–58)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The following episodes were especially recorded for overseas stations only during the Eighth Series and were re-recordings of earlier episodes. Six of these episodes were broadcast prior to the commencement of the Ninth series, which is why the Ninth series was shorter. However, many of these episodes were not broadcast in the United Kingdom until the 1980s or 1990s. So for contextual purposes, the recording dates are listed alongside the original airdates in the United Kingdom.
All episodes except 3 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.9; Episode 3 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.12
| Episode # | Title | Recorded | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Mummified Priest" | 6 October 1957 | 22 September 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 2 | "The Greatest Mountain in the World" | 20 October 1957 | 29 September 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 3 | "The Missing Number 10 Downing Street" | 3 November 1957 | 12 December 2023 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens | |
| 4 | "The Giant Bombardon" | 17 November 1957 | 6 October 1958 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
| 5 | "The Kippered Herring Gang" | 1 December 1957 | 9 April 1994 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan | |
| 6 | "The Vanishing Room" | 15 December 1957 | 13 October 1958 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan | |
| 7 | "The Ink Shortage" | 29 December 1957 | 8 December 2008 | Roy Speer | Spike Milligan | |
| 8 | "The Mustard and Cress Shortage" | 12 January 1958 | 17 September 1994 | Tom Ronald | Spike Milligan | |
| 9 | "The Internal Mountain" | 16 February 1958 | 28 December 1986 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 10 | "The Silent Bugler" | 23 February 1958 | 29 December 1986 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 11 | "The Great Bank of England Robbery" | 2 March 1958 | 20 October 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 12 | "The Dreaded Piano Clubber" | 23 March 1958 | 26 December 1986 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 13 | "The Siege of Fort Night" | 16 March 1958 | 27 December 1986 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan | |
| 14 | "The Albert Memorial" | 9 March 1958 | 27 October 1958 | Charles Chilton | Spike Milligan |
Ninth series (1958–59)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Mondays, except episode 12, which was on a Tuesday.
Episodes 1–12 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.10; episodes 13–17 released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.11
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "The Sahara Desert Statue" | 3 November 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 2 | "I Was Monty's Treble" | 10 November 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 3 | "The £1,000,000 Penny" | 17 November 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 4 | "The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy" | 24 November 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 5 | "The Mountain Eaters" | 1 December 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 6 | "The Childe Harolde Rewarde" | 8 December 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 7 | "The Seagoon Memoirs" | 15 December 1958 | John Browell | Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire | |
| 8 | "Queen Anne's Rain" | 22 December 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 9 | "The Battle of Spion Kop" | 29 December 1958 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 10 | "Ned's Atomic Dustbin" | 5 January 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
| 11 | "Who Is Pink Oboe?" | 12 January 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | Recorded without Sellers, with Kenneth Connor, Valentine Dyall, Graham Stark, Jack Train and a pre-recorded John Snagge |
| 12 | "The Call of the West" | 20 January 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 13 | "Dishonoured – Again" | 26 January 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | Remake of "Dishonoured, or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon" |
| 14 | "The Scarlet Capsule" | 2 February 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With Andrew Timothy |
| 15 | "The Tay Bridge" | 9 February 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With George Chisholm |
| 16 | "The Gold Plate Robbery" | 16 February 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 17 | "The £50 Cure" | 23 February 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | Recorded without Secombe, with Kenneth Connor |
Tenth series (1959–60)
Cast: Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, with Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet, orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
The shows were all broadcast on Thursdays.
All episodes released on The Goon Show Compendium Vol.11
| Episode # | Title | Original airdate | Producer | Scriptwriter | Notes |
| 1 | "A Christmas Carol" | 24 December 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 2 | "The Tale of Men's Shirts" | 31 December 1959 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 3 | "The Chinese Legs" | 7 January 1960 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
| 4 | "Robin's Post" | 14 January 1960 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | |
| 5 | "The Silver Doubloons" | 21 January 1960 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With Valentine Dyall |
| 6 | "The Last Smoking Seagoon" | 28 January 1960 | John Browell | Spike Milligan | With John Snagge |
Post-1960 specials
- "Tales of Men's Shirts"
- "The Last Goon Show of All"
- "Goon Again: The 50th Anniversary Cardboard Replica Goon Show"