The magic and mystery surrounding the architect of Pink Floyd endures – and a larger canvas emerges of a confident, ...

Eventually, they managed to get a series on the BBC Home Service. The first series was called Crazy People, but it was then re-titled The Goon Show (the word 'Goon' came from a Popeye cartoon). In the ...

Rosamund Young has loved cows all her life. And why not? After all, she was born in a cottage on her grandfather's dairy farm ...

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Lauren LeFranc on why that shocking death had to be unjustifiable, and the forgotten Kennedy who inspired Sofia Falcone.

Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest ...

Most famous for his roles in The Goon Show and as Mr Bumble in the musical Oliver, he was also a solo comedian, chat show host and renowned tenor. In later life he was the face of religious ...

Social media has been alight with anecdotal explanations for why the liberal-leaning news networks are seeing such a stark ...

Ticket-splitting used to be common and the swing-state down-ballot results show split tickets still can determine the outcome ...

Two alleged hitmen, Navjot Singh and Amalpreet Singh, associated with Khalistani extremist Arshdeep Singh Gill, have been ...

In search of lost time: Remembering The Last Goon Show Of All Itself produced as part of the BBC's own 50th birthday celebrations, The Last Goon Show Of All marks 50 years since its broadcast this ...