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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There is a moment in the film Anora when the gopnik goon Igor (Yura Borisov ... In 1996, Cameron Diaz wore a red ascot to ...

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

When Gibbs’ briefcase full of “show me” money counts up light ... while Lala manages to snatch a gun and pick off the goon ...

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 ...