harry secombe, peter sellers and spike miilgan began their classic goon show in the 1950's

70 Years Of British Comedy – 1950’s

1950's
The 1950's - The Great British Sitcom Is Born Continuing our look back at some of the key moments in the changing face of comedy over the last 70 years.In the history of British Comedy the 1950's is perhap...
harry secombe, peter sellers and spike miilgan began their classic goon show in the 1950's

The Goon Show

Radio
The Goon Show, 1951 Considered by many as the greatest radio show of all time.  A legend within it's own lifetime The Goon Show was a British Radio Comedy Program that ran for 238 episodes and 12 specials over...

Rhubarb And More Rhubarb

1980's ITV Comedy, General Film
Rhubarb The Film, 1969 and Rhubarb, Rhubarb, TV, 1980 Like 'The Plank' before it Rhubarb was an Eric Sykes short film that had a Television remake of a similar name.The original Rhubarb went on general rel...
the real goons pose with their tv puppet alter egos

The Telegoons

1960's BBC Comedy
The Telegoons - 1963 The Telegoons was a comedy puppet show, adapted from the highly successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s.  Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan reprised their original voic...