Created for BBC Radio in the 1950s, The Goon Show changed the face of comedy forever. With its wild puns, silly voices, unhinged plots and bizarre sound effects, the program set a course through ...

When The Goon Show went on the air in 1951, BBC executives were reluctant to fund it, and they hated the name. So they called it Crazy People. It was an apt description for a zany radio comedy with a ...

I have a lot to thank my father for, my pointy profile, my appreciation of the great outdoors but mostly my love of comedy. Although not a natural teller of jokes, my Dad as has glorious touch of ...

So this Englishman, Welshman and nominal Irishman walk into a pub… The pub’s the Grafton Arms in London’s Victoria, and there they create the Goon show (or ‘Go On Show’ as some fusty Beeb mandarin ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Replicating well-known people on stage is fraught with difficulties. And when those people are notorious for hiding behind a small army ...