Details

"I'm not acting crazy. I'm the genuine article."It's the booming fifties, and Britain is in the clutches of Goon mania as men, women and children across the country scramble to get their ear to a wireless for another instalment of The Goon Show. While Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers get down to the serious business of becoming overnight celebrities, fellow Goon and chief writer Spike finds himself pushing the boundaries of comedy, and testing the patience of the BBC. Will Spike's dogged obsession with finding the funny elevate The Goons to soaring new heights, or will the whole thing come crashing down with the stroke of a potato peeler?

Cast/Performers

Robert Wilfort (Spike), Patrick Warner (Sellers), Jeremy Lloyd (Secombe), Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Janet)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
Presented by(s): Karl Sydow, Trademark Films, Anthology Theatre (the Watermill Theatre Production)