Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all youtu.be/ga2CRqqKl70?...

Thank you to all who joined us for a #Halloween reading from Poe! It was a delight to read to such attentive audiences. My thanks to the splendid folks @treehousebookshop.bsky.social, Miss Havisham's Book Shop, the @nationaltrust.org.uk in Worcester and Birmingham, and all at Stourbridge Town Hall.

#Halloween chills from Edgar Allan Poe this weekend in Kenilworth @treehousebookshop.bsky.social and Birmingham. Join Neu Noir Theatre Company for an evening reading of 'Fall of the House of Usher'! #edgarallanpoe #fallofthehouseofusher Tour Details Here: neunoir.wordpress.com/performances/

FOLKS! We are VERY CLOSE to securing the archive of Galton and Simpson - so the writers of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son (or Sanford and Son, if you like) for the nation. Every little helps - can you help? yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

The #GaltonandSimpson archive needs to be preserved for future generations, it is a treasure trove and a very special resource. The appeal needs just £600, so if you can donate, please do...details in Gary's post.

Folks! Folks! AMAZING NEWS! Thanks to some INCREDIBLY GENEROUS donations from fans and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, we are now just SIX HUNDRED POUNDS (alright, £663) short of securing the Galton and Simpson archive for the nation. yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

Informed that it is the 65th birthday of It's A Square World today. Me and @tiltaraiza.bsky.social had a chat about the show a while back & speculated that it may have included the first ever Dr Who parody, with Clive Dunn as Hartnell's Doctor. Full show here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

A quick reminder, the Goon Show Preservation Society's annual meeting is this Saturday in Finchley, near to the home of the East Finchley boy hero Bluebottle. Come along...

Delighted to be working with NeuNoir Theatre again this Halloween, with our 5th production: a reading of Poe's THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. We're visiting #Birmingham, #Kenilworth, #Worcester, #Stourbridge, and #NorthYorkshire too. #gothic #halloween2025 #literature #theatre #edgarallanpoe

There are several Peter Sellers themed programmes on Radio 4 Extra next week. I've updated my list here: goonshow.org/2025/08/28/s...

If you have ever been inspired creatively by a favourite movie you will understand the love that radiates from this project. Beautiful artwork inspired by #StarTrekTheMotionPicture and the amazing V'ger #Voyager plotline, painted by my dear friend, #PaulHarraway www.kickstarter.com/projects/ph1...

Friends! Chums! Eccentric millionaires of my acquaintance! By popular demand, we have REOPENED our AMAZING CROWDFUNDER for the Galton and Simpson Archive, so please pass this on to fans of comedy history, Tony Hancock, Steptoe and Son etc etc yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

Mes braves! If you missed it earlier, due to very, er, popular demand, we have re-opened our Galton and Simpson Archive fundraiser. If you feel minded, nay, called upon to chip in, please do: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...

The professional rejection of one’s creative and comedy efforts is a funny old thing, ironically. I’ve always loved writing and performing my own comedy material, but nothing has ever been commissioned, it’s always rejected. ALWAYS. It’s like a jigsaw piece that never fits any puzzle. Ah well…

Dirk Maggs and Ted Kendall are this week's guests on Goon Pod, gassing about Goons! pod.link/1569929507

Loved this in-depth talk about the 1991 Goon Show documentary I made with Mike Pointon. Spike, Harry, Mike Bentine, Angela Morley & Eric Sykes gave unstintingly & Ted Kendall found terrific clips. It led to Ted and I restoring The Last Goon Show Of All from the original 1” eight-track master tapes.

FOLKS! We have SEVEN DAYS to raise £700 as part of our crowdfunder, and then we unlock a further £3,000 from an external donor! All yer info here, link in the description youtu.be/XwVw9u7tfm8

Advance Notice – The GSPS Annual Meeting – 13th September wp.me/pe48YE-39E @thegsps.bsky.social

Looking for inspiration and fresh ideas? Our amazing 2025 talks on YouTube will ignite your curiosity and expand your horizons! From thought leaders to everyday heroes, there's a talk for everyone. Tune in and get inspired today. youtube.com/yorkideas

Premiering on YouTube today is my performance of a #GoonShow sketch written for #PeterSellers by #comedy legends #GaltonandSimpson. 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Two Raised Fingers' was performed for @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social 2025 #actor #voiceartist #theatre youtu.be/wrJt0xyNlFk?...

Very sad to hear that the legendary Lalo Schifrin has passed away. I’ll never forget the amazing concert he gave at the Barbican back in 2008 - jazz and film music, simply awesome. Rest in Peace Maestro variety.com/2025/music/n...

Folks! Missing, presumed lost, for over 70 years. Rediscovered in the archive of Hancock’s Half Hour legends, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. And now, brought back to life by @richardausher.bsky.social. THE GOON SHOW: THE CASE OF THE TWO RAISED FINGERS m.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwN...

Hello Folks! Whip out your ear trumpets! It’s here! The Galton & Simpson #GoonShow sketch from 1954, recreated live on stage by yours truly during York Festival of Ideas 2025! Written for #PeterSellers this was performed on ‘Midday Music Hall’ (37m) youtu.be/fiwNZgmFcnc?...

A wonderful @goonpod.bsky.social appearance for @garybrannan.bsky.social and yours truly discussing archives, fundraising and a certain Sellers #GoonShow sketch performance!

An excellent book on Goon Show co-writer Larry Stephens - as mentioned by Mark Cousins on Talking Pictures TV yesterday

Here's my review of the Larry Stephens biography. 😀 @thegsps.bsky.social

Here’s a satirical #sketch I recorded several weeks ago ahead of Canada chairing the #G7 conference and playing host to leaders of Italy, the US, France, Germany, the UK and Japan. 'School of Joyce - G7' was inspired by the classroom sketches of the late #JoyceGrenfell youtu.be/02QQnhrDDok?...

Looking forward to seeing the amazingly knowledgeable #MarkCousins of @thegsps.bsky.social‬ appearing with #TheFootageDetectives on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social‬ later today. Tune in folks! Oh, and #RayEllington pops up at 9.05pm on the very same channel too!

Steam Radio with pictures folks! See, hear and smell myself and @garybrannan.bsky.social on BBC Radio York discussing the lost #GoonShow sketch I performed as part of @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social 2025! x.com/bbcyork/stat...

Another chance to hear @garybrannan.bsky.social and I being interviewed by the marvellous Georgey Spanswick about the live recreation of a lost #PeterSellers #GoonShow sketch by #GaltonandSimpson at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Very much enjoyed chatting to the wonderful Georgey Spanswick on #BBCRadioYork this morning. Great to talk about the newly found #GoonShow script in the company of @garybrannan.bsky.social (2hr 46m) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thank you so much to @garybrannan.bsky.social and the whole @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social team for making me so welcome at this wonderful event. I had an absolute blast performing lost ‘Goon Show’ material. If you can support this fundraising effort please do: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

More Beeb Beeb Ceeb coverage for the fundraiser later today. There’ll be a wonderful talk by @garybrannan.bsky.social and a certain talking type sketch performance - and I’ve been promoted from Acting Chair to Chair! Oh the power, the power….you gotta go owwww! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Folks! It’s me! On LEGITIMATE RADIO! The actual BBC! Think I’m about 42 mins in. Good heavens! And for those of you interested, there’s an exclusive clip of our newly rediscovered Goon Show material written by Galton and Simpson! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Well, it isn’t everyday I’m asked to perform an extract from lost scripts by giants of comedy on Radio Four’s ‘Today Programme’! Such a privilege to be asked. Here’s the wonderful interview with archivist @garybrannan.bsky.social from the University of York (44m 16s) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Assuming all goes to plan - tomorrow morning! BBC Radio 4! The Today Programme! Join us for an EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW of a lost Goon Show sketch and me, nattering on, at 7:40am and thence, on BBC Sounds!

‪Incredibly honoured to be performing 'Goon Show' material written for Peter Sellers by the legendary Galton & Simpson as part of @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on 8th June. I'll be the first actor to perform this material since their original broadcast in 1954! www.comedy.co.uk/radio/fyi/83...

I have something rather special coming up this Sunday...more details to follow! Intrigued? Meanwhile, I will bring your attention to this: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

28 May is #NationalGoonShowDay folks! Join us today via the website and get a whopping 25% off an e-membership*! Use the codeword: SPON. *Offer only available to new members signing up by 4 June 2025. Valid for 1 year. Not available to lapsed members or for renewals. goonshow.org/gsps/join/

I’d been intrigued by the 40’s #filmnoir classic #LadyInTheLake for a few years. A classic Philip Marlowe story directed by and (occasionally) starring #RobertMontgomery in a truly unique movie. It more than lived up to expectations and intrigue. Well worth a watch: youtu.be/mB-PyUSFskI?...

PUREHEART: Sorry I'm a little late. Stanley Black buttonholed me for a moment. TIM: Really? He never says two words to me. PUREHEART: You're lucky. He's always saying two words to me. (Goon Show, 8 Apr 1952. S2 E11 by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens and Jimmy Grafton.)

Such a fun evening watching #TheGoonShow on stage in a double bill of radio classics from the terrific Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society. If you live in the Warrington area you can see it once again on Friday evening from 7.30pm www.ticketsource.co.uk/shmds/classi...

FX: SPLASH. BUBBLES. PUREHEART: Hello down there! Eccles? ECCLES: Der - hello! I'm on the ocean bed. PUREHEART: Is it cold on the bottom? ECCLES: Only when I sit on it. (Goon Show, 11 Mar 1952)

NED: We're 200 miles up already! FLOWERDEW: We'll soon see if the Earth is round or not. PUREHEART: Can you see anything through that window? ECCLES: Yeah. I just saw the whole Earth. PUREHEART: Did it look round? ECCLES: Yes. But I don't think it saw me. (Goon Show, 26 Feb 1952)

Greetings one and all. Plugging back into the matrix to learn what I may, contribute what I can. I very much hope life is treating you kindly.

NED: What are you doing up that tree? GRYTPYPE-THYNNE: We're mountaineering on a rather tight budget. (Goon Show, 31 Jan 1957)

ECCLES: You ever seen your daddy's legs? BLUEBOTTLE: No, he always takes them to work with him. ECCLES: Oh. What for, Bottle? BLUEBOTTLE: He uses them to stop his trousers from bending. (Goon Show, 24 Jan 1957)

NED: So you think this house is a mirage? Ohhhh! It's vanished. Gone. You were right - a mirage. BLOODNOK: I told you it was. ECCLES: (Approaching scream) FX: CRASH OF BODY BLOODNOK: What happened? ECCLES: I was upstairs. (Goon Show, 22 Jan 1954)

Please do sign this important petition. It is crucial that Audio Drama remains a strong part of the BBC Radio 3 output: chng.it/cQ29gGHNZm