Extant Goon Shows

(A bounty for the finder of any of the missing ones!)

If you know of any mistakes in this data, please let me know. Thanks.

As of 2005, 92 carefully-restored editions of the 157 extant recordings are available on excellent BBC CDs.
Until 2000 we had only 156, then “The Hastings Flyer – Robbed” was found!

No.	Date	BBC Title [Announced Title] (Tanscription Service Title)	Cast Notes	Notes	BBC CDs and Cassettes
					CD, cassette	Vol	Title
2 / 1	52-01-22	[no announced title]
2 / 3	52-02-05	[no announced title]
4 / 2	53-10-09	The Man Who Tried to Destroy London's Monuments
4 / 3	53-10-16	The Ghastly Experiments of Dr. Hans Eidelburger [The Adventures of Fearless Harry Secombe]
4 / 13	53-12-26	The Giant Bombardon	+MB	Remade as V / 4
4 / 15	54-01-08	The Missing Prime Minister		Remade as V / 3
4 / 18	54-01-29	The History of Communications
4 / 23	54-03-01	The Greatest Mountain in the World		Remade as V / 2
4 / 24	54-03-08	The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System		Remade as V / 8	CD	23	The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
4 / 25	54-03-15	The Silent Bugler		Remade as V / 10
4 / 29	54-04-12	The Great Bank of England Robbery		Remade as V / 11
4 / S2	54-08-31	The Starlings		No audience
5 / 1	54-09-28	The Whistling Spy Enigma			CD, cassette	7	Ying tong iddle-i poh
5 / 2	54-10-05	The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte) [Death in the Desert]			CD	23	The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
5 / 3	54-10-12	The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)			CD, cassette	1	Moriarty, where are you?
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
5 / 4	54-10-19	The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton)			CD, cassette	12	Shut up, Eccles!
5 / 5	54-10-26	The Affair of the Lone Banana			CD, cassette	7	Ying tong iddle-i poh
5 / 6	54-11-02	The Canal			CD	23	The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
5 / 7	54-11-09	Lurgi Strikes Britain [Lurgi Strikes Again]			CD, cassette	2	Enter Bluebottle
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
5 / 8	54-11-16	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)			CD, cassette	8	You have deaded me again
5 / 9	54-11-23	The Last Tram (from Clapham)			CD, cassette	8	You have deaded me again
5 / 10	54-11-30	The Booted Gorilla (found?)			CD	22	The Booted Gorilla
5 / 11	54-12-07	The Spanish Suitcase			CD, cassette	8	You have deaded me again
5 / 12	54-12-14	Dishonoured, or the Fall of Neddie Seagoon
5 / 13	54-12-21	Forog
5 / 14	54-12-28	Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest	+CM	Remade as 7 / S1	CD, cassette	15	The Goons at Christmas
5 / 15	55-01-04	Nineteen-Eighty-Five		Remade as 5 / 20	CD, cassette	5	And there's more where that came from!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
5 / 16	55-01-11	The Case of the Missing Heir [The Greenslade Impressions]			CD	24	The Case of the Missing Heir
5 / 17	55-01-18	China Story		Remade as 6 / S
5 / 18	55-01-25	Under Two Floorboards – A Story of the Legion			CD, cassette	9	What time is it, Eccles?
5 / 19	55-02-01	The Missing Scroll [The Lost Music of Purdom]
5 / 20	55-02-08	Nineteen-Eighty-Five	+JS	Remake of 5 / 15
5 / 21	55-02-15	The Sinking of Westminster Pier			CD, cassette	9	What time is it, Eccles?
5 / 22	55-02-22	The Fireball of Milton Street
5 / 23	55-03-01	The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street
5 / 24	55-03-08	Yehti			CD, cassette	9	What time is it, Eccles?
5 / 25	55-03-15	The White Box of Great Bardfield [Son of Houdini]			CD, cassette	10	You can't get the wood, you know
5 / 26	55-03-22	The End [Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker]
6 / 1	55-09-20	The Man Who Won the War [Seagoon MCC]
6 / 2	55-09-27	The Secret Escritoire			CD	24	The Case of the Missing Heir
6 / 3	55-10-04	The Lost Emperor [The Tomb of Ghengis Khan]			CD, cassette	12	Shut up, Eccles!
6 / 4	55-10-11	Napoleon's Piano			CD, cassette	2	Enter Bluebottle
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 5	55-10-18	The Case of the Missing CD Plates [A Strange Case of Diplomatic Immunity]			CD, cassette	4	My knees have fallen off!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 6	55-10-25	Rommel's Treasure [The Search for Rommel's Treasure]			CD, cassette	6	Have a gorilla
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 7	55-11-01	Foiled by President Fred [In Honour Bound]
6 / 8	55-11-08	Shangri-La Again [Lost Horizon]			CD, cassette	19	Ned's Atomic Dustbin
6 / 9	55-11-15	The International Christmas Pudding [The Great International Christmas Pudding]			CD, cassette	2	Enter Bluebottle
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 10	56-04-03	The Pevensey Bay Disaster		Remade as 6 / 15	CD, cassette	19	Ned's Atomic Dustbin
6 / 11	55-11-29	The Sale of Manhattan [The Lost Colony]			CD	22	The Booted Gorilla
6 / 12	55-12-06	The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu [Fred Fu-Manchu and his Bamboo Saxophone]
6 / 13	55-12-13	The Lost Year	+JS
6 / 14	55-12-20	The Greenslade Story			CD, cassette	3	I'm walking backwards for Christmas
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 15	55-12-27	The Hastings Flyer - Robbed		Remake of 6 / 10 (was lost)
6 / 16	56-01-03	The Mighty Wurlitzer			CD, cassette	15	The Goons at Christmas
6 / 17	56-01-10	The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding
6 / 18	56-01-17	Tales of Montmartre	+CM		CD, cassette	10	You can't get the wood, you know
6 / 19	56-01-24	The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI	+VD		CD, cassette	1	Moriarty, where are you?
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 20	56-01-31	The House of Teeth			CD	23	The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
6 / 21	56-02-07	Tales of Old Dartmoor
6 / 22	56-02-14	The Choking Horror	+JS		CD	22	The Booted Gorilla
6 / 23	56-02-21	The Great Tuscan Salami Scandal			CD, cassette	7	Ying tong iddle-i poh
6 / 24	56-02-28	The Treasure in the Lake [The Treasure of Loch Lomond]			CD, cassette	3	I'm walking backwards for Christmas
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
6 / 25	56-03-06	The Fear of Wages	+JS	Spike's favourite!	CD, cassette	20	The Fear of Wages
6 / 26	56-03-13	Scradje			CD, cassette	7	Ying tong iddle-i poh
6 / 27	56-03-20	The Man Who Never Was		Remade as 8 / 21
6 / S	56-08-29	China Story		Remake of 5 / 17
7 / 1	56-10-04	The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis			CD, cassette	4	My knees have fallen off!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 2	56-10-11	Drums Along the Mersey	+VD		CD, cassette	12	Shut up, Eccles!
7 / 3	56-10-18	The Nadger Plague [The Great Nadger Plague]
7 / 4	56-10-25	The MacReekie Rising of '74	–SM +GC
7 / 5	56-11-01	The Spectre of Tintagel	+VD		CD, cassette	19	Ned's Atomic Dustbin
7 / 6	57-02-14	The Sleeping Prince
7 / 7	56-11-15	The Great Bank Robbery			CD, cassette	10	You can't get the wood, you know
7 / 8	56-11-22	Personal Narrative [The Personal Narrative of Captain Neddie Seagoon, R.N.]
7 / 9	56-11-29	The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons [The Great Art Mystery, or ... ]			CD, cassette	10	You can't get the wood, you know
7 / 10	56-12-05	What's My Line?
7 / 11	56-12-13	The Telephone
7 / 12	56-12-20	The Flea			CD, cassette	2	Enter Bluebottle
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 13	56-12-26	Six Charlies in Search of an Author
7 / 14	57-01-03	Emperor of the Universe	+GC
7 / 15	57-01-10	Wings Over Dagenham	+GC		CD, cassette	3	I'm walking backwards for Christmas
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 16	57-01-17	The Rent Collectors	+BM +JT		CD, cassette	3	I'm walking backwards for Christmas
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 17	57-01-24	Shifting Sands [India 1902]			CD, cassette	5	And there's more where that came from!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 18	57-01-31	The Moon Show
7 / 19	57-02-07	The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker			CD, cassette	9	What time is it, Eccles?
7 / 20	57-02-21	Round the World in Eighty Days
7 / 21	57-02-28	Insurance, the White Man's Burden
7 / 22	57-03-07	The Africa Ship Canal [The Great Trans-Africa Canal]
7 / 23	57-03-14	Ill Met By Goonlight			CD, cassette	6	Have a gorilla
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
7 / 24	57-03-21	The Missing Boa Constrictor
7 / 25	57-03-28	The Histories of Pliny the Elder			CD, cassette	1	Moriarty, where are you?
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
7 / S1	56-12-02	Robin Hood [Robin Hood and his Mirry Mon]		Remake of 5 / 14
7 / S2	56-12-25	Operation Christmas Duff			CD, cassette	15	The Goons at Christmas
7 / S3	57-08-22	The Reason Why.			CD, cassette	17	The Silent Bugler
8 / 1	57-09-30	Spon	–HS +DE		CD, cassette	16	"The Goon Show" and Guests
8 / 2	57-10-07	The Junk Affair			CD, cassette	21	The Missing Battleship
8 / 3	57-10-14	The Burning Embassy			CD, cassette	21	The Missing Battleship
8 / 4	57-10-21	The Great Regent's Park Swim
8 / 5	57-10-28	The Treasure in the Tower			CD, cassette	17	The Silent Bugler
8 / 6	57-11-04	The Space Age
8 / 7	57-11-11	The Red Fort [A Tale of India]
8 / 8	57-11-18	The Missing Battleship			CD, cassette	21	The Missing Battleship
8 / 9	57-11-25	The Policy
8 / 10	57-12-02	King Solomon's Mines			CD, cassette	13	It's All in the Mind You Know!
8 / 11	57-12-09	The Stolen Postman
8 / 12	57-12-16	The Great British Revolution
8 / 13	57-12-23	The Plasticine Man			CD, cassette	17	The Silent Bugler
8 / 14	57-12-30	African Incident	+CC		CD, cassette	18	The Goon Show Vol 18
8 / 15	58-01-06	The Thing on the Mountain
8 / 16	58-01-13	The String Robberies [The Great String Robberies]	+GC		CD, cassette	11	He's fallen in the water!
8 / 17	58-01-20	The Moriarty Murder Mystery			CD, cassette	13	It's All in the Mind You Know!
8 / 18	58-01-27	The Curse of Frankenstein [My Heart's in the Highlands]	+GC		CD, cassette	16	"The Goon Show" and Guests
8 / 19	58-02-03	The White Neddie Trade			CD, cassette	11	He's fallen in the water!
8 / 20	58-02-10	Ten Snowballs That Shook the World			CD, cassette	21	The Missing Battleship
8 / 21	58-02-17	The Man Who Never Was		Remake of 6 / 27	CD, cassette	4	My knees have fallen off!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
8 / 22	58-02-24	World War One [______!]			CD, cassette	4	My knees have fallen off!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
8 / 23	58-03-03	The Spon Plague [The Great Spon Plague]	+GC		CD, cassette	11	He's fallen in the water!
8 / 24	58-03-10	Tiddleywinks			CD, cassette	18	The Goon Show Vol 18
8 / 25	58-03-17	The Evils of Bushey Spon	+AEM		CD, cassette	1	Moriarty, where are you?
					cassette	1,2,3	The Goon Show Collection
8 / 26	58-03-24	The Great Statue Debate
V / 1	57-10-06	The Mummified Priest			CD, cassette	12	Shut up, Eccles!
V / 2	57-10-20	The Greatest Mountain in the World		Remake of 4 / 23	CD, cassette	8	You have deaded me again
V / 3	57-11-03	The Missing Ten Downing Street [The Missing Prime Minister of 1953]		Remake of 4 / 15
V / 4	57-11-17	The Giant Bombardon		Remake of 4 / 13	CD, cassette	18	The Goon Show Vol 18
V / 5	57-12-01	The Kippered Herring Gang
V / 6	57-12-15	The Vanishing Room			CD, cassette	13	It's All in the Mind You Know!
V / 7	57-12-29	The Ink Shortage [Hansard Unexpurgated]			CD	22	The Booted Gorilla
V / 8	58-01-12	The Mustard and Cress Shortage [The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System]		Remake of 4 / 24
V / 9	58-02-16	The Internal Mountain
V / 10	58-02-23	The Silent Bugler		Remake of 4 / 25	CD, cassette	17	The Silent Bugler
V / 11	58-03-02	The Great Bank of England Robbery		Remake of 4 / 29
V / 12	58-03-09	The Dreaded Piano Clubber			CD	24	The Case of the Missing Heir
V / 13	58-03-16	The Siege of Fort Night
V / 14	58-03-23	The Albert Memorial [The First Albert Memorial to the Moon]
9 / 1	58-11-03	The Sahara Desert Statue
9 / 2	58-11-10	I Was Monty's Treble			CD, cassette	6	Have a gorilla
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
9 / 3	58-11-17	The £1,000,000 Penny [The Story of a Crime-Type Murder]			CD, cassette	13	It's All in the Mind You Know!
9 / 4	58-11-24	The Pam's Paper Insurance Policy			CD	24	The Case of the Missing Heir
9 / 5	58-12-01	The Mountain Eaters	+GC		CD, cassette	11	He's fallen in the water!
9 / 6	58-12-08	The Childe Harolde Rewarde			CD, cassette	14	Needle nardle noo
9 / 7	58-12-15	The Seagoon Memoirs			CD, cassette	6	Have a gorilla
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
9 / 8	58-12-22	Queen Anne's Rain			CD, cassette	14	Needle nardle noo
9 / 9	58-12-29	The Battle of Spion Kop			CD, cassette	14	Needle nardle noo
9 / 10	59-01-05	Ned's Atomic Dustbin	+JS		CD, cassette	19	Ned's Atomic Dustbin
9 / 11	59-01-12	Who Is Pink Oboe? [The Spy]	–PS +KC +VD +GS +JT +JS		CD, cassette	16	"The Goon Show" and Guests
9 / 12	59-01-20	The Call of the West [Captain Stingo, or Goon Law, or Anythinggggggg (Hern)]			CD, cassette	5	And there's more where that came from!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
9 / 13	59-01-26	Dishonoured—Again [I Knew Terence Nuke]
9 / 14	59-02-02	The Scarlet Capsule [Quatermass O.B.E.]
9 / 15	59-02-09	The Tay Bridge	+GC		CD, cassette	18	The Goon Show Vol 18
9 / 16	59-02-16	The Gold Plate Robbery [The Kleens of Blenchinghall]			CD, cassette	14	Needle nardle noo
9 / 17	59-02-23	The £50 Cure	–HS +KC		CD, cassette	16	"The Goon Show" and Guests
10 / 1	59-12-24	A Christmas Carol [A Merry Christmas and Custard]			CD, cassette	15	The Goons at Christmas
10 / 2	59-12-31	The Tale of Men's Shirts
10 / 3	60-01-07	The Chinese Legs	+JS
10 / 4	60-01-14	Robin's Post [The Story of Lord Seagoon]
10 / 5	60-01-21	The Silver Dubloons	+VD
10 / 6	60-01-28	The Last Smoking Seagoon	+JS		CD, cassette	5	And there's more where that came from!
					cassette	4,5,6	The Goon Show Collection
11 / 1	72-4-30	The Last Goon Show Of All			video!, CD, cassette		The Last "Goon Show" Of All / At Last the Go on Show

Initials of absent (–) and added (+) cast members (e.g. +JS):

AEM	A.E.	Matthews		8 / 25
BM	Bernard	Miles		7 / 16,
CC	Cecile	Chevreau		8 / 14
CM	Charlotte	Mitchell		5 / 14, 6 / 18
DE	Dick	Emery		8 / 1
GC	George	Chisholm		7 / 4, 7 / 14, 7 / 15, 8 / 16, 8 / 18, 8 / 23, 9 / 05, 9 / 15
GS	Graham	Stark		9 / 11
HS	Harry	Secombe		Absent 8 / 1, 9 / 17
JS	John	Snagge		5 / 20, 6 / 13, 6 / 22, 6 / 25, 9 / 10, 9 / 11, 10 / 3, 10 / 6
JT	Jack	Train		7 / 16, 9 / 11
KC	Kenneth	Connor		9 / 11, 9 / 17
MB	Michael	Bentine		4 / 13
PS	Peter	Sellers		Absent 09 / 11
SM	Spike	Milligan		Absent 7 / 4 (Are you sure it’s Peter doing Eccles and Minnie?)
VD	Valentine	Dyall		6 / 19, 7 / 2, 7 / 05, 9 / 11, 10 / 5

Other renderings of this information can be found on the GSPS Library Page.

The BBC has a web page of missing episodes. They list many shows that are extant, but I think they're looking for specific broadcast versions of those (with different editing).

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1998-04-06 Created
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