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Maurice Wiltshire were used instead, with Milligan, Sellers and Secombe reuniting to provide the voices; according to a contemporary press report, they received the highest fees the BBC had ever paid for 15-minute shows. Two series were made in 1963 and 1964 and (presumably because it was shot on 35mm film rather than video) the entire series has reportedly been preserved in the BBC archives.
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Milligan family lived in England in somewhat straitened circumstances, Leo Milligan only being able to find "a poorly paid job in the Associated Press photo library"; Milligan recalled his mother being "often tense and angry... a domestic tyrant" due to having to manage on "next to no income". After moving to
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attended as part of her 39th birthday celebration. Just after the curtain rose, a group of four latecomers attempted to slink to their seats directly in front of the royal family. Milligan immediately shouted: "Turn up the house lights! Start everything again!" He pointed to the blushing foursome and
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I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalised and for deep narcosis (sleep). I cannot stand being awake. The pain is too much ... Something has happened to me, this vital spark has stopped burning—I go to a dinner table now and I don't say a word, just sit there like a dodo. Normally I
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Milligan as Ben Gunn. To Humphries, Milligan's "best performance must surely have been as Ben Gunn ..., Milligan stole the show every night, in a makeup which took at least an hour to apply. His appearance on stage always brought a roar of delight from the kids in the audience and Spike had
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producers had booked the play into the Lyric for three weeks. Anxious to recoup their investment by any means, they gave
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was broadcast live. "I've seen very few moments of genius in my life but I witnessed one with Spike after the first show. He had brought around a silent cartoon" and asked Lester if his P.A. took shorthand. "She said she did. 'Good, this needs a commentary.' It was a ten-minute cartoon and Spike
640:, but even then he wrote and performed comedy sketches as part of concerts to entertain troops. After his call-up, but before being sent abroad, he and fellow musician Harry Edgington (1919–1993) (whose nickname 'Edge-ying-Tong', inspired one of Milligan's most memorable musical creations, the "
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After Army cuts meant his father's position was no longer required, Milligan travelled by sea, from India to England for the first time. He arrived on a winter's morning and was bemused by the climate, so different from India's, remembering the dock's "terrible noise, and everything so cold and
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through the plate-glass front door. He was hospitalised, heavily sedated for two weeks and spent almost two months recuperating; fortunately for the show, a backlog of scripts meant that his illness had little effect on production. Milligan later blamed the pressure of writing and performing
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in 1973. Milligan requested that his fee was paid to ASH: Action on Smoking and Health. When this was refused, he gave the money to charity instead. The advert was popular with the public and also won several industry awards. From 1980 to 1982, he advertised for the
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First it was a means of livelihood. And I had sort of lagged behind my confederates, that I ... remained in the writing seat. And I realise that basically I was quite a good clown ... and the one and only chance I ever had to prove that was in
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when I clowned my way out of what was a very bad script ... I clowned it into a West End success and uh, we kept changing it all the time. It was a tour de force of improvisation ... all that ended it was I got fed up with it, that's
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in 1982. Milligan later complained of the BBC's cold attitude towards the series and stated that he would have made more programmes, had he been given the opportunity. A number of episodes of the earlier "Q" series are missing, presumed wiped.
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was recorded before a studio audience and during the audience warm-up session, Milligan would play the trumpet, while Peter Sellers played on the orchestra's drums. For the first few years the shows were recorded live, direct to 16-inch
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In a 2005 poll to find the "Comedians' Comedian", he was voted among the top 50 comedy acts, by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. In a BBC poll in August 1999, Milligan was voted the "funniest person of the last 1,000 years".
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described Milligan as "The Godfather of Alternative Comedy". "From his unchained mind came forth ideas that just had no boundaries. And he influenced a new generation of comedians who came to be known as 'alternative'."
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in 1994, the prince sent a congratulatory message to be read out on live television. The comedian interrupted the message to call the prince a "little grovelling bastard". He later faxed the prince, saying: "I suppose a
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disbelieving reporters that he thought it would be a nice comfortable rest for him. This was of course, prevarication. Spike was actually intrigued with Oblomov and had read a translation of Ivan Goncharov's novel.
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a great deal, treating the audience as part of the plot almost, and he continued in this manner for the rest of the run, and on tour as 'Son of Oblomov'. The show ran at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End in
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am the centre of attention, keep the conversation going—so that is depressing in itself. It's like another person taking over, very strange. The most important thing I say is 'good evening' and then I go quiet.
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was bought by Milligan's production company in early 1964. Milligan had long nurtured hopes of transitioning from comedy to serious drama. To this end, Milligan rehearsed for seven weeks with director
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As illustrated in the description of his involvement in theatre, Milligan often ad-libbed. He also did this on radio and television. One of his last screen appearances was in the BBC dramatisation of
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on stage and asking the Queen to knight him for his efforts that night. She declined. The performance ran 45 minutes over its scheduled ending. Prince Charles reportedly saw the play five times.
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had changed beyond recognition. Andre Morell came again ... and afterwards said 'the man is a genius. He must be a genius—it's the only word for him. He's impossible—but he's a genius!'.
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1231:(1978). Milligan's seven volumes of memoirs cover the years from 1939 to 1950 (his call-up, war service, first breakdown, time spent entertaining in Italy and return to the UK).
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with a hammer. The artwork included catfish, oysters, and shrimp that were to be electrocuted. He was a staunch and outspoken opponent of the scourge of
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and gave it to the symphony orchestra of nearby Gosford. Symphony Central Coast has performed it occasionally since, including a 2020 YouTube video as a
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Spike Milligan with Jeremy Taylor: An Adult Entertainment Live at Cambridge University
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Surviving Spike Milligan: A Voyage Through the Mind & Mirth of the Master Goon
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Scunthorpe Revisited: With Added Milligan Articles and Instant Relatives
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6845:"Disney+ were right to caution and not censor The Muppet Show episodes"
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Sgt. Brown / Eccles / Catchpole Burkington / Minnie Bannister (voices)
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3907:(1988) Compilation of the first six volumes of Milligan's war memoirs.
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The Spike Milligan memorial bench in the garden of Stephen's House in
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In 1967, applying a satirical angle to a fashion for the inclusion of
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7016:"Vinyl Album – Spike Milligan – Milligan Preserved – Parlophone – UK"
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The authorised biography of Ken Russell. Vol. 1. Becoming Ken Russell
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Theatre Company using the works of Spike Milligan and his characters.
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Barnes, Peter (August 2002). Barker, Clive; Trussler, Simon (eds.).
5148:"Spike Milligan ::: Purple Aeroplane ::: Yellow Submarine"
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The Little Pot Boiler: A Book Based Freely On His Seasonal Overdraft
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7046:"Who was your choice for funniest person of the last 1000 years?"
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Sir Nobonk and the Terrible Dreadful Awful Naughty Nasty Dragon
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Spike Milligan: The Family Album: An Illustrated Autobiography
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he was banned from making any further live appearances on the
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Milligan's next major TV venture was the sketch comedy series
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for both his breakdown and the failure of his first marriage.
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Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
5720:"I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan"
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One Hundred and One Best and Only Limericks of Spike Milligan
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The Junior Crazy Gang featuring those Crazy People, the Goons
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A Children's Treasury of Milligan: Classic Stories and Poems
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William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin: A Scottish Fantasy
6649:"The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[14/01/72] (1972)"
4623:"Centenary tribute to Spike Milligan | Bexhill Museum"
4536:"Patrick Milligan, also played a part in Hitler's downfall"
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Dear Robert, Dear Spike: The Graves–Milligan Correspondence
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I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan
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The novel had been adapted for the stage by Italian writer
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6786:"BBC One - In Sickness and in Health, Series 3, Episode 5"
4370:. Hatchling Production Pty Ltd (Australia). Archived from
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episodes, portraying a wide range of characters including
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The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan
2388:(1972). The title is based on Milligan's introduction in
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6255:"Spike Milligan's gravestone returned after family feud"
2239:, while Milligan played his father. He was portrayed by
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Lady Chatterley's Lover According to Spike Milligan
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pp.109–110, 258. (Published in 2003 as paperback under
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The Bible—the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan
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6863:"Takin' Over the Asylum Review | The Digital Fix"
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dramatised Milligan's nervous breakdown in a film for
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joined forces in a relatively radical comedy project,
5747:"Auction reveals the secret life of Spike Milligan's"
5166:"First degree Lockett's four is well worth streaming"
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Badjelly The Witch (A Musical Tale) and Other Goodies
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Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts
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TV series, acknowledged as an important precursor to
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6925:"Toonhound - Wolves Witches and Giants (1995-1999)"
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Lady Chatterley's Lover According to Spike Milligan
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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5335:"Queen's birthday party turns into hilarious act"
4246:He's Innocent of Watergate (or Dick's Last Stand)
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2142:Milligan lived for several years in Holden Road,
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7725:Deaths from kidney failure in the United Kingdom
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3820:Spike Milligan SPIKE'S BIKE BOOK FOR MEDIUM KIDS
5886:. FOXTEL Management Pty Limited. Archived from
4505:. London, UK: Hodder and Staughton. p. 8.
4368:The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (website)
3722:Classic Adventures: According to Spike Milligan
2607:The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
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6943:"BBC Two - Room 101, Series 4, Spike Milligan"
5910:"Everyman: Famous Last Words - Spike Milligan"
5364:"Spike Milligan interviewed by Bernard Braden"
5203:Barry Humphries, in Ventham (2002), pp. 92–97.
5107:Compassionate, perceptive, outraged and tender
4258:Spike Milligan and Ed Welch Sing Songs From Q8
7546:The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
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4852:"Sound Alchemy: The BBC radiophonic workshop"
4436:. Edinburgh. 28 February 2002. Archived from
3911:It Ends with Magic: A Milligan Family History
3667:Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan
3461:Narrator, Molly, The Giant, The Giant's Wife
3322:Episode: "Supergran and the Missing Hissing"
2898:The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
2292:, when Milligan happened to be holidaying in
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2200:There is a campaign to erect a statue in the
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1870:In 1974 Milligan was arrested for shooting a
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5472:Richard Lester, in Ventham (2002), pp.73–74.
4276:Spike Milligan: Wolves, Witches & Giants
4216:How to Win an Election (Or Not Lose By Much)
3814:Spike's Bike Book for Parents of Little Kids
878:'s Stomach" effect, realised by Dick Mills.
6967:. Chickenshed Theatre Trust. Archived from
6627:"Six-five Special[31/08/57] (1957)"
5212:Scudamore (1985) pp. 200, 203–204, 242–243.
4901:: Voice Actors, Puppeteers & Producers"
3715:Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan
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5637:"'Goon Show' Comedian Spike Milligan Dies"
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5591:(1978 ed.). Futura. pp. 141–2.
4814:Ventham, Maxine (2002). "Jeremy Robson".
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2005:. Milligan's epitaph includes the phrase
1917:On 23 July 1981, the Prince of Wales and
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6764:"Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol (1985)"
6006:"Spike Milligan: Man of Letters, review"
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4312:Spike Milligan: The Parkinson Interviews
3691:Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan
3683:Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan
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6723:"You ask the questions: Spike Milligan"
6417:"BBC News – Millennium: Spike Milligan"
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7645:British Army personnel of World War II
6804:"The Ratties[09/11/88] (1988)"
6603:. Gosford City Council. Archived from
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4674:. Norma Farnes. London: Virgin. 2001.
4270:Adolf Hitler – My Part in His Downfall
4104:Twelve Poems That Made December Colder
4027:Box 18: The Unpublished Spike Milligan
3699:Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan
1749:In 1988, while visiting his mother in
7541:The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
7319:Spike Milligan: His Part in Our Lives
7175:from the original on 22 October 2009.
6173:"Piper's farewell for Spike Milligan"
5454:from the original on 11 December 2021
5370:from the original on 11 December 2021
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4816:Spike Milligan: His Part in Our Lives
4640:Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
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4282:Unspun Socks From a Chicken's Laundry
4134:Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse
4110:Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry
3844:Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
3613:William McGonagall: The Truth at Last
3060:Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
2852:The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn
2260:On 9 June 2006, it was reported that
2233:Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
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1128:, who had previously appeared in the
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510:Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
27:Irish comedian and writer (1918–2002)
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6746:"BFI Screenonline: TISWAS (1974-82)"
6530:from the original on 12 January 2022
6516:Chipperfield, Mark (13 April 2001).
6390:Salter, Caitlin (24 February 2016).
6266:from the original on 12 January 2022
6184:from the original on 12 January 2022
6111:Milligan, Spike (27 February 2002).
6058:Milligan, Spike (13 December 2012).
6017:from the original on 12 January 2022
5852:Louvish, Simon (20 September 2003).
5790:from the original on 12 January 2022
5699:from the original on 12 January 2022
5635:Bernstein, Adam (28 February 2002).
5448:"Spike Milligan interrupts ABC News"
4595:Milligan, Spike (13 December 2012).
3561:(1983) (illustrated by Peter Clarke)
3555:(1982) (illustrated by Peter Clarke)
2524:Other notable television involvement
2060:. A compromise was reached with the
1950:Roaring with laughter at the comedy
1940:Prince Philip was reading Page 3 of
1642:. For example, a young boy sees the
1479:and moved on 2 December 1964 to the
1180:. Milligan included it on his album
662:56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
529:, India on 16 April 1918 during the
58:adding citations to reliable sources
7740:Military personnel of British India
7059:Dixon, Stephen (28 February 2002).
6361:"London's Famous Bench Dedications"
6221:Milligan, Spike (4 November 2011).
6204:"Milligan gets last laugh on grave"
5884:Fox Classics Television (Australia)
5744:Taylor, Jerome (18 November 2008).
5613:"Issue 230 of COAST Community News"
4503:Spike Milligan : The Biography
3074:Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
2246:The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
1619:recalls that the television series
1250:. He was the narrator for Lamont's
1015:In early 1969, Milligan starred in
7283:. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
7144:. 25 December 2006. Archived from
6519:"Australia: A town called Woy Woy"
6441:Sharma, Amita (11 February 2008).
6151:from the original on 17 March 2022
6061:Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
5060:"Laureate attacks poetry teaching"
4818:. London: Robson. pp. 46–47.
4756:. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
4306:Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
4152:Startling Verse for All the Family
3991:Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe
3871:Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
1228:Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
1045:Independent Broadcasting Authority
945:Australian Broadcasting Commission
525:Terence Alan Milligan was born in
25:
6734:from the original on 24 May 2022.
6465:"Spike 'wrote world's best joke'"
6371:from the original on 6 March 2018
6252:Singh, Anita (12 November 2012).
6003:Chilton, Martin (15 April 2015).
5809:Clarke, Neil (24 December 2013).
5034:"Top poetry is complete nonsense"
5007:Fry, Stephen (27 February 2002).
4965:"Broadcast - BBC Programme Index"
4176:Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants
3997:A Potboiling Dustbin Full of Bits
2995:The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
2067:Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite
2007:Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite
1981:, dedicating one of his books to
1556:about and with Milligan entitled
660:in D Battery (later 19 Battery),
632:for military service joining the
451:Spike Jones and his City Slickers
7705:British people in colonial India
7195:. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
6843:Stacey, Pat (23 February 2021).
6694:Spike Milligan's The Melting Pot
6576:"Spike Milligan Bridge, Woy Woy"
6137:Watts, Alex (21 February 2022).
6113:"My Obituary, by Spike Milligan"
5839:Depression and How to Survive It
5758:from the original on 24 May 2022
5665:– via Free Online Library.
5566:McCann, Graham (18 April 2021).
5450:. Youtube.com. 28 October 2010.
4364:"Spike becomes an Irish Citizen"
4288:Where Have All the Bullets Gone?
4128:Silly Verse for Kids and Animals
3954:Depression and How to Survive It
3880:Where Have All the Bullets Gone?
3041:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3027:The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
2662:Guest on Series 4, Episode 3 of
2551:In 1975 Milligan co-wrote (with
2539:The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
2110:, where Milligan lived from 1974
831:, Jim Spriggs and the nefarious
703:and was about to be promoted to
372:
288:
34:
7730:Irish people of English descent
7620:20th-century British memoirists
7490:Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister
7161:Korn, Eric (21 February 2007).
6881:"Little Red Riding Hood (1995)"
6552:. 11 April 2013. Archived from
6170:Sapsted, David (9 March 2002).
5964:"Honorary knighthood for Spike"
5937:Harding, David (5 April 2012).
5164:Croft, Paul (21 January 2021).
4988:Paved the Way for Monty Python"
3979:Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book
3328:Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol
2407:Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel
1886:Humour with the Prince of Wales
1290:. Miles described Milligan as:
1183:No One's Gonna Change Our World
939:, who went on to work with the
913:Milligan during his prime years
874:, a notable example being the "
327:
309:
284:
45:needs additional citations for
7780:Irish people with disabilities
7690:British male television actors
7625:21st-century British comedians
7610:20th-century British comedians
7567:Goon Show Preservation Society
7375:Grand Waltz for Brisbane Water
5685:Eden, Richard (19 June 2011).
4462:Hastings, Max (4 April 2019).
3826:Spike's Bike Book For Big Kids
3607:The Great McGonagall Scrapbook
3296:
2582:Kenny Everett's Christmas Show
2249:(2004). In a 2008 stage play,
2013:Even late in life, Milligan's
1759:Grand Waltz for Brisbane Water
1638:. Most were visualisations of
1072:, the first in the innovative
711:in the Italian theatre at the
687:and saw action as part of the
563:St Paul's High School, Rangoon
1:
7377:' composed by Spike Milligan.
7302:. London: Sutton Publishing.
7243:The Compulsive Spike Milligan
7191:Spike Milligan: The Biography
7122:"Biography of Spike Milligan"
6092:Bowcott, Owen (5 June 2020).
5966:. BBC News. 30 December 2000.
5342:The Manchester Evening Herald
5296:Scudamore (1985) pp. 215–216.
5230:Scudamore (1985) pp. 214–215.
4877:(Sphere Books, London, 1973,
4864:Carpenter, 2003, pp. 136–139.
4723:. Stroud: The History Press.
4170:Hidden Words: Collected Poems
4140:Further Transports of Delight
4021:The Compulsive Spike Milligan
3862:Monty: His Part in My Victory
3808:The Magical World of Milligan
3233:The Hound of the Baskervilles
3202:The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1615:Film and television director
1373:Title page of the program to
1248:52nd Street (and Other Tales)
1222:Monty: His Part in My Victory
588:to demonstrate his hatred of
158:
7755:People with bipolar disorder
7750:People from Rye, East Sussex
7298:Scudamore, Pauline (2003) .
7262:The Essential Spike Milligan
7187:Carpenter, Humphrey (2003).
6484:The Essential Spike Milligan
5587:Allen, Charles, ed. (1975).
5121:Adam, Nicola (17 May 2022).
5083:Open Heart University: poems
4982:Ess, Ramsey (11 June 2019).
4501:Carpenter, Humphrey (2004).
4015:The Essential Spike Milligan
3625:William McGonagall: Freefall
3587:The Looney: An Irish Fantasy
3267:History of the World, Part I
3250:Monty Python's Life of Brian
3188:Fantastic Animation Festival
2289:Monty Python's Life of Brian
1081:Monty Python's Flying Circus
491:Monty Python's Flying Circus
5484:Spike Milligan: A Biography
5482:Scudamore, Pauline (1985).
5185:. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
4717:Scudamore, Pauline (2013).
4644:. Michael Joseph. pp.
4585:Scudamore (1985) pp. 52–53.
4551:Spike Milligan: a Biography
4549:Scudamore, Pauline (1985).
4430:"Spike Milligan (obituary)"
4397:"Spike Milligan dies at 83"
4034:Collections (mostly poetry)
3956:(1993) (with Anthony Clare)
3950:(1991) (with Robert Graves)
3942:More Spike Milligan Letters
3739:(1970) (with John Antrobus)
3638:According to Spike Milligan
2576:Guest appearing along with
988:(1968), made in colour for
695:and then in the succeeding
478:. He took his success with
7806:
7715:British surrealist artists
7650:British Book Award winners
7630:Actors awarded knighthoods
7615:20th-century British poets
7061:"Obituary: Spike Milligan"
6961:"Badjelly's Bad Christmas"
6903:"Cinderella Part 2 (1996)"
5984:. 24 July 1981. p. 15
5880:"Spike Milligan Biography"
5555:(3714): 22. 22 April 1967.
5344:. 22 April 1965. p. 1
5221:McCann (2006) pp. 157–159.
5127:www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk
5111:Retrieved 20 February 2017
4671:The Goons : the story
4068:Small Dreams of a Scorpion
3936:The Spike Milligan Letters
3755:There's a Lot of it About!
3456:Wolves, Witches and Giants
3307:Episode: "Non Returnable"
2644:Wolves, Witches and Giants
2641:Narrated the 1995 TV show
2449:The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
2202:London Borough of Lewisham
1134:Wolves, Witches and Giants
1121:Wolves, Witches and Giants
1008:substituting for the late
920:The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d
7695:British male voice actors
7685:British male stage actors
7680:British male radio actors
7462:The Last Goon Show of All
7416:
7264:. London: Fourth Estate.
7260:Games, Alexander (2003).
7245:. London: Fourth Estate.
7218:. London: Fourth Estate.
7214:Spike: An Intimate Memoir
7163:"Spike Milligan's People"
7095:10.1017/S0266464X02000295
6506:Scudamore (1985), p. 170.
6482:Games, Alexander (2003).
6443:"Review: Surviving Spike"
6081:– via Google Books.
5939:"The sharp side of Spike"
5366:. YouTube. 2 March 2009.
5194:Scudamore (1985), p. 198.
5009:"Fry's Milligan memories"
4611:– via Google Books.
4222:Muses With Spike Milligan
4136:(1985) (with Tracey Boyd)
3961:Collections of literature
3512:Self, various characters
3486:
3420:
3374:
3362:In Sickness and in Health
3182:
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2749:
2590:In Sickness and in Health
2504:There's a Lot of It About
2391:The Last Goon Show of All
2304:gave him a minor part in
2253:, Milligan was played by
2124:St John's College, Oxford
1938:Oh! Twas in the year 1981
1906:is out of the question?"
1686:Corn Flakes, the Leyland
1525:In a 1988 interview with
1140:Poetry and other writings
1105:There's a Lot of It About
1025:, created and written by
899:Associated London Scripts
849:Associated London Scripts
699:. Milligan was appointed
594:British Union of Fascists
543:regimental sergeant-major
423:
352:
348:
150:
7765:Royal Artillery soldiers
7675:British male film actors
7531:Penny Points to Paradise
7500:Hercules Grytpype-Thynne
7317:Ventham, Maxine (2002).
7142:Extrageographic Magazine
6392:"Goon but not forgotten"
5589:Plain Tales From the Raj
5520:. London: Robson Books.
5081:Milligan, Spike (1979).
4841:Carpenter, 2003, p. 120.
4804:Carpenter, 2003, p. 190.
4795:Carpenter, 2003, p. 182.
4786:Carpenter, 2003, p. 119.
4777:Carpenter, 2003, p. 112.
4720:Spike : a Biography
4636:Milligan, Spike (1971).
4468:New York Review of Books
4234:A Record Load of Rubbish
4228:The World of Beachcomber
4080:Milligan Book of Records
4009:A Mad Medley of Milligan
3641:is a series of literary
3627:(1992) (with Jack Hobbs)
3621:(1988) (with Jack Hobbs)
3615:(1976) (with Jack Hobbs)
3609:(1975) (with Jack Hobbs)
3275:(The French Revolution)
3102:Ghost in the Noonday Sun
2755:Penny Points to Paradise
2717:Badjelly's Bad Christmas
2470:The World of Beachcomber
2421:Plain Tales From The Raj
1716:Plain Tales from the Raj
1201:. He also wrote a novel
1019:in the situation comedy
985:The World of Beachcomber
961:, co-starring Sykes and
872:BBC Radiophonic Workshop
7279:McCann, Graham (2006).
6750:www.screenonline.org.uk
6336:"Spike Milligan – home"
6227:Rye and Battle Observer
6117:London Evening Standard
5516:Antrobus, John (2002).
5506:, depending on listing)
5393:. Bearclaw Publishers.
5273:"Ad lib – ad infinitum"
4940:. Sphere. p. 171.
4752:McCann, Graham (2006).
4553:. Granada. p. 27.
4210:Best of Milligan's Wake
4203:Bridge on the River Wye
4049:A Book of Milliganimals
3853:"Rommel?" "Gunner Who?"
3416:Television documentary
3193:Narrator: "Moonshadow"
2839:Indian with Grey Beard
2834:A Kid for Two Farthings
2435:Television comedy shows
2081:Rye and Battle Observer
734:Central Pool of Artists
713:Battle of Monte Cassino
636:, in the fight against
7745:People from Ahmednagar
7720:Burials in East Sussex
7665:British male comedians
7660:British humorous poets
7655:British comedy writers
7241:Farnes, Norma (2004).
7210:Farnes, Norma (2003).
6700:. introductory pages.
5424:Six English Filmmakers
5062:. BBC. 7 December 2007
4984:"How Spike Milligan's
4936:Wilmut, Roger (1977).
4875:More Goon Show Scripts
4702:: CS1 maint: others (
3541:More Goon Show Scripts
3352:Episode: "Sootograms"
2650:Little Red Riding Hood
2635:Takin' Over the Asylum
2442:Don't Spare the Horses
2228:
2111:
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2095:The Holden Road plaque
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2010:
1959:
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1576:Six English Filmmakers
1541:
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1405:. Aragno's script for
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1170:and Edward Lear. This
1162:." One of his poems, "
914:
693:North African campaign
625:
613:
586:Young Communist League
224:, East Sussex, England
7710:British radio writers
7480:Major Dennis Bloodnok
7081:New Theatre Quarterly
6867:www.thedigitalfix.com
6671:"Follies of the wise"
6637:on 10 September 2021.
6601:"Spike Milligan Room"
6223:"Where's Spike gone?"
6037:"A Harlot's Progress"
5422:Sutton, Paul (2014).
4923:"BBC Programme Index"
4098:Open Heart University
4074:Transports of Delight
3967:A Dustbin of Milligan
3767:
3547:The Book of the Goons
3535:The Goon Show Scripts
3444:Unknown role (voice)
3221:Mr. Platypus (voice)
2377:The Omar Khayyam Show
2266:world's funniest joke
2223:
2102:
2094:
1996:
1899:British Comedy Awards
1880:conditional discharge
1677:English Tourist Board
1372:
1252:Sherlock Holmes Suite
1199:Open Heart University
1164:On the Ning Nang Nong
1040:Till Death Us Do Part
968:The 15-minute series
912:
619:
607:
482:into television with
386:Years of service
173:Terence Alan Milligan
7536:Down Among the Z Men
7132:on 27 November 2010.
7088:(Part 3 ): 205–210.
6913:on 8 September 2021.
6891:on 8 September 2021.
6814:on 8 September 2021.
6774:on 8 September 2021.
5573:British Comedy Guide
4897:"A Short History of
4895:Roxburgh, Alastair.
4625:. 10 September 2018.
4191:-related recordings
4041:Silly Verse for Kids
3736:The Bed-Sitting Room
3632:"According to" books
3216:Dot and the Kangaroo
3150:The Great McGonagall
3088:The Three Musketeers
2964:The Bed Sitting Room
2792:Down Among the Z Men
2073:Grá mhór ort Shelagh
1562:Becoming Ken Russell
1502:Then, noticing that
1359:, released in 1969.
1186:in 1969, to aid the
1033:set out to satirise
685:BL 7.2-inch howitzer
670:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
515:Silly Verse for Kids
287: 1952;
220:St Thomas's Church,
54:improve this article
7635:Audiobook narrators
7362:Desert Island Discs
7355:(7 February 1978).
6971:on 27 November 2010
6965:Chickenshed Website
6730:. 22 October 2011.
6677:. 31 December 1970.
6675:BBC Programme Index
6659:on 16 January 2021.
6367:. 21 October 2016.
6178:The Daily Telegraph
5890:on 23 November 2015
5641:The Washington Post
5619:. 20 February 2020.
5486:. London: Granada.
5181:Spillett, Simon. .
4969:genome.ch.bbc.co.uk
4576:, 30 December 1993.
4374:on 23 November 2015
4300:Rommel? Gunner Who?
3749:Get in the Q Annual
3565:The Lost Goon Shows
3155:William McGonagall
3133:Man About the House
2978:The Magic Christian
2688:The Bedsitting Room
2610:ran as a serial in
2547:Follies of the Wise
2399:The Milligan Papers
2235:, he was played by
2150:, at The Crescent,
2036:Milligan died from
1765:isolation project.
1702:Other contributions
1672:Benson & Hedges
1506:was seated between
1335:The Bedsitting Room
1319:The Bedsitting Room
1188:World Wildlife Fund
746:(originally called
547:British Indian Army
7505:Count Jim Moriarty
7321:. London: Robson.
7148:on 10 October 2007
6832:. 28 October 2010.
6296:on 13 January 2018
4925:. 22 January 1968.
4440:on 21 October 2012
4403:. 27 February 2002
4334:Oath of Allegiance
4196:Milligan Preserved
4146:The Mirror Running
3781:Badjelly the Witch
3601:William McGonagall
3559:More Goon Cartoons
3507:Badjelly the Witch
3003:(segment "Sloth")
2983:Traffic Warden 27
2456:A Show Called Fred
2354:Radio comedy shows
2229:
2112:
2097:
2011:
1931:William McGonagall
1919:Lady Diana Spencer
1840:Oath of Allegiance
1753:(on the shores of
1621:A Show Called Fred
1558:Portrait of a Goon
1490:On 22 April 1965,
1384:
1092:appeared in 1977,
1066:Granada Television
1010:Wallace Greenslade
926:A Show Called Fred
915:
864:transcription disc
729:The Bill Hall Trio
626:
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612:, Sussex, May 1940
7700:British parodists
7587:
7586:
7445:Radio / TV series
7309:978-0-7509-3254-7
7225:978-1-84115-786-3
7202:978-0-340-82611-9
7105:978-0-521-52404-9
6929:www.toonhound.com
6688:Milligan, Spike;
6290:St John's College
6286:"Personal papers"
5786:. 18 April 2017.
5718:De Souza, Poppy.
5433:978-0-9572462-5-6
5426:. Buffalo Books.
5170:Lincolnshire Echo
5040:. 10 October 1998
4730:978-0-7524-9501-9
4512:978-0-340-82612-6
4187:Does not include
4164:Condensed Animals
3553:The Goon Cartoons
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3431:Der Schauspieler
3400:Narrator (voice)
3388:Television short
3272:Monsieur Rimbaud
3119:The Cherry Picker
2683:(1961, 1973–1975)
2415:Other radio shows
2255:Michael Barrymore
2241:Edward Tudor-Pole
2207:Wadestown Library
2175:Michael Parkinson
2120:classical studies
2042:Dumb Woman's Lane
1979:domestic violence
1927:Buckingham Palace
1821:mental breakdowns
1745:Music composition
1694:of Australia and
1692:Commonwealth Bank
1670:in an advert for
1544:Ken Russell films
1512:Princess Margaret
1427:Lyric Hammersmith
1146:literary nonsense
1002:Thames Television
883:mental breakdowns
709:wounded in action
507:, beginning with
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3482:Television film
3434:Television film
3335:Television film
3332:Ghost of Marley
3177:Lost in the Wild
3018:Customs Officer
2921:Godfrey Pringle
2916:Invasion Quartet
2870:Watch Your Stern
2811:Calling All Cars
2733:
2531:Six-Five Special
2369:The Idiot Weekly
2331:The Idiot Weekly
2324:, just north of
2075:
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1817:bipolar disorder
1648:groundnut scheme
1628:Cartoons and art
1446:
1311:Squire Trelawney
1236:Yellow Submarine
1058:John Goldschmidt
887:manic-depressive
829:Minnie Bannister
817:BBC Home Service
701:lance bombardier
697:Italian campaign
622:Scammell Pioneer
600:Second World War
505:Second World War
472:Minnie Bannister
455:Radio Luxembourg
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2822:Cardew Robinson
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2680:Treasure Island
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2622:The Muppet Show
2613:The Two Ronnies
2573:– 1981 edition.
2557:The Melting Pot
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1349:Saville Theatre
1340:Marlowe Theatre
1326:Treasure Island
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1303:Barry Humphries
1299:Treasure Island
1287:Treasure Island
1282:Mermaid Theatre
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