By 1951 they had convinced the Beeb to let them put on the show that would launch comedy ... and, of course, squeaky-voiced boyscout Bluebottle ("Enter Bluebottle wearing string and cardboard ...

The Goon Show ran for ten series on BBC radio from ... the famous Eccles and Bluebottle were among the much-loved characters who found their voices again at the Camden Theatre in 1972.

The Goon Show burst on to the airwaves in 1951 ... and the Goons were very popular with the troops. I did the voices of Bluebottle and Henry Crun [two of Sellers’ best-loved characters] in ...

Penrith Players are set to bring three classic episodes of The Goon Show, first aired by the BBC in the 1950s ... Familiar characters from the series, such as Neddie Seagoon, Bluebottle, and Eccles, ...

Spike Milligan, 83, the last surviving member and chief writer of the pioneering and abundantly absurdist British sketch comedy program "The Goon Show," whose cast included Peter Sellers ...

There was also Bluebottle (Sellers), a young boy who always ended up ... The show was notable for the use of sound effects. When The Goon Show started, most sound effects had to played live on ...

Bluebottle is a boy scout from East Finchley, who spends most of his time on the show reading out the stage directions he is given. Nearly every time he appears on the show, he ends up being blown up ...

Crazy People, the first programme of what became The Goon Show, aired on 28 May 1951. The stars - Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine - were billed in the Radio Times ...

Relive the lunacy of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe as Seagoon, Eccles, Bluebottle, Major Bloodnok and Minnie ... complete with live sound effects and jazz band. The Goon Show ...