Spike Milligan Omnibus

DIDA: Spike Milligan Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Spike Milligan. Favourite track: Yesterday by The Beatles Book: Future Shock by Alvin Toffler Luxury: Barclaycard Music Played Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini The Chieftains Women Of Ireland Claude Debussy En bateau (from Petite suite) Soloist: John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas Castaway's Favourite The Beatles Yesterday Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 in B minor Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Mravinsky Frank Sinatra The Shadow Of Your Smile Edvard Grieg Shepherd's Boy (from Lyric Suite) Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Black London Symphony Orchestra Theme From The Snow Goose Sat 4 Feb 1978 18:15 BBC Radio 4 I Told You I Was Ill Drama on 3 I Told You I Was Ill - A tribute to Spike Milligan In the centenary year of his birth, this is a special homage to Spike Milligan, where three writers respond to Milligan's style, his work, his legacy, hosted by comic poet and singer John Hegley. 1. Going, Going, Goon by Toby Hadoke - Spike is called to a Heaven he doesn't believe in, in a synthesis of fact, fantasy and supposition. 2.2 Clowns, 1 Trumpet by Lee Mattinson - combines clownery and childhood in a bizarre birthday party. 3. Deadline by Jessica Hynes, Hynes stars as a writer on the edge of a nervous breakdown as she attempts to reach her deadline. Performed live at the University of Hull's Middleton Hall. Part of 'Contains Strong Language'. A season of poetry and performance from Hull. Cast Jessica Hynes Mark Heap Pippa Haywood Stephen Wight Jonathan Keeble Toby Hadoke Connor Elliott Fiona Clarke Trumpeter - Simon Desbruslais Broadcast Sun 7 Oct 2018 19:30 BBC Radio 3 Puckoon A madcap satire on the division of Ireland, by the godfather of British comedy, Spike Milligan. Starring Ed Byrne, Pauline McLynn, Kate Harbour, Jane Milligan and featuring Barry Cryer as "The Author". Adapted from Spike Milligan's classic comic novel by Ian Billings. Published in 1963, Puckoon became a publishing phenomenon, has never been out of print and has sold more than 6million copies. It's a satire on the futility of national borders and inadequacy of bureaucrats, filled with wonderful one-liners and madcap scenes which fall into one another, and remind us of the author's great days writing the Goons. In 1924, the Boundary Commission is tasked with creating the new official division between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Through incompetence, dereliction of duty and sheer perversity, the border ends up running through the middle of the small town of Puckoon. Houses are divided from outhouses, husbands separated from wives, bars are cut off from their patrons, churches sundered from graveyards. And in the middle of it all is poor Dan Milligan, our feckless protagonist (played by Ed Byrne), who is taunted and manipulated by everyone to try and make some sense of this mess. The division of the church from its cemetery makes it difficult for the Irish residents to bury their dead. "You intend to bury an Irish citizen in what is now British territory? He will require the following: an Irish passport stamped with a visa, to be renewed annually for the rest of his stay." The corpse of Dan Doonan is taken to a photographer to get his picture taken, as part of the formalities of getting his passport renewed. Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comic writers and performers of the 20th century, with deep connections to the BBC. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories. Cast: Ed Byrne Barry Cryer Pauline McLynn Kate Harbour Jane Milligan Wilf Scolding David Shaw-Parker Colm Gleeson Tom Alexander Adapted by Ian Billings Director: Dirk Maggs Producer: David Morley Spike & The Elfin Oak Drama David Threlfall stars in Ian Billings' comic fantasy inspired by the true story of Spike Milligan's madcap ventures in the mid-1960s to preserve the Elfin Oak in Kensington Gardens whilst also performing in the West End run of his play, The Bedsitting Room. When theatre censors get in the way of Spike saving the elves, events threaten to spiral out of control. The trumpet player was Peter Ringrose and music was arranged and performed by Neil Brand Directed by Gemma Jenkins April 16th 2018 marks the centenary of Spike Milligan's birth. A life-long Spike fan and children's stand-up comic, author and poet, this is Ian Billings' first radio play. Credits Spike David Threlfall Young Spike Charlie Brand Norma Farnes Kerry Gooderson Laura Rosie Boore Sile Charlotte Emmett Mother Superior Georgie Glen Park Keeper Luke Bailey Mrs Grumples Lauren Cornelius Groodles Ryan Early Huckleberry Clive Hayward George Neil McCaul Council Boss Philip Bretherton Vandal 1 Rupert Holliday Evans Man with Dog Ghazanfar Hyder Director Gemma Jenkins Writer Ian Billings The trumpet player was Peter Ringrose and music was arranged and performed by Neil Brand. Written by Ian Billings Director: Gemma Jenkins for BBC Radio 4 https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/kensington-gardens/things-to-see-and-do/memorials,-fountains-and-statues/elfin-oak