EPISODE · Aug 18, 2025 · 12 MIN

Spike Milligan

from The Author Archive Podcast · host davidjohnfreeman

Recently there has been a surge of on line interest in the anarchic radio comedy The Goon Show. The genuis behind the comedy was Spike Milligan . In this episode Spike talks to David Freeman about his life in comedy, The Goons, and the mental health problems that dogged his life after he was blown up by a wartime bomb.

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