As the Radio 4 Extra Tuesday Goon Show series completes its airing of Series 8, the episode scheduled for broadcast on 11th November will be the last of the series, The Great Statue Debate.
This show, script written by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus, was originally broadcast on 24th March 1958. This will be the first time the BBC has played it since. It was included in two commercial releases in 2012, The Goon Show Compendium Volume 8 and The Goon Show Volume 29.
The episode will be available to stream on BBC Sounds (for those of us in the British Isles who aren’t geo-blocked) for thirty days from the date of broadcast.
The Great Statue Debate on BBC Radio
The Great Statue Debate episode details
There are currently 22 episodes available to stream on Sounds. Alas, after 15th February next, this will be reduced to just those which have aired in the previous 30 days, as the last batch added for 5 years during lockdown expires.
The Goon Show Preservation Society 