A Kick up the Archives – The regular page of web links, as seen in our Newsletter.
GSPS Stories – Some archive articles about things that have happened over the 50 years of the society
The GSPS on YouTube – a collection of videos from the archive.
Goon Pod – the weekly podcast about all things connected with the Goons
Recommended Reading – books about The Goon Show
Other Websites – another links page, just to keep you web-browsing
About the Goon Show
The Peter Sellers Picture Quiz and the Multiple Choice Quiz from the 2025 GSPS meeting.
An Evening Called Fred – Stories told by John Browell, John P Hamilton and Brian Willey at a 1996 GSPS meeting.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – about the controversial Roger Lewis biography.
The Tatters Castle Script – the story of the Goon Show type ‘trial recording’ made in 1949.
A Visit to BBC Archives, Caversham – a look at the BBC written archive in 1983.
A Night at the Goon Show – what was it like to attend a recording in the 1950s?
A Fiendish GSPS Quiz – from the 2024 Annual Meeting.
The Goonist Movement Story – remembering the Goon Show fan club of 1956.
The Night the Goons Appeared at the Bristol Hippodrome – the story of a unique night at the theatre.
The Goon Pod Top 20 Goon Shows – The favourites voted for by Goon Pod listeners.
A Goon Show Essay – discussing the ways in which the Goon Show may be termed popular culture.
The Case of the Missing Lug-Holes – delving into Goon Show history.
Ouch! Harm Can Come to a Goon Show Like That – Censorship of the Goon Show?
Goon Shows of the Second Series
Wallace Greenslade – Appreciation
Interviews
Michael Palin – We spoke to the world travelling ex-Python about his love of the Goons in 2008.
The Alberts – who were musical comedy performers and friends of the Goons. Among other things, they appeared on A Show Called Fred. Albert and Tony Gray were interviewed in 2012 and 2013.
Ruxton Hayward – the man who inspired the voice of Bluebottle, interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2010.
Sir Harry Secombe – with Dennis Main Wilson and John Hamilton at Bournemouth in 1995.
Charlotte Mitchell – the actress who performed brilliantly in two episodes of the Goon Show
Roger Wilmut’s Writing Career by Roger Wilmut
Illustrating for Spike by Michael Terry
GSPS Stories
The Early Days of the GSPS – a couple of articles by Mike Coveney about the earliest days of the society.
The First GSPS Meeting – Linton Culver describes the first gathering of members in 1974.
The 1984 Meeting – at which Messers Milligan and Bentine made an appearance.
A Weekend Called Fred – remembering the 1995 ‘Goonvention’ in Bournemouth. Competitive Batter Pudding Hurling anyone?
An Evening Called Fred – a 1996 meeting in London with a panel which included John Browell.
Son of Weekend Called Fred – memories of the 1997 follow-up convention in Brighton.
Spike Night in Rye… – the evening in 1998 some of our members went to dinner with Spike.
The Egham Goonvention also known as the Great Grandson of a Weekend Called Fred in July 2003
The 60th Anniversary of the Goon Show – The day was celebrated in style with a plaque unveiling and a re-enactment in 2011.
40 Years of the GSPS – we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Last Goon Show of All, and the founding of the GSPS, in 2012
Remembering Ticehurst – How we marked Spike Milligan’s centenary on 16th April 2018
The 50th Anniversary – introducing another anniversary year in 2022.
Many more features from the last fifty years of the GSPS newsletters are available in the book Goon Show News – more info
The Goon Show Preservation Society 