Goon Show episodes

Here’s our listing of the radio shows.

First Series(May 1951 – December 1951)
Second Series(January 1952 – July 1952)
Third Series(November 1952 – June 1953)
Fourth Series(September 1953 – August 1954)
Fifth Series(September 1954 – March 1955)
Sixth Series(September 1955 – August 1956)
Seventh Series(September 1956 – August 1957)
Eighth Series(September 1957 – March 1958)
Vintage Goons(October 1957 – March 1958)
Ninth Series(November 1958 – February 1959)
Tenth Series(December 1959 – January 1960)
Last Goon Show of All(April 1972)
Musical Interludes listall the numbers by Max, Ray etc, listed

These listings include links to BBC Sounds, where the shows which have featured on Radio 4 Extra can be streamed. The links may sometimes be out-of-date, some shows are only available for 30 days after broadcast, others are there long-term. Some of these broadcast shows have been edited down somewhat, for various reasons. The GSPS keeps a copy of the fullest version of every available show.

To be as complete as we can, where a show is available, we’ve linked shows which aren’t on BBC Sounds to their stream on Spotify. Spotify subscribers can find 13 volumes of the Goon Show here though, unfortunately, there’s one volume missing. Apple Music subscribers are luckier, all 14 volumes are available here.

GSPS members can access the Encyclopædia Goonicus, which features reduced audio quality recordings of all the available shows, and much more detailed listings. It includes background information, technical details, original scripts and transcribed scripts (even for the shows which don’t have audio recordings). It also incorporates the Annotated Goon Show, which has several book’s worth of pages with detailed notes about all aspects of the show, courtesy of Paul Winalski.