Starring Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, with Dick Emery
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Music by Max Geldray and The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
Script: Spike Milligan
Producer: Charles Chilton
Recorded: Sunday 29 September 1957
First Broadcast: Monday 30 September 1957 on the BBC Home Service
Harry Secombe was absent.
Inspector Emery-type Seagoon investigates the new brown terror striking England—spon! Seagoon and Willium investigate a body discovered by an Indian gentleman. The body bears all the signs of a severe
sponning. Over breakfast Min and Henry discuss the new terror. Seagoon interviews them, as the sponning took place near their home. At three o’clock that morning, Crun had heard a clock strike two. At last – a clue. Grytpype and Moriarty sell Seagoon a photograph of a spon for £500. It turns out to be a fake – it’s a photo of a military gentleman. Bluebottle, the spon victim, becomes conscious in hospital and tells his story. Seagoon finds out from Moriarty that the photo is of Major Bloodnok. Seagoon visits Bloodnok in Africa. On his return he learns there’s been another sponning – in the zoo. He interviews Harold Blunn, the witness, not knowing he’s a gorilla. A recording of a spon is discovered. Seagoon sets up a roadblock with Eccles on guard. The spon is traced to the Canadian Rockies, where Chief Worri-Guts leads them on the trail of the spon. But with only 30 seconds left to search Canada, the plot ends there. A romantic happy ending is provided for dissatisfied customers.
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