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What was the name of the British radio comedy programme Spike Milligan co-created?

  • The Goon Show

  • The Spike Show

  • The Big Comedy Hour

  • The Laughter Radio

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The Goon Show was a British radio comedy programme co-created by Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. It was produced by the BBC's Light Programme and broadcast from 1951 to 1960. The programme was set in a fictional world populated by surreal characters and situations, and it was characterised by its surreal humour, its use of sound effects and its innovative use of music.
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