Harry Secombe
- Welsh
- Actor, comedian and singer
Press clippings
Recovered Hancock's Half Hour to air for star's centenary
A recently recovered, landmark episode of Hancock's Half Hour is to air on BBC Radio 4 Extra in May as a lynchpin of the channel's celebration of the late comic's 100th birthday.
British Comedy Guide, 26th April 2024Missing Hancock's Half Hour with Harry Secombe discovered
The only episode of Hancock's Half Hour featuring both the eponymous star and Harry Secombe has been located by radio enthusiast Richard Harrison.
British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2023Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan and the house with comedy value
The birthplace of Doctor Who's Daleks, The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour is on the market for £6.5 million.
Emma Wells, The Spectator, 16th November 2022Why, 60 years on, Spike Milligan's Bed Sitting Room is as relevant as ever
Spike Milligan's post-apocalyptic dark comedy The Bed Sitting Room has not been performed on stage for almost 40 years. Now, ahead of a rehearsed reading of the script that the former Goon wrote with John Antrobus, producer John Hewer recalls what drew him to the project...
John Hewer, Chortle, 13th June 2022Sir Harry Secombe: Treasure trove shared on centenary
One hundred years ago today, entertainer Sir Harry Secombe was welcomed into the world.
BBC, 8th September 2021Goons at 70: anarchic rowdy never-bettered radio comedy
After 70 years, the zany antics of the Goons still hold up to modern ears. What makes their bizarre comedy so enticing, even today?
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 28th May 2021John Cleese on The Goon Show
Cleese, who is currently on tour screening Holy Grail followed by career-spanning conversations with audiences, wanted to pay homage to the stylistic forefathers of Python, The Goon Show, for our Underrated series.
Erik Abriss, Vulture, 10th July 2018The afternoon I spent with Harry Secombe
It's 1995, Peter Sellers is dead, Michael Bentine is dying, Spike Milligan says no but one Goon steps into the breach...
Roy Bainton, The Guardian, 22nd October 2017How Radio 4 is bringing Tony Hancock back to life
The BBC is remaking lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour - thanks to Harry Secombe's son.
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 14th March 2017Harry Secombe's son to play his roles in The Missing Hancocks
Andrew Secombe, the son of the late Harry Secombe, has joined the cast of Radio 4's The Missing Hancocks. He will play roles his father played in the original shows.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2016