As creative force of The Goon Show, Spike Milligan was the architect of the lunatic style of humour that permeates the best-loved performances of Peter Sellers; a friend and colleague who Milligan considered: "one of the true comedy greats of the 20th century. He can hold his head up with...
A night in with ABC Television - this specially curated programme compilation will transport you back to the 1960s. Hand-picked ABC archive gems hosted by David Hamilton, complete with vintage advert breaks re-create the viewing experience of sixty years ago!
And in a packed line-up tonight, we present the following:
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Long before he became Dr Strangelove or Inspector Clouseau, Peter Sellers was a Goon and an up-and-coming radio & TV comedian and actor.
He was also an occasional - and surprisingly successful - recording artist, registering hit records at levels which flew directly in the face of the UK's record...
Peter Sellers, rightly regarded as a comic genius, lived a life full of success and excess - fuelled by indulgence and wild mood swings. Dying at an early age in 1980, Sellers left no autobiography, no revealing record of his life and feelings. This audio play aims to fill that...
Peter Sellers was one of the biggest stars of the 1960s and 70s. His career began with characters such as Bluebottle on BBC radio's The Goon Show and he achieved global fame as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther series. What is less well known is that he served in...
American comedy starring the great British comic, Peter Sellers.
With the massive success of Breakfast At Tiffany's and The Pink Panther cementing his reputation as one of America's finest directors of comedic cinema, Blake Edwards followed them up with The Party, arguably his greatest film, and at the time one...
An all new original Peter Sellers DVD gifting set.
The set features 4 DVDs in a slipcase and includes his 1974 comedy The Great McGonagall; set in Victorian times, a story of the world's greatest poet, William Topaz McGonagall. Also starring Spike Milligan.
The 1969 classic comedy The Magic Christian...
Soft Beds, Hard Battles: Peter Sellers plays six different characters in this hilarious sexploitation comedy. A renowned Paris brothel has turned into an active centre for the French Resistance. The girls assist the Allied war effort by attracting and eliminating the enemy amongst its clientele in the bedroom...
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Phill Jupitus looks back at the career of one of our most remarkable funny men, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
In the course of a career which spanned five decades, Peter Sellers rose from aspiring television mimicry to international fame and fortune. He was one of our biggest stars,...
The five classic Pink Panther films, starring the inimitable Peter Sellers, are released in a special edition collector's tin.