Spike Milligan
- Actor, writer and poet
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How Peter Sellers turned a pirate film into a shipwreck
The 1973 movie Ghost in the Noonday Sun, with Spike Milligan, never reached the big screen. Now its director, Peter Medak, reveals why.
Dalya Alberge, The Guardian, 11th August 2018Ten memorable Room 101 moments
As host Frank Skinner announces that 'Room 101 is dead', we look back at some memorable moments from the show
Chortle, 25th July 2018Fringe 2018 - A Sockful of Custard
In this the centenary year of Spike Milligan's birth, Chris Larner and Jeremy Stockwell celebrate the life and work of this British comedy legend with laughs, songs, philosophy and utter, utter silliness.
Chloe Nelkin, The Edinburgh Reporter, 25th July 2018John 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 2018An Irishman's Diary on Spike Milligan
Most appropriately, he penned his own epitaph, which appears on his headstone in the graveyard of the church of St Thomas in Winchelsea. After the church authorities had demurred at his own choice of inscription, which was "I told you I was ill", he had it translated into Irish, which apparently evaded any possible censorship on grounds of taste, and still reads: "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite."
John Horgan, The Irish Times, 21st May 2018Michael Palin pays tribute to Spike Milligan
Ahead of his BBC Radio 4 documentary on the comedian, the Monty Python star recalls the troubled genius of his hero - and what his surreal comedy meant to him.
Michael Palin, Radio Times, 16th April 2018Palin and Milligan's daughter share thoughts on Spike
Sixteen years after Spike Milligan's death, Michael Palin still misses him.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 13th April 2018Spike Milligan at 100: his best jokes
Best jokes and one-liners from the 'Godfather of Alternative Comedy'.
Joe Sommerlad, The Independent, 12th April 2018BFI to hold all-day Spike Milligan celebration
The British Film Institute on London's South Bank is to devote a whole day to the work of comedy legend Spike Milligan, marking a century since his birth.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th April 2018Current comedy would be too PC for Spike Milligan
To mark the centenary of Spike Milligan's birth, the Scottish Writers' Centre puts on a tribute to this revolutionary Goon.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 20th March 2018