British Comedy Guide

Vivat Milligna!

  • Radio documentary
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2002
  • 1 episode

Denis Norden presents a tribute to the late Spike Milligan. Also features Jon Glover, Sally Grace, Annie Nightingale, Jack de Manio and Barry Humphries

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2002
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Episodes
1
Features
Denis Norden, Jon Glover, Sally Grace, Spike Milligan, Annie Nightingale, Jack de Manio and Barry Humphries
Writers
Russell Davies
Producers
Richard Edis
Company

Researched and written by Russell Davies, and presented by Denis Norden, this BBC Radio 2 documentary tells the life story of Spike Milligan.

In doing so it makes extensive use of archive radio and television material, as well as Spike's music, books, poems, war memoirs and writings for children. It also gives the listener a fascinating insight into letters written both to and from Spike, many of them taken from the BBC's written archives and never before seen or heard by a wide audience.

Readings by Jon Glover and Sally Grace are interspersed with extracts from interviews (including Spike's appearance on Desert Island Discs), sketches and, above all, a funny and moving picture of the private man behind the public image.

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 24th December 2002 at 8:30pm on BBC Radio 2
Episode length
1 hour

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