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What The Dickens!

  • Radio comedy
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1970
  • 1 episode

Festive special written by and starring Spike Milligan, loosely based on A Christmas Carol. Also features John Bluthal, Vilma Hollingbery, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Kelly and The Dudley Moore Trio

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The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC Radio

The Goon Show

Highly surreal radio adventures that helped take British comedy into a new age. Starring Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.

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Milligna (Or Your Favourite Spike)

Sketch show starring and written by Spike Milligan.

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong. Image shows from L to R: Dennis / Bob Cratchit / Priest / Pallbearer (Jonathan Sayer), Jonathan / Marley / Topper / Businessman (Greg Tannahill), Sandra / Collector / Frances / Belle / Mrs. Cratchit / Olivia (Charlie Russell), Chris / Scrooge (Henry Shields), Aunt Diana / Narrator (Diana Rigg), Trevor (Chris Leask), Scrooge & Himself (Derek Jacobi), Max / Young Scrooge / Christmas Present / Collector / Undertaker (Dave Hearn), Robert / Bugsworth / Scrooge / Tiny Tim / Yet To Come / Pallbearer (Henry Lewis), Lucy / Tiny Tim (Ellie Morris), Annie / Frances / Christmas Past / Businessman (Nancy Zamit). Copyright: BBC TV

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Mischief Theatre present their own version of A Christmas Carol.

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Marley Was Dead

A Christmas Carol turns into a screwball comedy in this star-studded adaptation by John Nicholson and Richard Katz.

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