Season 4 1953 - 1954

First Broadcast: 1953-10-02
Recorded: 1953-09-27
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The title given is that of the middle part of the show.

First Broadcast: 1953-10-09
Recorded: 1953-10-04
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The title given is that of parts 2 and 3 of the show.

First Broadcast: 1953-10-16
Recorded: 1953-10-11
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The first part of the show is 'The Adventures of Fearless Harry Secombe', a 'serial' which appears at the start of several shows, the title given for the show is the subtitle of this first section. The remainder of the show is about the ascent of Mount Everest.

First Broadcast: 1953-10-23
Recorded: 1953-10-18
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Announced as title. This is the first show in series 4 to have single plot lasting through all three parts.

First Broadcast: 1953-10-30
Recorded: 1953-10-25
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The title given is that of parts 2 and 3 of the show.

First Broadcast: 1953-11-06
Recorded: 1953-11-01
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Not coherently announced.

First Broadcast: 1953-11-13
Recorded: 1953-11-08
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1953-11-20
Recorded: 1953-11-15
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The first part of the show is 'The Further Adventures of Fearless Harry Secombe - A Race to the Death'. 'The Missing Bureacrat' is parts 2 and 3.

First Broadcast: 1953-11-27
Recorded: 1953-11-22
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1953-12-04
Recorded: 1953-11-29
Author: Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The first part of the show is again 'The Adventures of Fearless Harry Secombe' (the title given on the BBC Script Library copy), however, the main part of the show is about flying saucers, and as Spike Milligan's copy of the script is missing the given title has been invented.

First Broadcast: 1953-12-11
Recorded: 1953-12-06
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: In the first part of the show is 'Harry Proves he is Not a Dog', parts 2 and 3 are the story of the Armada.

First Broadcast: 1953-12-18
Recorded: 1953-12-13
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1953-12-26
Recorded: 1953-12-20
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: With Michael Bentine.

First Broadcast: 1954-01-01
Recorded: 1953-01-27
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-01-08
Recorded: 1954-01-03
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Jacques Brown

First Broadcast: 1954-01-15
Recorded: 1954-01-10
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Announced as 'Crime Does Not Pay Income Tax'.

First Broadcast: 1954-01-22
Recorded: 1954-01-17
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-01-29
Recorded: 1954-01-24
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Part one of the script is 'The History of Communications', originally part of the 7th episode of the 1st series and later re-worked into 'The GPO Show'. Parts 2 and 3 are 'The Siege of Khartoum', originally part of the 18th episode of the 3rd series.

First Broadcast: 1954-02-05
Recorded: 1954-01-31
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-02-12
Recorded: 1954-02-07
Author: Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The first part of the script was originally used in the 2nd episode of the 2nd series. 'The Toothpaste Expedition' was originally used in the 5th episode of the 3rd series.

First Broadcast: 1954-02-15
Recorded: 1954-02-14
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-02-22
Recorded: 1954-02-21
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Announced as 'Hansard Unexpurgated'.

First Broadcast: 1954-03-01
Recorded: 1954-02-28
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-03-08
Recorded: 1954-03-07
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-03-15
Recorded: 1954-03-14
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: The nearest to an announcement is 'Take the case of Agent X2...'

First Broadcast: 1954-03-22
Recorded: 1954-03-21
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Announced as 'Brain!' (inspired by the film, 'Shane').

First Broadcast: 1954-03-29
Recorded: 1954-03-28
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton

First Broadcast: 1954-04-05
Recorded: 1954-04-04
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Announced as 'Bulletto'. Ray Ellington was pre-recorded.

First Broadcast: 1954-04-12
Recorded: 1954-04-11
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Ray Ellington was pre-recorded.

First Broadcast: 1954-04-19
Recorded: 1954-04-18
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: Ray Ellington was pre-recorded.

First Broadcast: 1954-06-11
Recorded: 1954-05-06
Author: Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes
Producer: Roy Speer
Notes: With Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Hattie Jacques and the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

First Broadcast: 1954-08-31
Recorded: 1954-08-12
Author: Spike Milligan
Producer: Peter Eton
Notes: With Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Andrew Timothy. The show was unusual as it was performed without musicians or an audience, making it more of a radio play than a Goon Show. It was written as a satire on the efforts of the Ministry of Works to get rid of starlings on public buildings.