Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Ireland ( 1918 - 2002 ) When Spike Milligan died in 2002, he left behind one of the most diverse legacies in British entertainment history -- as well as a legion of devoted fans and admirers. His themes ranged from environmental issues to the war, from nostalgia to depression, and his prolific output covers some of the most evocative events of the twentieth century, in a style both twistedly comic and harrowingly honest. Spike Milligan War Memoirs | Army Rumour Service Spike Milligan War Memoirs Welcome to the Army Rumour Service, ARRSE The UK's largest and busiest UNofficial military website. The heart of the site is the forum area , including: » we have our own encyclopaedia; the ARRSEPedia » our reviews section - book and other reviews Just been given a box set of Spike Milligan books that look interesting. The books in there are; Adolph Hitler: My part in his downfall 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' Monty: His part in my victory Mussolini: His part in my downfall Where have all the bullets gone?

Goodbye Soldier Peace Work I was just wondering if anyone has read any of these and there thoughts on them please. Got them and read them all. Brilliant man Read the first two as a teenager, great craic, the humour and sketches still survive the passing of time! Absolutly brilliant- read them all during telic 1- had me roaring with laughter in my shell scrape. But because its Milligan it might'nt be to everyones taste. If you like them make sure you get Puckoon- NI politics summed up So they are recommended by your good selves then? Very highly recommended. Can I suggest that reading on public transport is a bad idea, because laughing manically in public leads to people staring at you... Spike was as nutty as a fruit cake, a total genius. I have read the first 3.....I'm still recovering. Total off the wall humour You won't regret reading them. Have fun OK thankyou people. Since I have a lazy day. I'll get started now. Soggyllama OK an hour and half later, I'm nearly half way through 'Adolph Hitler: My part in his downfall' and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

Some parts have had me laughing (like when he FINALLY joined up and the Barrack room humour). Though I'd stop for a coffee break. Has Mr Milli done any other military based books besides the ones mentioned above? (War memoirs and Pucktoon) plaster spike was not seen as a writer.. alas after his death i found his books on his children. when they said or did something he wrote about it.. for inst... my little girl was looking at me for hours putting stones into a stream from my garden,, after a time mummy said "what are you doing darling"? she said ,nothing, just looking at daddy makeing the garden smaller.. his books show another side to him, and it shows him in another light... love him to bits.. plaster Books Silly Verse for Kids (1959); the 1968 paperback edition omits one poem and adds some from the next two books A Dustbin of Milligan (1961, Dobson Books). Subsequent reprints by Tandem, London, 1965-1975.

This book contains a good representation of Milligan's earlier writing style, including poems, cartoons, short stories, letters to Secombe, and his views on some issues. Goblins (197 The Little Pot Boiler (1963) Puckoon (1963) A Book of Bits, or A Bit of a Book (1965) A Book of Milliganimals (196 Badjelly the Witch (1973) The Goon Show Scripts (1973). London: Sphere. Milligan's selection of scripts. More Goon Show Scripts (1974, paperback). London: Sphere. ISBN 0-7221-6077-1. Milligan's selection of scripts. [Original, London, Woburn Press, 1973] The Lost Goon Shows (1987). London: Robson. Milligan's selection of scripts. The Bedsitting Room. First published in Great Britain by Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1970. Published by Universal-Tandem, 1972. Tandem, 1973.

Â© 1970 Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. The Looney: An Irish Fantasy (1987) The Bedside Milligan "The War (and Peace) Memoirs" The seven memoirs were also recorded as talking books with Spike reciting them in his own inimitable style. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971) "Rommel?" "Gunner Who?" (1974) Monty: His Part in My Victory (1976) This and the previous two books were released and publicised as the first, second and third part respectively of a trilogy. Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (197 This was announced as the fourth part of his "increasingly misnamed" trilogy. Where Have All the Bullets Gone? (1985) Goodbye Soldier (1986) Peace Work (1992) Scunthorpe Revisited, added articles and instant relatives. Michael Joseph, London. Published by Penguin. Copyright, Spike Milligan Productions, 1989.

ISBN 07181.3356.0 Small Dreams of a Scorpion (1972) Hidden Words: Collected Poems Startling Verse for All the Family Sir Nobonk and the Terrible Dreadful Awful Naughty Nasty Dragon A Mad Medley of Milligan Transports of Delight (Sidgwick & Jackson 1974) More Transports of Delight Depression and How to Survive It (with Professor Anthony Clare), medical biography. It Ends with Magic The Spike Milligan Letters (edited by Norma Farnes) More Spike Milligan Letters (edited by Norma Farnes) The Unpublished Spike Milligan BOX 18 (edited by Norma Farnes), London, Fourth Estate, 2006. ISBN 978-0-00-721427-3.

[posthumous] The "According to" Books The Bibleâthe Old Testament According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, October 1993) Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, 1996) D.H.Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane: According to Spike MilliganâPart II of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Michael Joseph, 1995) Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan (Virgin, 1997) The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan Lady Chatterley's Lover According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, April 1994) Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan (Virgin, 199 Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, 1994) The Essential Spike Milligan (compiled by Alexander Games, 2002), ISBN 0-00-767358-2 The Compulsive Spike Milligan (Edited by Norma Farnes, 2004), ISBN 0-00-771702-4 The Bibleâ

the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, October 1993) Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, 1996) D.H.Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane: According to Spike MilliganâPart II of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (Michael Joseph, 1995) Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan (Virgin, 1997) The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan Lady Chatterley's Lover According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, April 1994) Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan (Virgin, 199 Treasure Island According to Spike Milligan Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan (Michael Joseph, 1994) The Essential Spike Milligan (compiled by Alexander Games, 2002), ISBN 0-00-767358-2 The Compulsive Spike Milligan (Edited by Norma Farnes, 2004), ISBN 0-00-771702-4 Click to expand...

Quite a collection for someone who wasn't seen as a writer , Thankyou for that list by the way, may keep an eye out for them when i've finished the 6th book of the memoirs Spike Milligan | Open Library Spike Milligan Spike Milligan Close Subjects Great Britain , Dundee (Scotland) , England , Ireland , North Africa People Are you sure you want to remove Spike Milligan from your list? Links (outside Open Library) No links yet. Add one ? Alternative names Created by an anonymous user initial import Other projects include the Wayback Machine , archive.org and archive-it.org Your use of the Open Library is subject to the Internet Archive's Terms of Use .

Spike Milligan Biography (1918-) Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow Spike Milligan Biography (1918-) Full name, Terence Alan Milligan; born April 16, 1918, in Ahmed Nagar, India;son of Leo Alphonso (a British army officer) and Florence Mary Winifred (maiden name, Kettleband) Milligan; married June Marlow, 1952 (divorced, 1960); married Margaret Patricia Ridgeway (an actress), 1962 (died, 1978; some sources say marriage ended, 1976); married Shelagh Sinclair, 1983; children: (firstmarriage) Laura, Sean, Sile; (second marriage) Jane; (from other relationships) Romany (daughter), James. Addresses: Office: Spike Milligan Productions, 9 Orme Ct., London W.2, England.

Nationality Stage Appearances Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1961 Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, then Duke of York's Theatre, London, both 1963 Title role, Oblomov, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1964 Title role, Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, 1964 Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, 1966, then Saville Theatre, London, 1967 Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, Mermaid Theatre, 1973, 1974, and 1976 For One Week Only (solo show), Adelphi Theatre, London, 1974 Ben Gunn, Treasure Island, New London Theatre, London, 1975 Ubu, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1980 Major Tours Toured in For One Week Only (solo show), British cities.

Stage Work Codirector, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed SittingRoom), Mermaid Theatre, then Duke of York's Theatre, both London, 1963 Director, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, 1966, then Saville Theatre, London, 1967 Film Appearances Spike Donnelly, Penny Points to Paradise, Adelphi, 1951 Eccles and waiter, Let's Go Crazy, 1951 Private Eccles, Down among the Z Men (also known as The Goon Show Movie), NR, 1952 The Goon Movie (also known as Stand Easy), 1953 The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, 1956 The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film, 1959 Lieutenant Godfrey Pringle, Invasion Quartet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1961 Arthur, The Risk (also known as Suspect), Kingsley International, 1961 Tramp, What a Whopper, Regal Films, 1961 Dockyard matey, Watch Your Stern (also known as What a Carry On

: Watch Your Stern), Magna, 1961 Harold Petts, Postman's Knock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962 Mate, The Bedsitting Room (also known as The Bed Sitting Room), United Artists, 1969 Traffic warden 27, The Magic Christian, Commonwealth, 1970 Tramp, "Sloth," The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Tigon, 1971 Landlord, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, Longford, 1972 Gryphon, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American National Enterprises, 1972 Customs officer, Rentadick, Virgin, 1972 Leo Milligan, Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, United Artists, 1973 Bill Bombay, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, 1973 Monsieur Bonancieux, The Three Musketeers (also known as Los tres mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974 Dr.

Harz, Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World, Cinerama, 1974 Himself, Man about the House, 1974 William McGonagall, The Great McGonagall, Scotia American, 1975 Hawker, Barney (also known as Lost in the Wild), 1976 Crumble, The Last Remake of Beau Geste, Universal, 1977 Himself, To See Such Fun, 1977 Spike, Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life ofBrian), Warner Bros./Orion, 1979 Member of Baskerville police force, The Hound of the Baskervilles,Atlantic Releasing, 1980 Monsieur Rimbaud, The History of the World, Part I, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981 Flunkie, Yellowbeard, Orion, 1983 "Der Schauspieler," The Big Freeze, 1993 Television Appearances Multiple roles, Son of Fred, 1956 Multiple roles, Idiot Weekly, Price 2nd, 1956 Voice of Minnie Bannister

, The Telegoons, 1963 Multiple roles, A Show Called Fred, 1967 The World of Beachcomber, 1968 Kevin O'Grady, Curry and Chips, 1969 Multiple roles, Q5 (retitled as Q6, Q7, Q8, and Q9), beginning in 1969 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, ABC, 1972 Multiple roles, There's a Lot of It About, 1982 Narrator, Wolves, Witches, and Giants, The Disney Channel, 1995 Also appeared in The Best of Beachcomber, The Best of British, A Milligan for All Seasons, and Oh in Colour.

Television Appearances The Radio Show," Hancock's Half Hour, 1956 "Christmas Special," Not Only ... but Also, 1966 Pakistani on train, Till Death Do Us Part, 1972 Himself, The Muppet Show, 1978 Himself, Have I Got News for You, 1995 Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam! 1995 Himself, Clive Anderson Talks Back, 1995 Himself, Room 101, 1999 Also appeared in an episode of TIWAS. Other Television Appearances Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (special), 1985 Road sweeper, Mr.

H Is Late, 1987 Pakistani Dalek, Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (also known as Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis), 1993 Himself, The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, 1999 Deadyawn and De'ath, Gormenghast (miniseries), BBC America, 2000 Radio Appearances The Goon Show, BBC, 1951-60 RECORDINGS Narrator and co-composer, The Snow Goose, RCA, 1976 Narrator, Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Columbia, 1981 BBC Radio Presents: The Goon Show Classics, BDD, 1995 WRITINGS Stage (With Jon Antrobus) The Bedsitting Room (also known as The BedSitting Room), Mermaid Theatre, London, 1963, published by Margaret &Jack Hobbs, 1970 (Adapter) Oblomov, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1964 (Adapter) Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, London, 1964

 (Adapter) Ubu, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1980 Film The Goon Movie (also known as Stand Easy), 1953 The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn, 1956 The Running Jumping and Standing Still Film, 1959 (With John Briley, Jack Trevor Story, and George Barclay) Postman's Knock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962 The Bedsitting Room (based on his stage play; also known as TheBed Sitting Room), United Artists, 1969 "Sloth," The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Tigon, 1971 Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, United Artists, 1973 Additional dialogue, Ghost in the Noonday Sun, 1973 (With Joseph McGrath) The Great McGonagall, Scotia American, 1975 Television Series Idiot Weekly, Price 2nd, 1956 The Telegoons, 1963 A Show Called Fred, 1967 (Also composer) Q5 (retitled as Q6, Q7, Q8, and Q9),

 beginning in 1969 Six Dates with Barker, 1971 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, ABC, 1972 There's a Lot of It About, 1982 Television Episodes "The Phantom Raspberry Blower," a serial, The Two Ronnies, 1971 Radio Series The Goon Show, BBC, 1951-60 Other Silly Verse for Kids (juvenile), Dobson (Durham, England), 1959 A Dustbin of Milligan (self-illustrated collection), Dobson, 1961 The Little Pot Boiler: A Book Based Freely on His Seasonal Overdraft (fiction), Dobson, 1963 Puckoon (novel), M.

Joseph (London), 1963 A Book of Bits, or A Bit of a Book (collection), Dobson, 1965 (With Carol Barker) The Bald Twit Lion (juvenile), Dobson, 1968 A Book of Milliganimals (self-illustrated juvenile), Dobson, 1968 The Bedside Milligan, or Read Your Way to Insomnia (collection), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1969 Values (poetry), Offcut Press, 1969 Adolph Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (fiction), M. Joseph, 1971 (Editor with Jack Hobbs) Milligan's Ark (collection), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1971 (With Margaret and Jack Hobbs) Badjelly the Witch (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1971 Small Dreams of a Scorpion (juvenile poetry), Margaret & JackHobbs, 1972 The Goon Show Scripts (collection), Woburn Press (London), St.

Martin's (New York City), 1973 Dip the Puppy (juvenile), Merrimack Book Services (Topsfield, MA),1973 More Goon Show Scripts (collection), Woburn Press, 1973 (Contributor) Cricket's Choice, Open Court (London), 1974 Rommel: Gunner Who? (fiction), M. Joseph, 1974 (Contributor) The Book of Goons, Corgi Books (London), 1974 (With J. Hobbs) The Milligan Book of Records, Games, Cartoons, and Commercials (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1975 (With Hobbs) The Great McGonagall Scrapbook, M. Joseph, 1975 Transport of Delight, Penguin (London), 1975 Monty--His Part in My Victory (fiction), M. Joseph, 1976 (With Hobbs) William McGonagall: The Truth at Last (fiction), M.

Joseph, (also published as McGonagall: The Truth at Last, Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1976 The Spike Milligan Letters, edited by Norma Farnes, M. Joseph, 1977 Mussolini--His Part in My Downfall (fiction), M. Joseph, 1978 A Book of Goblins (juvenile poetry), Hutchinson, 1978 Open Heart University (poetry), M. Joseph, 1979 "Q" Annual (fiction), M. Joseph, 1979 Get in the "Q" Annual (fiction), Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1980 Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry (self-illustrated juvenile),Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1981 Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe, M. Joseph, 1981 Sir Nobunk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon (juvenile), M. Joseph, 1982 Goon Cartoons, M. Joseph, 1982 More Goon Cartoons, M.

Joseph, 1983 There's a Lot of It About, M. Joseph, 1983 Melting Pot, Robson Books (London), 1983 More Milligan Letters, edited by Farnes, M. Joseph, 1984 Floored Masterpieces and Worse Verse, Macmillan (London), 1985 Where Have All the Bullets Gone, Penguin, 1986 Goodbye Soldier (fiction), M. Joseph, 1986 Further Transports of Delight, Penguin, 1986 The Looney: An Irish Fantasy, M. Joseph, 1987 The Lost Goon Shows, Robson Books, 1987 Mirror Running (poems), M. Joseph, 1987 Startling Verse for All the Family, 1987 The 101 Best and Only Limericks of Spike Milligan, Penguin, 1988 Milligan's War: The Selected War Memoirs of Spike Milligan, M. Joseph, 1988 (With Hobbs) William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin, M.

Joseph,1988 That's Amazing, Ladybird Books (Loughborough, England), 1988 It Ends with Magic ... a Milligan Family Story, M. Joseph, 1990 Dear Robert, Dear Spike: The Graves-Milligan Correspondence, edited by Pauline Scudamore, A. Sutton (Gloucester, England), 1991 Condensed Animals (juvenile poetry), Puffin (New York City), 1991 Peacework: My Downfall (novel), M. Joseph, 1991 (With Anthony Clare) Depression and How to Survive It, Ebury Press(London), 1992 Mini-Milligan Collection, 1992 Books by Spike Milligan (Author of Adolf Hitler) Books by Spike Milligan Average rating 4.01 · 16,262 ratings · 657 reviews · shelved 27,465 times Showing 30 distinct works. 4.06 avg rating — 4,199 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions Want to Read saving… Error rating book. Refresh and try again.

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Rate this book Clear rating * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . © 2017 Goodreads Inc Spike Milligan Papers - Archives Hub Archives Hub Scope and Content Before his death in 2002 Spike Milligan gave to St John’s College Oxford the manuscripts of around 30 works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, including his five volume Second World War biography. The collection totals around 4,500 leaves of manuscript, typescript and illustrative material. Administrative / Biographical History Milligan, Terence Alan [Spike] (1918–2002), comedian and author, one of the key creative forces who transformed post-war British comedy, bringing irreverence, surrealism and the absurd to popular culture. He wrote best-selling fiction, memoirs, poetry and children’s literature, just under half of which is represented in some form in this collection of manuscripts.

Conditions Governing Access Contact the Librarian, library@sjc.ox.ac.uk , to make an appointment Archivist's Note Spike Milligan | LibraryThing Spike Milligan Spike Milligan (primary author only) Author division Spike Milligan is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author . Includes Spike Milligan is composed of 8 names. You can examine and separate out names . Combine with… Biography of Spike Milligan Biography of Spike Milligan Birth name Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan. Adopted the nickname Spike in his teens. Born 16th April, 1918, Ahmadnagar, India (120 miles east of Bombay). Died on 27th February, 2002, at his home, near Rye, East Sussex, UK. According to Spike's self-written obituary, written in 1990, when he grew up he wrote the Goon Show and died. He actually lived another twelve years. General: Terence (Spike) Milligan was born in India to Irish parents, Leo and Florence (Flo) Milligan.

Leo was a British Army captain, who due to his keen interest in show business, won the reputation of "Soldier Showman of India". Flo was involved in show business too, and both she and Leo sang and acted in variety shows that they wrote. Some of this must have rubbed off on young Terry, considering his later career choices. Also a big influence was daily immersion in the sights and sounds of exotic India, not that schooling in a Roman Catholic convent in could be considered very exotic, even if situated in Poona. The story of how Spike's parents came to be living in India is probably typical. In the early part of the 20th Century, economic conditions in southern Ireland were so bad that the British Army's offer of a job (which turned out to be one of protecting the Empire in India) was one that Leo could not afford to pass up. At that time southern Ireland was under British rule, so that when Spike was born in India, the passport he obtained was a British one. Laws were later amended, which eventually led to Spike losing his British passport.

The only way that he could regain it was to swear the Oath of Allegiance, which he refused to do on the grounds of his service to King and country in WWII. Spike subsequently became an Irish citizen, but maintained his British residency. But this is jumping ahead in the story. On Leo Milligan's discharge from the army in 1935, the family returned to Britain, and lived in south east London. It was now a do-it-yourself sort of life, as one of the major perks of the Raj, namely house servants, was absent. After a final short stint in school, Terry worked at various mundane jobs before turning towards a more successful career in show business. Thinking first to develop a career as a musician, Terence Milligan's skills with the trumpet quickly earned him the nickname of "Spike", after Spike Jones, and got him work with all of the S.E. London bands. Then along came what was arguably the biggest life-shaping event in Spike's life, the war with Germany, which rapidly escalated into WWII. It was in North Africa, during WWII, as Gunner Milligan, 954024, that Spike first met Harry Secombe.

The circumstances of their meeting were only narrowly non-fatal. Milligan's 25-pounder gun jumped out of its placement due to recoil, and ran down the hill narrowly missing another gun unit. Spike went down the hill and asked, "Has anyone seen a gun?" One of the men in the other gun unit said, "What colour?" It was Harry Secombe. During the final stages of the war in Italy Spike and Harry met again while working as comedians in the Combined Services Entertainment unit. It was around about this time that Spike also began a stint in the Bill Hall Trio, whose successful mix of both music and slapstick comedy helped bring Spike's interest in comedy to the fore. Spike earned �75 a week with the Bill Hall Trio, which was very good money in those days. Probably quite aware of Spike's great talent for comedy and music, the other two thirds of the Bill Hall Trio were very distraught when Spike left to pursue new pastures of comedy. Spike's career as comedy script writer took off when he was introduced by Harry Secombe to Jimmy Grafton.

Grafton, sometime comedy script writer for the BBC, was proprietor of The Grafton Arms hostelry, Victoria, where anyone who was anyone congregated: producers, script writers, performers, and various hangers-on. Spike persuaded Jimmy Grafton to let him help behind the bar, and Grafton in return gave Spike lodgings in the pub's unfurnished attic. Jimmy soon noticed Spike's natural (but as yet undeveloped) talent for writing comedy, and set about giving Spike the help he needed to become an independent and very successful writer of such material. The convivial atmosphere of The Grafton Arms, or just Graftons, as it was usually called, provided just the right catalyst to ignite a mixture of new ideas about comedy, and soon led to the formation of The Goon Club. Membership of this informal group included Milligan, Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Peter Sellers, Alfred Marks and others. Spike's big career breakthrough occurred when Jimmy Grafton and others persuaded the BBC to let Milligan, Secombe, Sellers, and Bentine "Go-on" the radio as Those Crazy People, shortly afterwards to be renamed the Goons' own preferred title, The Goon Show.

Personal: Ever concerned about the underdog, Spike's comedy writing tried to ease the burden of the down-trodden classes by knocking and lampooning the pompous and the self-important. Favourite targets were governmental bureaucrats who liked to treat other people as numbers or as just so many holes punched in a piece of card. Described by some as a "gentle anarchist", and very concerned about the effect of human beings on the ecology of planet earth, Spike was actively involved with Green Peace and animal rights since the 1960s. Another issue close to Spike's heart was environmental noise. Probably as a result of shellshock during WW2, he was more sensitive to noise than most, and it seemed to get worse as he got older. His move from the cacophony of London to rural Sussex, near the coastal town of Rye, was therefore due more to necessity than choice. In one interview he said he sympathized totally with people who feel they are being driven over the edge by blaring televisions, hi-fi's, and barking dogs.

The same interviewer finished by noting that Spike's "living room window commands an inspiring view of quiet, still flat fields, and the only sounds to be heard are our own voices." Turned down for a British passport because he would not take the Oath of Allegiance, Spike was nevertheless awarded an honorary Knight of the British Empire (KBE) in recognition of his wide ranging work in radio, television, film, and also the printed word. His nonsense verse, Ning Nang Nong, was voted top comic poem of 1999. A significant part of Spike's work has been aimed at children. Children have a special place in Spike's heart for he regards them as our only hope. Right on, Sir Spike! Invited in 1990 to write his own obituary, Spike eagerly accepted the challenge. He started out by saying that by seducing an office girl from the Brisbane Courier Mail, he'd already gotten a look at his! He claims the obituary they had on file (in case of dire need) read, "Spike Milligan was born Terence Alan Milligan on the 16th April 1918 in a hospital in Ahmadnagar, India.

When he grew up he wrote the Goon Show and died." Spike's very amusing, self-written obituary (which used the phrase, "wrote the Goon Show and died" at least eight times, was published in its entirety in the Sunday Correspondent newspaper in July 1990. It finished with, "Hobbies: writing Goon Shows and dying." Twelve years later, after living long enough to prevent Harry Secombe singing at his funeral, Spike died, and his publicity-stunt obituary was (re)printed, only this time for real, in the Evening Standard, Wed., 27 Feb, 2002. Trivia: Spike played a 'Pakistani Dalek' ( script and picture ) in his 1975 Q6 spoof of the BBC television series, Doctor Who. This skit is included in the 1983 BBC special edition video documentary entitled Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis.

Actor Filmography: Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2001) (TV) ...himself "Gormenghast" (2000) (TV miniseries) ...cameo appearances as aging headmaster De'ath. (For some unknown reason Deadyawn in Mervyn Peake's trilogy was renamed De'ath in the BBCtv miniseries). (Eric Sykes, who co-wrote with Spike Milligan most of the 5th series Goon Shows, also makes a cameo appearance). The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) ...himself The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (1999) (TV) ...himself A Royal Birthday Celebration (1998) (TV) ...himself Spike (1996) (TV) ...himself/interviewee "Wolves, Witches and Giants" (1995) (TV Series) (voice) ...narrator The Big Freeze (1993) (silent) ...Der Schauspieler.

(Written and directed by Eric Sykes) Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993) (TV) ...Pakistani Dalek ...aka Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years In the Tardis (1993) (TV) (UK: video title) Mr.

H Is Late (1987) (TV) ...roadsweeper Group Madness (1983) ...himself (apparently a documentary on the making of Yellowbeard) Yellowbeard (1983) ...flunkie "There's a Lot of it About" (1982) (TV Series) ...himself/various characters History of the World: Part I (1981) ...Milligan plays a man, Monsieur Rimbaud, locked up in the Bastille "Q9" (1980) (TV series) ...various roles ...aka "Quinine" (1980) Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) ...cameo appearance speaking to a religious crowd ...aka Life of Brian (1979) (USA) "Q8" (1979) (TV series) ...various roles ...aka "Kuwait" (1979) "Q7" (1978) (TV series) ...various roles The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) ...policeman Dot and the Kangaroo (1977) (

voice) ...Mr.

Platypus To See Such Fun (1977) Himself (Comedy compilation film) Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) ...Crumble the butler Barney (1976) ...Hawker ...aka Lost in the Wild (1976) (USA) "Q6" (1975) (TV series) ...various roles The Great McGonagall. (1974) ...William McGonagall (Scotland's worst poet). (Also features Peter Sellers playing Queen Victoria) Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974) ...Bill Bombay. (Also features Peter Sellers as Dick Scratcher). Unreleased. Issued on home video in 1980s. Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) ...Dr. Harz. (Directed by Joe McGrath) Man About the House (1974) ...Himself Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) ...Bombay The Three Musketeers (1973) ...M.

Bonancieux (Directed by Richard Lester) ...aka Los Tres mosqueteros (1973) (Spain) The Cherry Picker (1972) (92 mins, colour) ...Mr. Lal "A Milligan for all Seasons" (1972) (TV Series) "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" (1972) (TV Series) Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1972) ...Spike makes an appearance as Leo Milligan, his father The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) ...landlord Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) ...gryphon Rentadick (1972) ...customs officer The Last Goon Show of All (1972) (TV) ...himself/Count Moriarty/Eccles/Little Jim/Minnie Bannister ...aka The Last Goon Show (1972) (TV) (UK: abbreviated title) The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) ...a mainly silent Tramp in the "Sloth" segment.

(Also features Harry Secombe as Stanley in the "Envy" segment) 'Wiltons' - The Handsomest Hall in Town (1970) (TV) ...E.W. Mackney Oh In Colour (1970) (TV) The Undertakers (1969) (short) ???Not verified "Curry and Chips" (1969) (TV series) ...Kevin O'Grady "Q5" (1969) (TV series) ...various roles [4 of the 7 episodes have been wiped; 2 exist only in b/w] "The World Of Beachcomber" (1968-69) (TV series) The Bed Sitting Room (1969) ...Mate (Also features Harry Secombe. Directed by Richard Lester) ***1/2 The Magic Christian (1969) ...cameo as Traffic Warden 27, "Let that be a lesson to you!".

(Also features Peter Sellers and Ringo Star) Fish and Milligan (1966) (short) ...fisherman "Milligan's Wake" (1964-65) (TV series) "Milligan at Large" (1964) (TV series) "The Telegoons" (1963) (TV puppet series, 26 episodes) (voice) Moriarty, Minnie Bannister, Eccles. (Also features the voices of Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers). Postman's Knock (1961) ...country postman Harold Petts Invasion Quartet (1961) ...Godfrey Pringle Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2 (Milligan at Large) (1961) Spike Milligan Meets Joe Brown (Milligan at Large) (1961) (short) ...(voice) What a Whopper! (1961) ...tramp Suspect (1960) ...Arthur ...aka The Risk (1960) (USA) Watch Your Stern (1960) ...dockyard matey.

(Based on the "Carry On" series) ...aka What a Carry On: Watch Your Stern (1994) (UK: video box title) Portrait of a Goon (1959) (TV) The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) (Short) ...camper (Also features Peter Sellers, Graham Stark, and others. See History and Bibliography pages for more information) "Son Of Fred" (1956) (TV series) ...various roles "A Show Called Fred" (1956) (TV series) ...various characters "The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d" (1956) (TV series) ...various characters (Also featured Peter Sellers) The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956) (Short) ...Milligan plays several roles: Detective Sergeant Brown, J. Smith [essentially Eccles], Minnie Bannister [present in voice only], Catchpole Burkington. (Also features Peter Sellers, Dick Emery, Pamela Thomas, and others.

See History and Bibliography pages for more information) Super Secret Service (1953) Down Among the Z Men (1952) ...Private Eccles (Also features Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine, Peter Sellers and Carol Carr. See F.A.Q.s and Bibliography pages for more information) ...aka The Goon Show Movie (1952) (video title) ...aka The Goon Movie (1952) ...aka Stand Easy (1952) London Entertains (1951) Let's Go Crazy (1951) ...Eccles/waiter [The first (and rather amateurish) attempt at putting the Goons on film] Penny Points to Paradise (1951) ...Spike Donnelly (Also features Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers).

London Entertains (1951) Puckoon (2001) (screenplay by Terence Ryan was based on Spike's novel) The Two Ronnies at the Movies (1999) (TV) "There's a Lot of it About" (1982) (TV series) "Q9" (1980) (TV series) The Great McGonagall (1974) (co-written and directed by Joseph McGrath) Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973) Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972) (also book) Milligan in Autumn (1972) Billed as, "An entertainment with words and music." The Last Goon Show of All (1972) (TV) ...aka The Last Goon Show (1972) (TV) (UK: abbreviated title) "Six Dates with Barker" (1971) (TV series) Writer "The Two Ronnies" (1971) (TV series) (serial: The Phantom Raspberry Blower) The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) Screenplay ("S

loth" segment) "Q5" (1969) (TV series) The Bed Sitting Room (1969, 90 min) Mate.

(Based on play written by John Antrobus and Milligan) "The Telegoons" (1963) (TV puppet series) Wrote or co-wrote the original Goon Show scripts, which were rewritten by Maurice Wiltshire for the TV series. The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959) (Co-writer with Richard Lester, Peter Sellers, Mario Fabrizi) "Idiot Weekly, Price 2d" (1956) (TV series) Writer (Eric Sykes, who co-wrote with Spike Milligan most of the 5th series Goon Shows, was co-writer).

"A Show Called Fred" (1956) (TV series) "Son of Fred" (1956) (TV series) The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn (1956) Down Among the 'Z' Men (1952) ...aka The Goon Movie (1952) ...aka The Goon Show Movie (1952) (video title) ...aka Stand Easy (1952) "Q5" (1969) (TV Series) (theme "The Q5 Piano Theme") ...aka "Q6" (1975) (new title) ...aka "Q7" (1978) (new title) ...aka "Q8" (1979) (new title) ...aka "Q9" (1980) (new title) ...where all five seasons are known collectively as the "Q" series.

Notable TV Guest Appearances: "Room 101" (1994) (episode #4, series 3, 1999/06/08) ...himself [episode devoted to Spike] "Everyman" (1999) (episode: "The Trouble with Harry", 1999) ...himself "Heroes of Comedy" (1997) (episode: "The Goons", 1997) ...himself plus archive footage "Clive Anderson Talks Back" (1989) (episode #10, series 10, 1995/01/12) ...himself "Wham! Bam!

Strawberry Jam!" (1995) (TV series) (30 mins, 6 episodes, episode #1, series 4, 1995/03/18) ...himself "Have I Got News for You" (1990) (episode #9, series 8, 1995) ...himself "Through the Keyhole" (1983) (episode in 1987) ...himself "Wogan" (1982) ...himself "The Muppet Show" (1976) (episode #3, series 17, 1978) ...himself "Till Death Us Do Part" (1965) (3 appearances starting in 1972) ...Pakistani Man /Indian Train Passenger "Parkinson" (1971) ...himself "Not Only...

But Also" (1965) (episode: "Christmas Special" 1966/12/26) ...in 'Poets Cornered' "Hancock's Half Hour" (1956) (episode #1, series 5, "The Radio Show" 1956/08/31) Radio: Goons Night (2001) [50th anniversary tribute, but no Spike!] Spike at 80 (1998) The Skivers (1995) [guest appearance] Fleas, Knees & Hidden Elephants (1995) The Box of Delights (1995) [Spike was one of the cast] Turns of the Century (199?) [one episode about Spike] Flywheel Shyster & Flywheel (1992) The Humdrum History of the Helmet (1992) At Last the Go On Show (1991) [40th anniversary tribute, featuring Spike] The Milligan Papers (1987) A Sound of Goons (198?) [documentary by John Browell, featuring Spike] I like Spike (1

979) [tribute show with pre-recorded bits by Spike] Pause for Thought (1975) [series of interviews with Spike] Plain Tales from the Raj (1975) [Spike contributed to two of these programmes on India] Spike Milligan in Everything (1973) The Last Goon Show of All (1972) Milligna or your Favourite Spike (1972-3) What the Dickens?

(1970) The Army Show (1965) (script) performer too?

(Produced by Charles Chilton) The Naughty Navy Show (1965) Forces Gala Night (1964) The Omar Khayyam Show (1963-4) Idiots Weekly (1958-9, 1962) (ABC) (3 series) The Reason Why (1957) Hip Hip Hoo Roy (1949) The Bowery Bar (1949) Listen My Children (1948) (Robert Beatty claims Spike was in this, though the records make no mention of him - may have been its follow-up, Third Division from 1949) Publications: Wuthering Heights According to Spike Milligan (1995) D H Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane According to Spike Milligan (1995) Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants (1995) (poetry) Lady Chatterly's Lover According to Spike Milligan (1994) Depression and How to Survive It (1993) (with A Clare) Hidden Words (1993) (poetry) The Bible According to Spike Milligan (1993

) Condensed Animals (1991) Dear Robert, Dear Spike (1991) Peacework (1991) (autobiography) It Ends With Magic (1990) Spike Milligan, A Celebration (1988) McGonagall Meets George Gershwin (1988) Milligan's War (1988) The Lost Goon Shows (1987) The Mirror Running (1987) (poetry) Startling Verse for all the Family (1987) (poetry) The Looney: an Irish fantasy (1987) Goodbye Soldier (1986) Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse (1985) Spike Milligan's Further Transports of Delight (1985) Where Have all the Bullets Gone?

(1985) (autobiography) More Goon Cartoons (1983) There's A Lot Of It About (1983) More Goon Cartoons (1983) (illustrated by Pete Clark) The Goon Cartoons (1982) (illustrated by Pete Clark) The 101 Best and Only Limericks of Spike Milligan (1982) Sir Nobonk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon (1982) Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry (1981) Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe (1981) Get in the Q Annual (1980) The Q Annual (1979) The Spike Milligan Letters (1979) (edited by Norma Farnes) Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (1978) Open Heart University (1978) Monty: His Part in My Victory (1976) William McGonagall: the truth at last (1976) (with Jack Hobbs) Dip the Puppy (19

75) The Milligan Book of Records, Games, Cartoons and Commercials (1975) The Great McGonagall Scrapbook (1975) (with Jack Hobbs) Transports of Delight (1975) Badjelly the Witch (1973) (also available on Polygram, N.Z.

CD 5578782) Rommel? Gunner Who?

(1973) More Goon Show Scripts (1973) The Goon Show Scripts (1972) Small Dreams of a Scorpion (1972) Milligan's Ark (1971) Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall (1971) The Bald Twit Lion (1970) The Bed-Sitting Room (1969) (play) (with John Antrobus) Milliganimals (1968) The Little Pot Boiler (1965) A Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book (1965) Puckoon (1963) Silly Verse for Kids (1963) A Dustbin of Milligan (1961) Vinyl Records/Audio Cassette (not including releases of Goon Show episodes) 2000 - Children's Treasury of Milligan AC [tape accompanying paperback of book] 1996 - Wolf Tales / Witch Tales / Giant Tales AC [3 tapes from TV cartoon series] 1994 - Bible according to Spike Milligan AC 1991-95 Readings of war memoirs AC 1984

 - Wolves Witches & Giants LP 1982 - Unspun Socks from a Chickens Laundry LP 1981 - William McGonagall - The Truth at Last LP 1981 - Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall LP 1980 - Puckoon LP 1979 - Cavalcade of London Theatre LP [anthology including Spike doing poetry] 1979 - One Sunny Day/Woe is Me [from Q8 LP] 1979 - Sing Songs from Q8 LP 1978 - Goons Classics AC Polygram 820 646 4 1978 - Raspberry Song/Rhymes [from World of Goons LP] 1978 - The World of the Goons LP Decca SPA 569 (also AC KCSP 569) 1976 - Snow Goose/Goose Walk [from Snow Goose LP] 1976 - The Snow Goose LP 1976 - Remember you're a Womble/German version [Spike & Sellers] 1974 - Live at Cambridge LP 1974 -

 Ning Nang Nong/Silly Old Baboon [from Badjelly LP] 1974 - Badjelly the Witch LP 1974 - Treasure Island LP [from Mermaid Theatre production] 1974 - He's Innocent of Watergate LP 1974 - Wormwood Scrubs Tango/Little Gray Hole in Vest 1973 - The World of Children LP [anthology including Spike] 1972 - Alice soundtrack LP 1972 - Girl on a Pony/Old Man's Protest Song 1971 - A Record Load of Rubbish LP [from Radio London broadcast 1970, including Spike] 1969 - No one's Gonna Change our World LP [Spike and others] 1968 - World of Beachcomber LP 1969 - The World of British Comedy LP Decca SPA.39 [anthology including Spike] 1969 - Q5 Piano Tune/Ning Nang Nong 1966 - Purple Aeroplane/Nothing at All 1966 - Tower Bridge/Silent Night 1965 - Muses with Milligan LP 

1965 - Rhymes & Rhythm LP [children's anthology including Spike] 1964 - The Goons 7" EP Decca DFE 6396 (Australia) 1964 - The Goons: Unchained Melodies 10" LP Decca LF 1332 1964 - Best of Milligan's Wake LP 1964 - How to Win an Election LP 1962 - Bridge on the River Wye LP 1962 - Postman's Knock theme/Wormwood Scrubs Tango 1961 - I'm walking out with a Mountain/Sewers of the Strand [from Milligan Preserved] 1961 - Milligan Preserved LP 1958 - Will I Find My Love/Wish I Knew 78 RPM 1956 - My September Love/You Gotta go Oww!

78 RPM 1956 - 7 Goon singles 78 RPM TELEVISION (Sorry, I don't remember who compiled the following list:) [Does not include chat shows and documentaries unless the whole programme was devoted to Spike] 2002 - Heroes of Comedy [episode devoted to Spike] 2000 - Badjelly the Witch 1999 - The Nearly Complete & Utter History of Britain [Spike had cameo as Nelson] 1999 - BBC Comedy trailer [Spike one of many in Ronnie Corbett-like shaggy dog stories] 1999 - My Favourite Hymns [episode devoted to Spike] 1998 - Spike Night [3 programmes devoted to Spike] 1996 - Omnibus [documentary about Spike] 1996 - Takin' Over the Asylum [Spike made guest appearance as himself] 1996 - An Evening with Spike Milligan 1996 - The Great Bong [Spike voiced one of the characters in this puppet show] 1995 - SPIKE ( video) 1995 - This is Your Life [episode devoted to Spike]

 1995 - One Foot in the Past [on the Elfin Oak] 1994 - Noel's House Party [Spike did idiot scout routine] 1994 - Comedy Awards [Spike receives Lifetime achievement] 1993 - Comedy Awards [Spike presented Eric with Lifetime Achievement award] 1992 - Saturday Zoo [Spike performed vicar monologue] 1992 - The Obituary Show [episode devoted to Spike] 1992 - World in Action [on noise pollution] 1992 - The Dazzling Image [guest presenter on one episode of this showcase for abstract films] 1991 - Tonight with Jonathan Ross [whole episode devoted to interview with Spike] 1991 - Them & Us [on muzak] 199?

- [Spike did a mime version of Yesterday on a Channel 4 Karaoke show] 199? - Plunder [episode devoted to Spike] 198?

- The Sooty Show [Spike makes guest appearance] 1988 - Mr H is Late [Spike guests in Eric's silent comedy] 1987 - Parkinson One-to-One [episode devoted to Spike] 1986 - Pob's Programme [Spike made at least one guest appearance] 1986 - Spike [C4 tribute show] 1985-7 Supergran [Spike made guest appearance] 1985 - The Jewel in the Crown [pilot by Johnny Speight starring Spike and Eric; never broadcast] 1985 - The Last Laugh Before TV-am [one-off C4 show written by Spike & Antrobus] 1983 - Spotlight [follow-up to Old Boy Network, one show featured Spike] 1979 - Jackanory (Help I'm a Prisoner...) 1979 - [programme about WRVS] 1979 - Milligan's Ark [children's series for Anglia] 1977-84 The Marti Caine Show [Spike made guest appearance] 1977 - The Best of British [perhaps the compilation Best of British

 Comedy?] 1976 - Two Ronnies (Phantom Raspberry Blower...) 1975-7 The Punch Review [series based on Punch, with new gags by Spike and others] 1975 - Face your Image [interview programme] 1975 - The Melting Pot (only one episode broadcast) 197?

- One Pair of Eyes 197? - Where Do I Sit?

[Spike on Peter Cook's ill-fated chat show] 1974 - This Day Tonight [Spike compered one episode of this Australian show] 1974 - The Last Turkey in the Shop Show 1974 - Sing a Song of Secombe [music show included pre-rec Goon sketches with Spike & Sellers] 1973 - Milligan & Melly (radio 1976?) 1973 - This is Your Life [episode devoted to Spike] 1972-3 - Milligan in Autumn / Winter / Spring / Summer (A Milligan for all Seasons?) 1972 - Festival of Entertainment [Goons reunited again to present his BBC1 variety show] 1972 - The Last Goon Show of All 1972 - Follies of the Wise [comedy travelogue on follies, starring but not written by Spike] 1972 - Carry On Spike in Australia 1972 - Spike Milligan Takes a Made-Up Look at Australia 1971-2 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine [ITV series, Spike wrote and appeared] 1971 - An Apple a

 Day [one-off sitcom by Antrobus starring Pete & Dud and Spike] 1971 - Six Dates with Barker [2nd episode features original version of Phantom Raspberry Blower] 1970 - Wilton's [one-off written by Jimmy Perry and co-starring Spike] 1970 - Cucumber Castle [musical comedy with Bee Gees; guest appearance by Spike] 1970 - Up the Polls [one-off election night special combining Till Death and Curry & Chips] 1970 - The Other Spike [documentary] 1968-9 World of Beachcomber 1968 - The Goon Show (Tales of Men's Shirts) 1967 - Spike Milligan's Sad/Happy Ending Story of the Bald Twit Lion 1967 - [ABC programme to raise funds for restoration of Red Cow building] 1966 - Secombe & Friends (Whistling Spy Enigma) 1964-5 - Muses with Milligan [began Xmas Day 1964; mixture of poetry and jazz on BBC2] 1964-5 - Milligan's

 Wake [ATV] 1963 - The Best of Fred (compilation of Fred shows) 1962 - The Spike Milligan Show [shown in Australia - the same as the above?] 1961 - Spike Milligan (A Series of Unrelated Incidents...) [BBC] 1960 - Sykes [Spike wrote two episodes of the 2nd series] 1959 - Portrait of a Goon [Ken Russell documentary about Spike] 1958 - The Gladys Half Hour [Australian special] 1957 - Man And Music [one-off sketch show written by and starring Spike] 1956-61 Alfred Marks Time [Spike made at least one guest appearance] 1956 - Christmas Cracker [Spike guested on this one-off special starring Tessie O'Shea] 1956 - Off the Record [music show; Spike & Sellers appear miming to Ying Tong Song] 1955 - Secombe Here!

[written by Grafton, Spike & Eric; Spike appeared in 2 of the 3] 1954 - Right at the Top [?] 1953 - The Frankie Howerd Show [one-off written by Spike & Eric] 1952 - Don't Spare the Horses [Goons guested on this Jimmy James variety show] 1952 - Goonreel 1947/8 - various appearances with Bill Hall Trio Hit the Browser's Back Arrow to Return to the Previous Page

Question: Who wrote "Badjelly The Witch", "A Little Pot Boiler" and "Small Dreams Of A Scorpion"?
Answer: Spike Milligan