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AuthorSpike Milligan
NarratorSpike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 5
Duration5h 25m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Biography and Autobiography
PublisherPenguin
VersionUnabridged
'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."' The fifth volume of Spike Milligan's unsurpassed account of life as a Bombardier in World War Two sees our hero dispatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital and from there to a rehabilitation camp. Considered loony (and 'unfit to be killed in combat by either side'), he becomes embroiled in his own private battle with melancholy. But it is music, wit and a little help from his friends-including one Gunner Harry Secombe-that help carry him through to his first stage appearances...
Spike Milligan War Memoirs Book 2: 'rommel?' 'gunner Who?'
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 2
Duration 4h 6m
'Keep talking, Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.' 'That's how I got in, sir.' 'Didn't we all.' The second volume of Spike Milligan's legendary recollections of life as a gunner in World War Two sees our hero into battle in North Africa-eventually. First, there is important preparation to be done: extensive periods of loiteri...
View BookSpike Milligan War Memories Book 7: Peace Work
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 7
Duration 7h 35m
'I had not informed my parents of my return, I wanted it to be a lovely surprise; it was, for me, they were away...' The seventh and last volume of Spike Milligan's memoirs sees our hero returning from war and Italy...but to what? Aside from shooting large, inaccurate guns at Germans, all he has done for five long years is blow a trumpet, tell r...
View BookSpike Milligan War Memoirs 1: Adolf Hitler
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 1
Duration 3h 24m
'At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked "This is your enemy". I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train...' In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been som...
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Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Various
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 10
Duration 2h 2m
Featuring: The White Box of Great Bardfield, Tales of Montmartre, The Great Bank Robbery and The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons. Anarchic, ground-breaking and hilariously inventive, The Goon Show re-shaped comedy and set new standards in the genre. The mix of brilliant wordplay, mental slapstick and surreal clowning ensures the popularity of S...
View BookGoon Show Classics Volume 1 (vintage Beeb)
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 56m
Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe star in two classic BBC Radio episodes, The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea and The Histories of Pliny the Elder. The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea: No fewer than 38 Batter Puddings have been hurled at Minnie Bannister, the world famous poker player. (Give her a good...
View BookSpike Milligan War Memories 6: Goodbye Soldier
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 6
Duration 8h 27m
'My namer is Maria Antonoinetta Fontana, but everyone call me Toni.' 'I'm Spike, sometimes known as stop thief or hey you.' 'Yeser, I know.' The sixth volume of Spike Milligan's off-the-wall account of his part in World War Two sees our hero doing very little soldiering. Because it's 1946. Rather, he is now part of the Bill Hall Trio-a 'Co...
View BookAuthor: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesThe Goon Show, Book 28
Duration 2h 2m
Four more classic episodes starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. More surreal clowning from one of the greatest comedy teams on radio. Goon but not forgotten! In these episodes, Neddie attempts to swim across the Regent's Park Canal with the help of a bottle of green liquid, the Russians force a satellite into the ionosphere (fi...
View BookThe Bible According To Spike Milligan
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
Duration 2h 55m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Bible According to Spike Milligan, written and read by Spike Milligan. The Old Testament: but more mad, more merry, more... Milligan! "And God said, Let there be light; and there was light, but Eastern Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected....
View BookSpike Milligan War Memoirs Book 4: Mussolini
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 4
Duration 8h 34m
A voice is calling across the land, "Bombardier Milligan." "Bombadier Milligan is dead," I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, "Then he's going to miss his breakfast." The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 (...
View BookSpike Milligan War Memoirs 3: Monty
Author: Spike Milligan
Author Spike Milligan
Narrator Spike Milligan
SeriesSpike Milligan War Memoirs, Book 3
Duration 2h 5m
'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.' 'This could mean war...' The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa. Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced-boredom ('Christ, I...
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