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Spike's Poems

AuthorSpike Milligan

NarratorSpike Milligan

Duration49m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Poetry

Key StageA Level

PublisherBBC

VersionUnabridged

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From the pen of comic genius Spike Milligan, here are sixty-two hilarious gems read by Spike himself including 'Ying-Tong-Iddle-I-Po', 'This is a Stick Up' and 'Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants'.

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