From the giddy heights of Hackney Empire to a Zurich Freak Show and beyond, the author makes his way through backwaters of showbiz, first as band musician then as one-man wild-act and eventually in the company of a group of like-minded comedians called Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers. They decide to call themselves The Goons...

Welcome to the world of classic adventure stories, hilariously retold by the much loved, legendary comic Spike Milligan. On his death in 2002, he was widely regarded as the greatest and most influential comedian to have emerged from post-war Britain.

Spike Milligan's letters contain some of the best material he ever wrote and this collection features the funniest, rudest and most revealing of them - most of which have never been seen before - from one of the greatest comics of the 20th century to some of its most famous politicians, actors, celebrities and rock stars.

Featuring illustrations, this collection includes the famous On the Ning Nang Nong.

Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers star in ten classic episodes of The Goon Show, plus a host of bonus features. Immensely popular and hugely influential, The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. This fourteenth and final collection returns to the programme's fourth series and includes the episodes 'The History of Communications', 'The Kippered Herring Gang', 'The Tooth-Paste Expedition', 'The Case of the Vanishing Room', 'The Greatest Mountain in the World', 'Collapse of the British Railways Sandwich System', 'The Case of Agent X2 (aka The Silent Bugler)', 'The Story...