How To Win An Election (or Not Lose by Much)
1. What's It All About -- 2. Man To Man -- 3. Left A Little -- 4. Man Of The People -- 5. Worst Of Both Worlds -- 6. Keep Right On -- 7. To Home It May Concern -- 8. West Side Tory -- 9. On Her Majesty's Swinging Service -- 10. It's The Man That Counts.
Starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe, The Goons present a mad spoof of the 1964 United Kingdom General Election.
Primary Title
- How To Win An Election (or Not Lose by Much)
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 27 August 1966
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 13
Duration
- 43:00
Channel
- 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
- 1YA
Owning Organisation
- New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe, The Goons present a mad spoof of the 1964 United Kingdom General Election.
Episode Description
- 1. What's It All About -- 2. Man To Man -- 3. Left A Little -- 4. Man Of The People -- 5. Worst Of Both Worlds -- 6. Keep Right On -- 7. To Home It May Concern -- 8. West Side Tory -- 9. On Her Majesty's Swinging Service -- 10. It's The Man That Counts.
Classification
- Not Classified
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- This recording reunited Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, and Peter Sellers for an album produced by songwriter Leslie Bricusse. Shortly before the recording was due to be made, Sellers got married to Britt Ekland and flew to the United States. Consequently his pieces were recorded there for later insertion. This was the one of the last things he recorded before he suffered a series of heart attacks in 1964. Subsequently the recorded tapes were flown to Britain and the album released worldwide. (Source: Mark Cousins, Audio Archivist, The Goon Show Preservation Society, 2016).
Subjects
- Great Britain. Parliament--Elections, 1964
Genres
- Comedy
Hosts
- Wallace Greenslade (Host)
Contributors
- Spike Milligan (Actor)
- Peter Sellers (Actor)
- Harry Secombe (Actor)
- Max Geldray (Musician)
- Ray Ellington Quartet (Performing Group)
- Leslie Bricusse (Writer)
- Leslie Bricusse (Musician)
- The Goons (Performing Group)
Subjects
- Great Britain. Parliament--Elections, 1964