All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

1.4: The Goon Show. Released 20 November 2025.

The one British comedy show to which all roads ultimately lead. Spike Milligan’s lunatic flights of fancy changed the game and he found ideal comrades in Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers. The show ran for ten years and hundreds of episodes. We listened to The Lost Gold Mine from the fifth series and The Mysterious Punch Up the Conker from the seventh series.

If you want to listen to more episodes of The Goon Show, copies of many episodes in various qualities are floating around YouTube and other parts of the internet. But for the best listening experience we recommend getting the compilations on Audible, which are free with an Audible subscription.

Next time we’ll be watching Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, season one episode five and season two episode one.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

· https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy

· Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56

· allbritishcomedy@gmail.com

· https://allbritishcomedy.com

· https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained

· https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod

· https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod

· https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social

· https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod

· https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

· https://abigoliah.com

· https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah

· https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah

· https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

· https://tomsalinsky.co.uk

· https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky

· https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky

· https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972

· https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social

· https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.

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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

1.3: Not Only But Also. Released 6 November 2025.

Following the success of Beyond the Fringe, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore came to television with three series in a more whimsical tone than the biting stage show which shot them to fame, but still infused with Cook’s astonishing wordplay and Moore’s immense charm. We watched a selection of favourite sketches.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

• https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy
• Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

• https://abigoliah.com
• https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
• https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
• https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

• https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
• https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
• https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

Join us next time for The Goon Show. We’ll be listening to series 5 episode 2, The Lost Goldmine and series 7, episode 19, The Mysterious Punch Up The Conker. Both are readily available on Audible, on CD or floating around the internet.

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All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky

1.2: The Young Ones. Released 23 October 2025.

The first full expression of the anarchic style of alternative comedy was BBC2’s The Young Ones. 12 episodes were broadcast between 1982 and 1984 and they’re all currently available on iPlayer. The show made stars of Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson and kickstarted Ben Elton’s career as a comedy writer.

Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us.

The podcast

• https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy
• Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56
• allbritishcomedy@gmail.com
• https://allbritishcomedy.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained
• https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod
• https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy

Abigoliah Schamaun

• https://abigoliah.com
• https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah
• https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah
• https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah

Tom Salinsky

• https://tomsalinsky.co.uk
• https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky
• https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972
• https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social
• https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky

Join us next time for Not Only But Also. We’ll be watching a compilation of famous sketches, many of which you can find on YouTube. Our list comprises One Leg Too Few. Pete and Dud Famous Ladies. Bargo. Masterpiece. Alan A’Dale. A Bit of a Chat. Teaching Ravens to Fly Underwater. North Circular. Pete and Dud at the Art Gallery.

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