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Spike Milligan
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Spike Milligan - what members say
review by from Shropshire
A Bit Down Among The Z Men 15 July 2004
review by A customer from Sunderland UK
Complete and utter crap 30 April 2005
review by BarryNormansNephew from BERKSHIRE
Carry On? 22 July 2005
Spike Milligan - filmography
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Takin' Over The Asylum
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, Angus Macfadyen
Director: David Blair
Certificate: 
Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses.
 
82%
from 910 members
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History Of The World - Part 1
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Pamela Stephenson, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
Director: Mel Brooks
Certificate:
In this spoof of great moments in history from the dawn of humanity through the French Revolution, director Mel Brooks delivers a twisted history lesson through his signature satirical, madcap humour. Funny, vulgar, and narrated by the great Orson Welles, 'History Of The World - Part I', tells the ..read more »
64%
from 1,489 member
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The Last Remake Of Beau Geste
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret
Director: Marty Feldman
Certificate: 
Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the subject of broad parody in this slapstick comedy. The original tale, best known to film lovers from William Wellman's 1939 classic, tells of several brothers who join the ..read more »
62%
from 68 members
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Digby - The Biggest Dog In The World
(1973)
Starring: Jim Dale, Angela Douglas, Spike Milligan
Director: Joseph McGrath
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Young Billy White is not allowed to keep Digby, his new loveable sheepdog that he brought home from the pound. As a result he decides to leave him with animal expert, Jeff. During his stay with Jeff, Digby accidentally drinks a top-secret chemical, which makes him grow to enormous proportions. ..read more »
65%
from 398 members
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The Three Musketeers
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain
Director: Richard Lester
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From Director Richard Lester and featuring a stellar cast including Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch and Christopher Lee, The Three Musketeers is a faithful adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel with belly laughs a-plenty and endless swashbuckling.In 17th Century Paris, young, naïve and energetic D’..read more »
69%
from 1,639 member
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore
Director: William Sterling
Certificate:
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A star-studded cast feature in this musical adaptation of the classic fantasy tales of Lewis Carroll. One day young Alice (Fiona Fullerton) takes a nasty spill down the rabbit-hole and finds herself in the bizarre kingdom of Wonderland, where she encounters a number of strange and enchanted ..read more »
51%
from 351 members
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Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Jim Dale, Arthur Lowe, Bill Maynard
Director: Norman Cohen
Certificate: 
Set in London in 1940 the story follows the life of aspiring musician Terence 'Spike' Milligan as he reluctantly joins the Royal Artillery when he is 'called-up' and Spike and friends get involved in many scrapes. Based on the war memoirs of real-life Spike Milligan.
56%
from 484 members
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The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Bruce Forsyth, Harry Secombe, Leslie Phillips
Director: Graham Stark
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The best actors of British comedy come together in this uproarious dramatization of the seven deadly sins. The sketches were written by the likes of MONTY PYTHON'S Graham Chapman; GOON writers Spike Milligan, Marty Feldman, and Barry Cryer; and Graham Stark.
54%
from 303 members
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The Magic Christian
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Peter Sellers, Laurence Harvey
Director: Joseph McGrath
Certificate:
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This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his ..read more »
56%
from 449 members
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What A Whopper
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley
Director: Gilbert Gunn
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Coming after Operation Bullshine and My Wife's Family, What A Whopper is a comedy from former documentarist Gilbert Gunn. Adam Faith stars in this tale about a struggling writer who fakes photographs of the Loch Ness monster and then heads for the Highlands to convince the locals so that they'll ..read more »
62%
from 47 members
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Suspect
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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After years of research scientists are ready to reveal their greatest triumph - a virulent germ that can stamp out bubonic and syphus epidemics. However, the Authority invokes the Official Secrets Act and gags the team, claiming that in the wrong hands this formula could be used for germ warfare. A ..read more »
55%
from 63 members
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Down Among the Z Men
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine
Director: MacLean Rogers
Certificate:
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Through song and dance, funny bits, and sheer wit this comedy brings Peter Sellers and his troupe from the British radio programme "The Goon Show" together to spoof World War II espionage. In this story, a few wayward criminals get together to steal a famous professor's newly invented top secret ..read more »
49%
from 354 members
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Penny Points To Paradise / Let’s G...
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe
Director: Anthony Young
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Two valuable early Peter Sellers performances, rescued from obscurity, reconstructed as completely as possible, restored and released on DVD & Blu-ray by BFI. Both films provide an important insight into British comedy history and, specifically, chart the beginning of Sellers’ rise to stardom.
53%
from 81 members
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Golden Years Of British Comedy
(3 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Sid James, Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe
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Features a compilation of comedy moments from the forties, fifties and sixties. Features such comedy greats as Tommy Trinder, George Formby, Terry Thomas, Arthur Askey, Sid James, Spike Milligan, Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and many more.
55%
from 145 members
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Comedy Greats - Spike Milligan
on DVD
Starring: Spike Milligan
Director: none
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The cream of the comedy crop, from the surreal comedy clown Spike Milligan. One of the founders of legendary 1950's crazy comedy troupe The Goons on the radio, his own brand of comic entertainment boasts unexpected ad-libs and spontaneous surrealism. His own TV outing with the various Q series, ..read more »
64%
from 746 members
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The Life And Legacy Of Spike Milligan
on DVD
Starring: Spike Milligan
Director: Cathy Henkel
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Voted the funniest person of the millennium in a BBC poll, the late, great Spike Milligan remains an inspiration to a new generation of comedians. This DVD of 'The Life And Legacy Of Spike Milligan' is the extended version of director Cathy Henkel's 2005 documentary featuring interviews with family,..read more »
63%
from 138 members
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Spike Milligan facts
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...e up to expectations. It had potential but did not benefit from the writings of Spike Milligan, having been written by Jimmy Grafton and Francis Charles. The film was also ma...
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