Dave williams2 at 20:47, 8 December 2020

2020-12-08T20:47:36Z

Dave williams2: Created page with "1st Broadcast 28th December 2019 on BBC Radio 4 = Director = Dirk Maggs = Producer = David Morley == Adapted == Ian Billings = Written by = Spike Milliga..."

2020-10-30T15:55:25Z

Created page with "1st Broadcast 28th December 2019 on BBC Radio 4 = Director = Dirk Maggs = Producer = David Morley == Adapted == Ian Billings = Written by = Spike Milliga..."

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1st Broadcast 28th December 2019 on [[BBC Radio 4]]

= Director =
[[Dirk Maggs]]

= Producer =
[[David Morley]]

== Adapted ==
[[Ian Billings]]

= Written by =
[[Spike Milligan]]

= Production =
[[A Perfectly Normal production]] for [[BBC Radio 4]]

= Synopsis =
A madcap satire on the division of Ireland, by the godfather of British comedy, Spike Milligan.

Starring [[Ed Byrne]], [[Pauline McLynn]], [[Kate Harbour]], [[Jane Milligan]] and featuring [[Barry Cryer]] as "The Author". Adapted from Spike Milligan's classic comic novel by [[Ian Billings]].

Published in 1963, Puckoon became a publishing phenomenon, has never been out of print and has sold more than 6 Million copies. It's a satire on the futility of national borders and inadequacy of bureaucrats, filled with wonderful one-liners and madcap scenes which fall into one another, and remind us of the author’s great days writing the Goons.

In 1924, the Boundary Commission is tasked with creating the new official division between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Through incompetence, dereliction of duty and sheer perversity, the border ends up running through the middle of the small town of Puckoon.

Houses are divided from outhouses, husbands separated from wives, bars are cut off from their patrons, churches sundered from graveyards. And in the middle of it all is poor Dan Milligan, our feckless protagonist (played by [[Ed Byrne]]), who is taunted and manipulated by everyone to try and make some sense of this mess.

The division of the church from its cemetery makes it difficult for the Irish residents to bury their dead. "You intend to bury an Irish citizen in what is now British territory?

He will require the following: an Irish passport stamped with a visa, to be renewed annually for the rest of his stay." The corpse of Dan Doonan is taken to a photographer to get his picture taken, as part of the formalities of getting his passport renewed.

[[Spike Milligan]] was one of the greatest and most influential comic writers and performers of the 20th century, with deep connections to the BBC. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.

= What Other's Have said =
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= '''Cast''' =

[[Ed Byrne]]

[[Barry Cryer]]

[[Pauline McLynn]]

[[Kate Harbour]]

[[Jane Milligan]]

[[Wilf Scolding]]

[[David Shaw-Parker]]

[[Colm Gleeson]]

[[Tom Alexander]]

= Production Crew =
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= Recorded at =
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= Music composed & Arranged =
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= Comment by Dirk Maggs =
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= Cast Picture =
If you have better images and picture credits give me an email.

= Running Time =
1 Episode 57 Minutes duration

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 A madcap satire on the division of Ireland, by the godfather of British comedy, Spike Milligan.
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 [[Spike Milligan]] was one of the greatest and most influential comic writers and performers of the 20th century, with deep connections to the BBC. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.
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 If you have better images and picture credits give me an email.
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 Episode 57 Minutes duration
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Dave williams2 at 20:47, 8 December 2020

Dave williams2: Created page with "1st Broadcast 28th December 2019 on BBC Radio 4 = Director = Dirk Maggs = Producer = David Morley == Adapted == Ian Billings = Written by = Spike Milliga..."