IT is said that we owe the humour of the likes of Paul Merton, Eddie Izzard and Stephen Fry to the influence of the Goon Show, which revolutionised BBC radio co.
Spike Milligan was a one-man riot. He famously called his great fan, Prince Charles, a little grovelling bastard on live TV and later faxed him: I suppose a knighthood is out of the question.