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The Africa Ship Canal

Episode 23 of 26

4 Extra Debut. Can engineer Neddie Seagoon manage to construct a new canal across Africa for aeroplanes? Stars Harry Secombe. From 1957.

Can Neddie compete his task as the engineer for a new canal across Africa built for....aeroplanes?

Ground-breaking, surreal BBC radio comedy.

Written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens.

Starring:

Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan

With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.

Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.

Announcer: Wallace Greenslade

Producer: Pat Dixon

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1957.

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30 minutes

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