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  Herald Scotland

  Spike Milligan’s view was that the world was run by idiots. It’s a valid point

  SPIKE Milligan once tried to kill his friend and Goon Show partner Peter Sellers with a potato knife – which sounds a little comedic, unless you happened to be the person about to be treated like a thick-skinned King Edward.

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  Evening Standard

  Spike Milligan’s ‘home of British comedy’ in Bayswater is on sale for £6.5 million

  The handsome Victorian townhouse was the birthplace of Thunderbirds, The Goon Show and Dr Who’s villainous Daleks

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  Evening Standard

  Spike Milligan’s “factory of fun” on sale for £6.5 million

  Victorian property could be worth more than £20 million after conversion into a six bedroom mansion

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  Glasgow Times

  'Goon but not forgotten': Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's new show celebrates Spike Milligan

  A new play is coming to the King's Theatre, bringing audiences a hilarious look into one of the biggest comedy geniuses in British history.

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  The Northern Echo

  'Changed comedy forever': Ian Hislop and Nick Newman on bringing Spike to Darlington

  Darlington welcomes Ian Hislop and Nick Newman as they bring their new play, Spike, to Darlington Hippodrome this month, and The Northern Echo had a chat with the duo to find out more.

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  Oxford Mail

  REVIEW: SPIKE - Ian Hislop & Nick Newman's story of comic icon is moving and hilarious

  COMEDY seems to be under the critical microscope more than ever these days.

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  Oxford Mail

  Ian Hislop's Spike at Oxford Playhouse tells story of eccentric comic genius Milligan

  ECCENTRIC, brilliant, complicated and certainly ahead of his time, Spike Milligan is a true comic icon.

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  Lancashire Telegraph

  Gavin and Stacey actor set to star in a Blackpool Grand Theatre production

  The full cast for SPIKE has been revealed for the show at Blackpool Grand Theatre and you might recognise some famous faces.

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  The Telegraph

  Beryl Vertue, agent, manager and producer whose ‘fun factory’ looked after comic giants such as Tony Hancock and Spike Milligan – obituary

  Beryl Vertue, who has died aged 90, was house mother to a generation of British comedy greats including Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock and Eric Sykes, and became their agent and manager before harnessing her acute business acumen as a successful independent television producer.

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  The Guardian

  Beryl Vertue obituary

  Writers’ agent who became a television producer with credits including Sherlock, Men Behaving Badly and Coupling

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