His last wife was Shelagh Sinclair, to whom he was married from 1983 until his death on 27 February 2002. [60] Shelagh Milligan died in June 2011. [62] Milligan, Spike (27 February 2002). "My Obituary, by Spike Milligan". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 30 October 2013. Carpenter, Humphrey (2003). Spike Milligan: The Biography. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-82611-9. a b "Queen's birthday party turns into hilarious act" (PDF). The Manchester Evening Herald. 22 April 1965. p.1 . Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Spike Milligan Biography". Fox Classics Television (Australia). FOXTEL Management Pty Limited. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015 . Retrieved 23 November 2015.I suppose," said Suitcase, "you know you are three months late arriving?" "I'll make up for it sir, I'll fight nights as well!" In 1974 Milligan was arrested for shooting a trespasser with an air rifle. He defended himself in court and was given a conditional discharge. [70] Humour with the Prince of Wales [ edit ] A stage play had live musical numbers by Ben Power and Tim Carroll, who also directed. This production toured the UK from July 2009 and until mid-2010. Personal papers". St John's College. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018 . Retrieved 21 December 2017. The book has a tone of photo's and drawings which are a nice addition to the text, and fit well with the way the book is written.

Ventham, Maxine (2002). "Jeremy Robson". Spike Milligan: His Part in Our Lives. London: Robson. pp.46–47. ISBN 1-86105-530-7.

In the 1970s, Charles Allen compiled a series of stories from British people's experiences of life in the British Raj, called Plain Tales from the Raj, and published in 1975. Milligan was the youngest contributor, describing his life in India when it was under British rule. In it he mentions the imperial parades there: Sutton. (2013). The authorised biography of Ken Russell. Vol. 1. Becoming Ken Russell. Bearclaw Publishers. ISBN 9780957246232. OCLC 840887170. Milligan also quotes the memoirs of noted theatre director John Counsell, his sometime deputy battery commander, who noted the laughter in the ranks when Milligan was around, and then after the war, at the height of the Goons' fame, queued with his daughter for autographs. He received one that showed Milligan remembered him with respect and affection. Milligan's next major TV venture was the sketch comedy series The World of Beachcomber (1968), made in colour for BBC 2; [27] it is believed all 19 episodes are lost. In the same year, the three Goons reunited for a televised re-staging of a vintage Goon Show for Thames Television, with John Cleese substituting for the late Wallace Greenslade but the pilot was not successful and no further programmes were made. [ citation needed] Guest star in the 3rd episode of the award-winning BBC Scotland drama series Takin' Over the Asylum (1994). [107]

In 1988, whilst visiting his mother in Woy Woy (on the shores of Brisbane Water), Milligan composed and orchestrated a Grand Waltz for Brisbane Water and gave it to the symphony orchestra of nearby Gosford. [59] Symphony Central Coast has performed it occasionally since, including a 2020 YouTube video as a COVID-19 isolation project. According to Spike Milligan is a series of literary pastiche novels. Each part of the series was a rewriting of an original novel, with surreal comic elements added.

Publication Order of According to Spike Milligan Books

Before Spike Milligan wrote The Goon Show he had to go to war. He wrote seven short books about the experience based on his diaries, here's the first one which concerns joining the army, training, starting a jazz band during training, more training, exploits/hijinks/affairs, and finally getting shipped off to Northern Africa, where the book ends. a b c Bernstein, Adam (28 February 2002). " 'Goon Show' Comedian Spike Milligan Dies". The Washington Post. The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[14/01/72] (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Stacey, Pat (23 February 2021). "Disney+ were right to caution and not censor The Muppet Show episodes". independent.ie.

Farnes, Norma (2003). Spike: An Intimate Memoir. London: Fourth Estate. ISBN 978-1-84115-786-3. OCLC 52738571. Bernard Miles gave Milligan his first straight acting role, as Ben Gunn, in the Mermaid Theatre production of Treasure Island. Miles described Milligan as: As illustrated in the description of his involvement in theatre, Milligan often ad-libbed. He also did this on radio and television. One of his last screen appearances was in the BBC dramatisation of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast and he was (almost inevitably) noted as an ad-libber. One issue was a large vacuum-sealed tin of ‘Emergency Chocolate’, only to be eaten in the event of, say, being surrounded by the Enemy. That night, in bed, surrounded by the Enemy, I ate my Emergency Chocolate.Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (1978). This was announced as the fourth part of his "increasingly misnamed" trilogy. a b c d e "Spike Milligan (obituary)". Scotsman.com. Edinburgh. 28 February 2002. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012 . Retrieved 25 March 2013. On 22 April 1965, Queen Elizabeth and her family attended as part of her 39th birthday celebration. Just after the curtain rose, a group of four latecomers attempted to slink to their seats directly in front of the royal family. Milligan immediately shouted: "Turn up the house lights! Start everything again!" He pointed to the blushing foursome and cried: "That's cost you your knighthood!" [48] I made friends with two little French kids on their way to school, a girl and a boy. I gave them two English pennies. In exchange they gave me an empty matchbox, with a camel label on the top. I shall always remember their faces. Charles III (then the Prince of Wales), was a fan of Milligan. When Milligan received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Comedy Awards in 1994, the prince sent a congratulatory message to be read out on live television. The comedian interrupted the message to call the prince a "little grovelling bastard". [2] He later faxed the prince, saying: "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?"