We follow up a Goon-centric episodewith another Goon-centric episode! Hot on the heels of Spike Milligan’s Postman’s Knock comes Peter Sellers’ Two Way Stretch from 1960. A prison heist movie (our second after Get Santa), which has a little whiff of Porridge, just 15 years before.

This is our 50th film profiled on the main series, and we couldn’t let such an important landmark go past without enlisting the help of a very special guest. Step forward, Neil Mullarkey! Neil is a comedy writer, performer, and improv king with a big love for all things Sellers, especially this film, which he’d watched relentlessly as a child and young man. We also spoke about Sellers’ 1959 album Songs for Swinging Sellers, which came out just before this film and, of course, before superstardom beckoned with Dr Strangelove.

Join Rob, Guy, and Neil, who talk all things not only Sellers but also a cast with an abundance of comic talent, including Lionel Jeffries, Irene Handl, Bernard Cribbins, and, of course, Wilfred Hyde-White. Also, there’s the small matter of the quiz. It is now the business end of the series, and Guy still holds a slender lead.

Neil Mullarkey in 6 Pairs of Pants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-ZkItmbFiQ

Songs For Swingin’ Sellers - Full Album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wogie3WEhwg

Two Way Stretch - Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3BOsDoG29w

Lionel Jeffries in Two Way Stretch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irnfVwdYv1Q

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S05 E08 - Two Way Stretch (w/ Neil Mullarkey)