Spike Milligan Movie Trailers

Right to Work March Trailer (1972)

19 October 1972

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

Mr. H Is Late Trailer (1988)

15 February 1988

A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church.

Eric Sykes: One of the Great Troupers Trailer (1981)

10 December 1981

With film clips and photos, Eric Sykes gives a tongue-in-cheek account of his follies and fortunes as an actor, gag writer, and comedian in a long and successful career in the theatre, on radio and television.

The Super Secret Service Trailer (1953)

01 January 1953

Burlesque comedy dealing with "MI-15", the Super Secret Service, on the trail of a mysterious foreign spy named Q.

Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2 Trailer (1961)

15 February 1961

Treasure Island WC2 is Tin Pan Alley where pop songs are launched on their brief but glorious careers.

The Great McGonagall Trailer (1975)

23 January 1975

In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who falls in love with Queen Victoria - a brilliant cameo by Peter Sellers - and thereafter devotes his banal poetry to her.

Puckoon Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

Just Like That! Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Just Like That! is a celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper - just like that! But nobody could do it just like that apart from the unique Mr Cooper himself, and despite his claim never to have used those words.

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? Trailer (1969)

18 December 1969

Banned by the BBC in 1971, director Tony Palmer's profile of the late Peter Sellers was, in the words of the film's subject himself, "the only portrait which really understood me.

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn Trailer (1956)

01 January 1956

Supposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a London museum.

The Last Impresario Trailer (2014)

26 June 2014

Michael White might just be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. A notorious London theatre and film impresario, he produced over 300 shows and movies over the last 50 years.

Moonshadow Trailer (1977)

27 May 1977

The animation begins with a still frame of Teaser and his pet Firecat, pictured as they appear on the cover of the album bearing their names.

Portrait of a Goon Trailer (1959)

28 August 1959

Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot Trailer (1997)

19 July 1997

A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on the night of Tony Blair’s historic 1997 victory, and interviews with his wife, the filmmaker Jill Cragie, and some of his old colleagues and friends, including Barbara Castle, Spike Milligan and Salman Rushdie.

The Very Best of Spike Milligan Trailer (2007)

08 April 2007

Extensive extracts from the finest comedy moments of the late, great and sadly missed Spike Milligan, including hilarious highlights from the unforgettable show that bought him to the world; The Goon Show.

I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan Trailer (2005)

17 December 2005

A mixture of remembrances from friends and family, home movies, clips from Spikes work, and several interviews with Spike this tries to set the record straight and portray Spike as a person and not the "Godfather of Comedy".

Badjelly the Witch Trailer (2000)

25 December 2000

This imaginative tale was written by Spike Milligan for his own children in 1973. It is a classic fairytale full of weird and wonderful surprises about good triumphing over evil and defeating BadJelly the Witch - ‘the baddest witch in the world’.