- Title: The Obituary Show: Spike Milligan
- Date: 10th December 1991
- Summary: SPIKE MILLIGAN: THIS WEEK'S GUEST IS SPIKE MILLIGAN, WHOSE REFLECTIONS ON LIFE AND DEATH DWELL ON FATHERHOOD, FAME AND FAILURE, AND WHY HIS TOMBSTONE SAYS 'GOON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN'. SPIKE MILLIGAN'S OBITUARY IS A REVEALING CHRONICLE OF A LIFE SPENT BATTLING WITH MANIC DEPRESSION AND MENTAL ILLNESS, A LIFE WHICH WAS 'CREATIVE AT COST'. WITNESSES TO HIS LIFE AND WORK INCLUDE LYNN BARBER, FEATURE WRITER FOR THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY, SEAN O'HAGAN WRITER AND CRITIC, DENNIS MAIN WILSON VETERAN COMEDY PRODUCER, AND RICHARD INGRAMS VETERAN OF PRIVATE EYE AND LONG- TIME FRIEND OF MILLIGAN. ILLUSTRATING MILLIGAN'S CAREER ARE CLIPS AND STILLS AND RADIO EXTRACTS FROM THE 50'S TO THE PRESENT DAY, INCLUDING THE INFAMOUS GOON SHOW.
- Description:THE ALTERNATIVE 'THIS IS YOUR LIFE',IN WHICH THE ACHIEVEMENTS BY SIGNIFICANT FIGURES FROM THE WORLD OF ARTS AND CULTURE ARE WEIGHED UP AND DISCUSSED BY OLD FATHER TIME.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Big Star In A Wee Picture Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 2
- Transmission Date:10/12/1991
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s