# The Missing Scroll

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Podcast: [Goon Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/goon-pod-3923052)
Published: 2026-05-20T05:45:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tyler-adams0/episodes/The-Missing-Scroll-e3j5v9r
Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/5c86827c/podcast/play/119782139/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-10%2F423874701-44100-2-5f11860ed7089.m4a
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## Resource

"Now, Neddie… what experience have you had in translating ancient scripts? " - "Three years with Ray’s A Laugh." What do the Piltdown Man, a calculating canine, Norwich Castle Museum and a one-eyed cat peeping in a sea food store all have to do with this week's show? Listen as we discuss The Missing Scroll from Series 5 and offer a fascinating and in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Goon Show from this period. Neddie Seagoon is recruited by antique dealer Grytpype-Thynne to help recover a lost Babylonian manuscript containing ancient music for which the BBC Home Service are offering a reward. Seagoon travels to Mesopotamia, where he is abandoned in the desert by Willium but rescued by Eccles who accompanies him on his quest. Their search takes them to an antique shop run by Minnie and Henry, where confusion reigns and Seagoon learns the manuscript was discarded on a dust-heap at Sidi Rosaic. Can he recover the scroll in time? We also eavesdrop on a conversation taking place on a bus from Oldham and hear live from a revolutionary new type of prison. Joining Tyler from the USA is performer and Goon enthusiast Brian Phillips.

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