Peter Sellers the voice of Alfonso Bedoya in "The Black Rose". He continued to work with Bentine, Milligan, and Secombe. On 3 February 1951, he made a trial tape entitled "The Goons", and sent it to the BBC producer Pat Dixon, who eventually accepted it. The first "Goon Show" was broadcast on 28 May 1951. Against their wishes, they appeared under the name "Crazy People". Sellers appeared in "The Goons" until the last programme of the ten-series run, broadcast on 28 January 1960. Sellers played four main characters—Major Bloodnok, Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Bluebottle and Henry Crun—and seventeen minor ones. Starting with 370,000 listeners,
Stairway to the Stars (TV series) series "The World is Ours" on ABV-2. By November 1958 episodes competed against U.S. comedy series "Susie" on GTV-9, while ABV-2 featured "Election Talk" and UK series "Fabian of the Yard". The series was a talent show. For example, the episode broadcast 21 December 1956 featured a pop vocalist, a soprano, a dancer, a tenor, and a saxophonist, as well as Sonia Korn as the guest. Stairway to the Stars (TV series) Stairway to the Stars was an early Australian television series which aired on Melbourne station HSV-7. The first episode aired 9 November 1956, with the series ending circa