Eccles (character) Eccles (character) "Mad" Dan Eccles () is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series "The Goon Show". In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Peter Sellers had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles. Eccles was one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart Bluebottle (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly
The Comedy Channel (UK) The Comedy Channel (UK) The Comedy Channel was a short-lived United Kingdom subscription television channel during the early 1990s. The channel launched on 1 October 1991, soon after the merger of Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB). The merged company, British Sky Broadcasting, brought together comedy programming from its existing libraries - Sky having an archive of US imports including "Three's Company", "I Love Lucy", "Green Acres", "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Seinfeld", and BSB having obtained rights to a number of BBC sitcoms such as "Dad's Army" and "The Goodies". The Comedy Channel existed in the days before