Yesterday was my dad’s 60th birthday, and a surprise party was arranged for him – little did he know that Charlie and I would be turning up too!

It was also the first time I had met my 4-year-old nephew (step-nephew, really, if such a thing exists), and I just couldn’t stop laughing about everyone referring to my dad as Grandad.

One of my dad’s birthday presents was an aerial analyser – he’s a ham radio enthusiast, and has been for years. He got the Goon Show Compendium Volume 1 from me. If it hadn’t have been wrapped in cellophane I would have struggled to resist taking a “back-up” copy of all 7 CDs before he received them.

I’ll just stick with the regular Monday 8am Goon Show broadcast on BBC Radio 7. You can even catch up on the previous episode if you managed to miss it the first time round.

And if you are interested in upgrading your faithful Trio R-1000 receiver, G0TUD has the answer.