BBC Sound Effects

When I was growing up, while other kids were watching Monty Python, I was listening to The Goons - (I blame my father. ) The Goons was a BBC radio comedy program produced in the 50's starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, and Spike Milligan, the well known typing error, who also wrote the thing.

One of many things that set The Goons apart was it's extensive - and imaginative - use of sound effects; the BBC had (and has) one of the largest sound effects libraries. Which gets me to the point: Pro Sound Effects is offering the BBC Sound Effects Library, pre-installed on hard drives. Prices range from $599 to $4,999.


The BBC Original Sound Effects Library 61-165
Extension to BBCʼs Best of the Best on Hard Drive
$599.00:
The BBC Original Sound Effects Library 61-165 is a versatile international collection of 2,000 royalty-free sounds delivered on hard drive with embedded metadata. Categories include international ambiences from Poland to New Zealand, sounds from World War II, football crowds, and many more. These international sound effects were recorded in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America and beyond.

  • 2800 sound effects (45 GB)
  • 16 /44.1 broadcast .wav files
  • 250 GB Sound Effects Hard Drive (Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0)
  • Free Sound Effects Search Software: NetMix Lite (video )
  • Mac and PC compatible
  • 3-Year Data Replacement Policy



The Call of the West - The Goons
Series 9, Episode 12
First broadcast on January 20, 1959. Script by Spike Milligan. Produced by John Browell

SEAGOON:
Fortunately for us folks, a bare ten miles away, the US sixth cavalry were in the area. And a bare ten miles in America is equal to three fully-clothed miles in France! Ha Ha Ha!
GRAMS:
THUNDER OF TROOP OF CAVALRY AT GALLOP
COLONEL SLOKUM:
Whoa!
GRAMS:
 HORSES STOP DEAD
COLONEL SLOKUM:
There's discipline for ya. (spits)
FX:
 DANG! IN BUCKET
COLONEL SLOKUM:
 Lieutenant Hern-Hern?
GRAMS:
 MAN RUNS FROM THE BACK OF THE SOLUMN VERY BRISKLY
LT. HERN-HERN:
Yes sir?
COLONEL SLOKUM:
 Where's your horse?
LT. HERN-HERN:
You only called me sir.









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