Private Eye’s Ian Hislop and Nick Newman discuss the genius of Spike Milligan 

Bolstered by access to letters and BBC archives, SPIKE is their new play at the Watermill Theatre focusing on the golden age of the goons and Spike’s battles with the BBC and himself 

Since meeting at school, Ian and Nick have gone on to form a decades- long working relationship at the forefront of British Political Satire… Ian is editor of Private Eye, which recently celebrated 60 years in print, and you can find Nick’s cartoons in the magazine as well as his weekly offerings in the Sunday Times where politicians fall victim to his pen…

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