The Idiot Weekly
| Genre | Comedy |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Home station | Australian Broadcasting Commission |
| Starring | Spike Milligan John Bluthal Bobby Limb Michael Eisdell Ray Barrett Peter Carver John Ewart |
| Original release | 1958 – 1962 |
| No. of episodes | 38 |
The Idiot Weekly (1958–1962) was a radio program made by the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Episodes of The Goon Show were broadcast on Australian radio from late 1955. When Spike Milligan visited his parents in Woy Woy in 1958, the Australian Broadcasting Commission signed him for a series of radio comedy broadcasts. They hoped for a local equivalent of The Goon Show with an Australian slant to it, but without Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.