Badjelly the Witch by Spike Milligan

[@kiwipirate60]

It's funny how many of the comments are coming from NZ'ers. I listened to Spike on Sunday mornings when I was a kid and this brings back some fantastic memories. Thanks Spike Milligan for your amazing story telling and wild imagination. Kids these days have truly missed out

[@johnsonset]

So do I mate Back in the 80s 😊

[@MrSentia]

They still play it on bFM just about every Sunday morning ;)

[@Trixtah]

+kiwipirate60 Bizarrely, I have not met one Brit who's even heard of it.

[@saskiaread6363]

+Trixtah I grew up in Zimbabwe and had this on tape :-)

[@natemalcolm2986]

I am playing this to my girls now they love it as much as I did on sunday mornings as a kid. good night children☺

[@mel16474]

I listened to this magical story often on the radio back in the 70s in New Zealand as a youngster. I was SO fixated by the late, great, absolutely brilliant Spike Milligan's storytelling! I didn't know until years later that I share my birthday with him, the 16th of April which makes my recollections even more special. RIP Spike, a true legend of stage, screen & radio that will forever live on in our memories & imaginations. 😆💟

[@chantelletrembath3345]

Yes! I used to love the stories on Sunday morning radio in the 80s in NZ 😊

[@traceygreet6436]

Me too😂😂

[@meganvandyk3672]

Is fhis from Peter griffin?

[@lesleybinns8371]

Adding another New Zealander growing up in the 70s, who lived for this on Sunday mornings. I can still remember all the words to the songs, and most of the words to the rest as well. Thanks ZB and Spike Milligan :)

[@DeannaStOmer]

Me too! Kiwi here grew up listening to these on the radio in bed! Love Spike so much, he was such a darling man.

[@suehasler7528]

Couldn't believe I'm hearing this again! Can't believe its been 45yrs!! Loved this and all the Sunday morning stories on Radio NZ. 😀💖 Horribly horribly home sick now 😢

[@graciegirl2572]

me too use to jump in mums bed and listen to the stories before church

[@SamtheAngelFox]

I don't know if this sounds silly or not but when I was little this used to scare the crap out of me when I was little. I believe it was because of Spike's over emphasized narration and the intense music. Listening to it now it's quite funny XD Yet I still have chills if I listen to it at night.

[@sinead3684]

SAME LOL

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

You were not alone! I was pretty spooked out from this too the first time I heard this as a kid, But audio books scared me in general. The sound effects and music made it very lively and suspenseful.

[@SamtheAngelFox]

@@AWlpsSHOW36 Glad to know im not alone! Hahah It's funny cus I love audiobooks today, just THIS one still gives me the creeps! hahaha

[@sinead3684]

@@AWlpsSHOW36 Yeah! the background music creepy! still haunts me haha

[@merrissahaa2406]

I was always terrified 🤣

[@1zanabuna]

I grew up in Romania and China and had this on cassette from my...New Zealand friend! (Thank you, Kate, wherever you are...) I absolutely loved it and yes, knew it practically by heart and now about 40 years later, on a whim, I finally looked it up on KZbin. I owe so much to this recording, in many ways it taught me English better than any class could have. And even after living in the States for close to three decades I still have a core of deliciously wonderful weirdness inside me that feels more English than American (or maybe New Zealander?) and, well, Spike Milligan has something to do with it.

[@ishinadish]

If you were born in New Zealand and grew up in the 70s...then you listened to this! Can't believe it's been that long...

[@rileygrice5326]

All 20 year olds and above know bad jelly. sunday morning telly was a throw back

[@conflagrationTuesday]

We just need to find the story about the kid playing Flight of the Bumblebee!

[@robalston590]

Yep, born in Christchurch..Sunday morning was great, laying in bed listening to the radio.. children's stories :)

[@alexandriahicks640]

Haha I was born 2002 but I grew up on this and read it religiously.

[@twitch28]

Mum introduced me and my sis Auckland mother raised us in Aus :) love this tape deck A n B

[@tracicoxhead7509]

Grew up with this in New Zealand, every Sunday, listening to the radio. Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this story, it takes me back .....way back to my childhood.

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

40 years since I listened to this. I had it on tape. It made me feel emotional listening to this again 😂

[@melodywillson]

this spooked the heck out of me as a kid and it still does

[@thordargreybeard]

Yea mate, she eats kids.

[@denzilwilliams3463]

this was on the radio in the morning on the kid show sundays

[@nellethewitch]

And now I'm a kiwi nanny and guess what my moko's listen to! That part of your childhood is precious x

[@carlchambers2155]

Awesome! Haven't heard that for a while and the kids loved it, used to look forward to that every Sunday morning! In nz that was a ritual every Sunday 😁

[@jingerkywi5248]

This used to scare the absolute SHIT out of me...

[@beeznblood1758]

Jingerkywi l

[@ozkwik]

Love these old stories, been looking for them for ages, LOVE the song, "Horse in Stripe Pyjamas" Yes I am Kiwi living in Aussie, (not many if any have heard of this)

[@samthecrank]

My sister was terrified of BadJelly and I never realised that she had some pretty frightening nightmares. I used to cry at the apple tree and when their parents thought Tim and Rose were dead. My kids are not sure what to make of it...

[@baylysgirl]

Who else here is from NZ? Me and my brother are 🤣🇳🇿🇳🇿👌🤙🤟

[@ftw7026]

I was also born and raised in NZ and this was always played on Christmas morning on the radio station where I lived. It's a classic!

[@philcorfield403]

I heard 'Badjelly' on National Radio over the summer holidays. I have Nieces and Nephews and Great Nieces and Nephews who know 'Badjelly'.

[@thordargreybeard]

Dinglemouse: “I got an idea”

[@jenayaberklamd7645]

awww i used to listen to this every morning before school just played it to my son he loved it

[@jezbrown5446]

OK, I've been researching this and it was ONLY big in NZ. Which is CRAZY! Sure every NZer knows this inside and out and loves it, but given it was written by Spike Milligan, how in the heck did the rest of the world not catch on??

[@andrewlarkin3074]

You've got to wonder, somebody at RNZ must have loved it and thought the rest of NZ would too.

[@micahrogo2188]

I may only be 14... But this brings me back when I was much younger. Also from NZ!

[@nickyjonesable]

i love this story so much iv still got the book

[@eivatearii9584]

I always listen to this at my grandmas

[@Li88y]

i was born in 98 and i listened to this

[@richardpeter-tennant3830]

Cat called fluffy bum and other great characters in this story. Spike obviously loved doing children stories and my son and I love listening to this again and again.

[@sachamaughan9429]

I like it so much

[@xaviersunderland9840]

my kiwi dad showed me this when i couldn't get to sleep

[@WayneBorst]

Wow listened to this one early on a sunday morning and a few more (dick weir sunday show radio nz)

[@FrothNinja]

Think I must be the only non Kiwi to comment on this - had the LP in Queensland instead

[@mareesemro8807]

This brings back memories was only telling my children about this story I too use to listen on the radio when I was a young girl. I can still see myself up at the crack of dawn to hear the story in the kitchen possibly was on a Sunday going by everyone's review. Does any of your remember flick the little fire engine. I am going to see if that story out there. Use to know the stories of by heart. Also from NZ now living in Ireland. Those were the days stories on the radio and Cartoon comics tintan and all no IPADS or Mobile phones and we didn't know any different.

[@KingsoTV]

I've added chapter links

[@mandieskipps5853]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂

[@MrBallsmcgraw]

Childhood memories 😊 Also from NZ.

[@jaminesonymorgan8428]

i was 6 years old in in 1978 one of my older sister's brought this for me as a birthday present because they know how much i love Reading and Listening to tapes but half way though the story i was so Terrified i started crying all of my sister's ruched in the Lounge to see what was wrong one of my older sister's picked me up so fast and took me too her room sat me down on her Lap and asked me what was the problem and then i told her what happened half way through the story and at the end they though the book and tape in the Rubbish Twenty years later i asked one of my older sister's what happened to the book and tape they got me for my birthday and they said i was so Terrified of the story you ended up crying so at the end we Threw it in the Rubbish simply as that and i started Loughing i said to my sister's you should have took it back to the shop and got your money back but they said back to me what at 7pm everything closed plus we couldn't wate but we did pay the shop Owner and explained what happened at the end because we had you on our back fast asleep and i was told the shop owner just took one look at me and told my sister's don't worry about it one of my sister's said we should have brought me Little house on the prairie instead or (jack and the beanstalk) Those were the days I'll never forget

[@LuannOsbourne]

Im a nzer too

[@sarahe.c.clarke1367]

I love you

[@DavidMason-xg7yx]

Hello

[@jetstar5810]

this freaked me out

[@charlieblue2338]

Egg egg......

[@Missbimbam78]

THAT WAS A DUMB STORY

[@shay7938]

I always thought I was the only New Zealander who grew up on this story

[@kyliesummers657]

I remember listening to these stories in New Zealand. My brother and I would sit in bed and listen in the mornings. Still now at 48 I still remember the words.

[@MrTag189]

@@kyliesummers657 Sunday morning radio....

[@bal2202]

Nope... Your not alone there... This was my childhood every Sunday morning.

[@SD78]

...you mean LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE NEW ZEALANDER EVER?

[@gc33]

I was telling my wife about bad jelly... My wife is Australian... I'm a kiwi... I grew up listening to the Sunday morning stories on radio as a kid... Also listened to the goons as well. My wife had no idea about bad jelly the witch... She's 8 years my senior... Think she's lived a sheltered life.. Lol

[@MissSherryPat]

I grew up on this (in New Zealand hahaha as I noticed most other people mentioning) but I was born in 1994 and had it on CD. I’m listening to it again for the first time in about 10 years. I’m about 8minutes and still keeping up with all the words and voices. My husband thinks I’m nuts.

[@bowski771]

same bro i was born 2001 such a classic

[@robingibson5931]

i grew up listening to this too but it was on a reel to reel tape (google it if you don't know what that is lol) spike did such amazing story telling

[@2Can-Dan]

From NZ. I remember listening to this and other stories on the radio with Dad on Sunday mornings at breakfast time. This would be the mid to late 80's. First time hearing this in decades. Such memories. :) I'm so old. 😂

[@nzfreeski]

ah bro, same here! Diana and the Golden apple, bad Jelly etc...literally takes me back to my mum and dads front room.

[@DommieDarling1]

I'm 27 and also had this, either on CD or cassette tape. I love falling asleep to this recording.

[@1NumberToAnother1]

I am another Kiwi who listened to this in the 80's I now live in UK and making my daughter listen to this at bedtime on her You Tube channel. I also remember Diana and the golden apple. Sunday Morning Radio was so good.😉

[@andrewlarkin3074]

And The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and so on

[@nzfreeski]

...fork lightening, knife lightening, and spoon lightening. brilliant

[@QK613]

I’m from Midwestern America, my grandmother is from New Zealand and my mother taught me well

[@Amaranthine1000]

Such a classic and a brilliant storyteller was Spike Milligan. Listened to this often on Sunday morning radio.

[@brucenz4816]

As a new entrant teacher in NZ back in the 80s I used to play this to my kids. They always got wide eyed in anticipation and sniggered at ‘fluffy bum’ the cat. We almost knew it off by heart! Love it!

[@gordanau8290]

I used to listen to this in the late 70s as a little 6/7 yr old in New Zealand. Here I am now, 50 years old, teaching English in China, listening to this with a huge grin. Absolutely brilliant.

[@crizish]

@@gordanau8290 me too, and now I’m 50 teaching in Japan….maybe our childhood was “spiked” with something.

[@gordanau8290]

@@crizish I see what you did there.

[@TheNzfroggy]

I was born in NZ too. This is still a classic!! 'Stinky poo stinky poo!! Knickers knickers knickers!!!!!

[@HartKent]

used to use that stinky poo thing when I was peeved at my brothers :)

[@michelleduder1304]

I live in NZ TOO!!in Christchurch

[@michelleduder1304]

I ALWAYS SAY STINKY POO AND KNICKERS AT MY SISTER SOFIA

[@danielnankivell2458]

TheNzfroggy Ifyvdyry

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Stinky poo, stinky poo! To all of you!

[@gitahvairis9956]

Yep, Sunday mornings listening on my fancy state of the art pocket radio I got for my birthday. Unbelievable trip down memory lane. Another favourite was- I'm a little fire engine, Flick is my name...

[@carostanners]

This played almost every week on New Zealand's radio station 1ZB's 1080 club classic every sun morning from 6am...those were the days

[@thr33wisemonks]

My favourite story I use to listen to when I was 7yrs old. Who would think that I would be listening to the original again after 43 years later? And on a 75" big screen t.v. with bass and surround sound. Fantastic. I feel like a little child again.

[@glenmckenzie9048]

this brings back big memories.i 43 years old and remember this when i was 5 sitting in bed at 7 in morn on a sunday ,thank you for giving me back my youth

[@jasonallison7681]

The mouse is Jimmy Durante lol

[@audrapotaka2655]

Badjellys scream with the sac of children would send me under my pillow and blankets! I still remember the timing of goosebumps and her climbing up the stairs. Missed Milligan's narrative. Unmatched like no other. What a genius! RIP Spike Milligan.

[@jayneehetaraka6635]

Giggle .. I would hide under my blankets too 🤣🤣

[@deanhokianga9118]

Iim 52, my boy is 3, we lying in bed - Sun morn, bluetooth spkr & KZbin, cold morning in Tauranga. Have this on CD & original vinyl. Everlasting love for Mr Spike

[@biancainglis8644]

We listening to it now as a bedtime story, also my Granma has this on vinyl, great childhood memeorysb

[@jasonallison7681]

Listened to this in mum an dads bed every sunday morning on theBertie Budgie show on Fouveau Radio in the late 70s/early 80s in Invercargill. This really takes me back!

[@jameslainchbury6746]

me too !

[@BeccaMichele1]

Yes me as well! I couldn’t wait for it to come on and could listen over and over!

[@2Can-Dan]

Dad always called Mum "Bad Jelly" behind her back. More so after they divorced. 😂

[@amanda-cf8fh]

😂

[@jessicamullis8326]

omg im 17 and i havent heard this since i was like 9 but this was my childhood and i can still remember it off by heart

[@mandieskipps5853]

Awwwwwwwwww❤️

[@coco268x]

my parents love spike milligan so much that my brother’s middle name is spike

[@gregbray2861]

Wow i haven't heard that for over 30 years we used to listen to that on 1zb on Sunday mornings in akl.

[@boybye7986]

This story used to scare me when I was little my sister loved it but watching now I'm like 😂😂 most of the people here are from NZ I'm from England

[@stylewars7039]

Jus played this for my 13yr old daughter for first time , tryed to explain to her this was part of the New Zealand Sunday morning ritual as a kid listening to the kids storys on the radio ,never less she loved this story 👌😀 RIP SPIKE MULLIGAN 🙏

[@72otago98]

Every Sunday morning, on 4ZB Dunedin late 70s early 80s. Diana's golden apples another. This brings back many memories

[@Tyronethehuman]

My dad used to get me up on sunday morning to listen to the 95bfm kids show which frequently played this. Then we got the cd so we could keep listening to it together when I became a teenager and was no longer keen on being up at stupid o'clock on a Sunday. Now as adults we occasionally have a joint, sit down and listen to it and giggle like school girls. Seems Bad Jelly is big in NZ.

[@antonposa5345]

Spike's such a legend. Even his tombstone rules. It simply said: "I told you I was sick."

[@MrTrimariner]

@@harryrabbitts4765 Irish & it says Ill, not sick! O:)

[@felixclarke1601]

Playing this for my two year old in 2022

[@myapahulu5649]

I was born in NZ too. lol so weird

[@angiecats5298]

Ahhhh I love this story so much lol my dad used to have it on record and we would always listen to it. My fave was always binklebonk and silly sausage 😂

[@Bloxnz]

Dick Weir and Spike. NZ Sundays pre church. Where I was an altar boy. That drank the wine like clockwork with the other alter boy. The 70s and 80s in NZ.

[@mateochii2401]

I'll be playing dinklemouse I'm a school play this year! (2019) the whole story and plot is hilarious! Cant wait to tell this story to generations to come! -NZ noob

[@1ivingdeadgr189]

Kiwi here omg grew up with this too on cassette use to play it on car trips all the time, my Mum just told me its being made into a movie in NZ sooo sick

[@loaf5483]

8:55 OWW MIND WHERE YOU'RE SH*TING YOU SILLY BOY

[@mikeh996]

😆😆😆

[@stevedixon8116]

Every Sunday morning. Sparky was the other story. My 8 year olds favourite story

[@poppyfielding]

Wow, this has just taken me right back to my childhood, we did this as a show in Primary School and I am 40 now. Happy times. Excellent bedtime story :)

[@soap3365]

I had a phase when I was 5/6 where I could only get to sleep by listening to this, and I'm honestly so thankful for the one who played to this for me

[@Layan26015]

Smart doggo. Sour jelly >:( . Silly yummy sausage! What kind of name is binary bok?

[@ngairestrachan5745]

I hadn't heard this in almost 30 years...can still just about recite it word for word! Was my absolute favourite story as a kid growing up in Christchurch. Don't think my kids could handle this...we were made of sterner stuff!

[@louisavevers9709]

+Ngaire Strachan I agree. Mind you having the book to read it at the same time distracted us from the scary stuff....

[@louisavevers9709]

+Louisa Vevers oh now I remember the scary bits.... Ive just listened to it again

[@bowski771]

I also live in Christchurch grew up on this story. I'm from sumner (:

[@panzr]

Haha...loving this...in Addington!

[@jefp65]

In the 70s I used to get up at 7 o'clock every Sunday to listen to 2ZB Wellington for the kids stories. I cant remember the name of the host but I loved the host too. This was my favorite. They used to play it nearly every week, and God forbid they didnt play it! So many favorite bits. The Sharks Nose Hospital, Dinglemouse and Joe the Eagle. Thanks to whoever uploaded this. It really brings back memories. I almost knew it off by heart too I think! I think I can see why I was so mesmerized, Spike reads it so brilliantly, the tone, the voices and everything, perfect. I think kids today would love this too.

[@FrothNinja]

Played this to death as kid - not heard it since my teens but still remembered nearly word for word. All its missing are the songs on side B

[@FearOfMusic]

The Alphabet Song

[@cathyparvin2505]

I’m also a kiwi that grew up listening to this on the radio. I’m now living in Canada & just played it for a 6yr old. The weirdest thing for him was no pictures 😂. He also loved it

[@christinewaterlily]

Thank you so much for posting this. Just shared for another friend from Netherlands. She knows the film and book - The Witches and also some other books she loved. I think we all loved these stories so much bcs it scared us :) I would read to my little sister and scare her too. And we listened on the radio.

[@samthecrank]

We had the record so it was BadJelly on tap for us. Good times.

[@Huriana10]

Kiwi memories here also lol. Every Sunday morning whilst still in bed.

[@kaybishop6028]

love love love this! Takes me back soooo many years - and yes I'm a kiwi too! Knickers knickers knickers!

[@antonybennett5571]

Good memories from when I was young Sunday morning radio show good memories

[@tobidean7526]

I grew up in nz listening to these audio story time Sunday mornings hence me searching for it here on you tube...it takes you back big time....

[@caleboflaherty2467]

I used to go to sleep to this every night.

[@crizish]

A classic. Many NZers here, like myself. Not really so unusual....most NZ tv and some radio shows were from Britain. I just grew up thinking they were NZ....and I guess we were (are) part of the commonwealth. Things have changed a lot, but some things never change. Thanks Spike.....you’re a legend.

[@paulmulcahy4187]

Oh my nose , my poor sharks nose, so he ran away to sharks nose hospital!! Ahh Sunday mornings of old

[@kumarapatch1234]

i remember listening to this on morning stories sunday morning stories in new zealand either late 60s or early 70s when i was a kid

[@DavidMason-xg7yx]

Please try to make sure that you have any other questions ❓ the merge 😂😂

[@jameswillis1763]

There's one Badjelly the Witch rare VHS left on Ebay and if anyone wants to buy it and upload it on KZbin feel free to do so.

[@michidorok]

My sister and I use to listen to this every Sunday morning in bed. My sister would wrap herself up in her blankets (she's older than I, mind you). Anyho, reading this story to my daughter, unfortunately not the same effect, fancy voice, facial expressions, and props ... nope ... nadda. So I read it at the Library in the children section. Lots of little imaginations there

[@ShelbyMatthews]

same i used to get so scared of this i closed my ears as hard as i could

[@phillipaharrison8]

I'd like to know where the Sharks nose hospital is :-)

[@topaznz4]

And bare bottom land haha

[@beeznblood1758]

phillipaharrison8

[@EmmelinJones]

Good question might need to do some research on that one lol

[@p.e.amueli8272]

Grew up with this from New Zealand lol

[@janetpinilo7472]

Another transplanted Kiwi with happy memories of listening to this story on Sunday morning with my brothers. Sun still comes up with peanut butter. Spike Milligan was magic with his phrasing and word choice.