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Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 16 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy.
Round the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, bringing laughter to Sunday lunchtimes throughout the land. Over the course of sixteen weekly episodes it carved a niche in the history of broadcast comedy, a sketch show which prodded the boundaries of propriety and innuendo. At its heart was the suave and upstanding Kenneth Horne, around which revolved the multiple naughty personas of Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Bill Pertwee.
Among the parade of regular characters were Julian and Sandy, the camp couple of resting thespians happy to turn their hands to anything, Rambling Syd Rumbo the musical cordwangler, Fiona and Charles the passionate duo, and J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock the world’s dirtiest man. Meanwhile regular film parodies, spoof sagas and musical interludes peppered the mix.
Round the Horne earned its place in the annals of comedy history, and is fondly remembered today as a groundbreaking series that influenced many more to come.
Episode List
- 01 – The Clissold Saga 1
- 02 – The Clissold Saga 2
- 03 – The Clissold Saga 3
- 04 – The Clissold Saga 4
- 05 – The Clissold Saga 5
- 06 – The Case Of The Tap-Dancing Mo
- 07 – Edwin Braden Is Missing
- 08 – Who Killed The Amazing Proudbag
- 09 – The Spy Who Came In With A Cold
- 10 – Famous People Are Turning Into
- 11 – From Russia, With Love
- 12 – The Man With The Golden Thunder
- 13 – The Eiffel Tower Is Stolen
- 14 – Pirate Radio
- 15 – The Rocket Site In Haiti
- 16 – Traffic Wardens In Outer Space
- 17 – Big Ben is Missing
- 18 – Big Ben Is Still Missing
- 19 – The Escaped War Criminal
- 20 – The World Cup Is Stolen
- 21 – The Nuclear Banana
- 22 – The Joke Thief
- 23 – Dr McKinlay’s Scrapbook
- 24 – The Giant Mouse
- 25 – The Curse Of The Blackstumps
- 26 – The Portrait of Florian Thrust
- 27 – The Gaylords
- 28 – Dr Fu Man Chou En Ginsberg
- 29 – Moby Duck
- 30 – The Man With The Golden Thunder
- 31 – The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
- 32 – The Plastic Max
- 33 – The Three Musketeers – Part 1
- 34 – The Three Musketeers – Part 2
- 35 – Lipharvest Of The River
- 36 – How The Bullet Proof Vest Was
- 37 – Trilby
- 38 – The Admirable Loombucket – The
- 39 – The Admirable Loombucket – Los
- 40 – The Gruntfuttock Saga
- 41 – Gaslight Son Of Flicker
- 42 – The Phantom Of Bogmouth Hip
- 43 – A Man Is Two Foot Tall
- 44 – Young Horne With A Man
- 45 – The Maltese Brass Monkey
- 46 – The Big Top
- 47 – The Muffplaster Saga – Part 1,
- 48 – The Muffplaster Saga – Part 2,
- 49 – The Muffplaster Saga – Part 3,
- 50 – The Palone Ranger
- 51 – The Head Of The BBC Who Came I
- 52 – Cinderella
- 53 – Cinderella – Christmas Special
- 54 – Hunchback – Christmas Special
- 55 – Dr Doosweet
- 56 – Thoroughly Modern Willy
- 57 – Framkensteins Monster
- 58 – Knights of Camelot
- 59 – Relatively Grand Prix
- 60 – Big Borads Dont Squeal
- 61 – Celluloid Jungle
- 62 – Around The World In Ten Minutes
- 63 – Journey To Uranus
- 64 – Apache Story
- 65 – Escape From Staglag Limpwrist
- 66 – Showed Them In Fleet Street
- 67 – Continuum Medicum Romanum
- 68 – Beau
- 69 – Bona Prince Charlie
- 70 – He Son Of She
