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Round the Horne

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A radio comedy sketch show, presented as a local variety show with Kenneth Horne as the host.

Comedy

5.0 / 5

7th March 1965 - 9th June 1968
Writer
Barry Took
Top Cast
Kenneth Horne β€’ Kenneth Williams β€’ Hugh Paddick
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Episode 1
7th March 1965

Episode 1

Featuring: The BBC backroom boys: the programme planners The Clissold Saga [part 1/5]

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Episode 2
14th March 1965

Episode 2

Featuring: Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob The BBC backroom boys The Clissold Saga: The aviator [part 2/5]

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Episode 3
21st March 1965

Episode 3

Featuring: BBC sound effects department The Clissold Saga: A pantomime horse [part 3/5]

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Episode 4
28th March 1965

Episode 4

Featuring: Robert Capability Lackwind, inventor of toad in the hole BBC censorship department The Clissold Saga: Egyptology [part 4/5] Rentachap (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 5
4th April 1965

Episode 5

Featuring: Richard Serendipity Mountbasket, inventor of the Christmas Pudding BBC personnel department: Gruntfuttock applies for a BBC job The Clissold Saga: films [part 5/5] Gent’s Boutique in Chelsea (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 6
11th April 1965

Episode 6

Featuring: Tammany Wilkinshaft, inventor of the crumpet BBC complaints department Inspector Horne's casebook – The Tap-dancing Monk Bona Bistro (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 7
18th April 1965

Episode 7

Featuring: Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist BBC audience research department "Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates Bona scriptwriters (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 8
25th April 1965

Episode 8

Featuring: Edwin Chattleforth, inventor of forced meat BBC auditioners 'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? Private Fever – NoΓ«l Coward parody Bona Tours (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 9
2nd May 1965

Episode 9

Featuring: Friar Wacker Biscuit, inventor of the hip bath The Spy Who Came in with a Cold: Kenneth Horne meets Chou en Ginsberg Bona Bouffant (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 10
9th May 1965

Episode 10

Featuring: Gruntfuttock, King of Peasmoldia Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: Famous People Are Turning Into Animals Rambling Syd Rumpo

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Episode 11
16th May 1965

Episode 11

Featuring: From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel Blithe Laughter Bona Homes, estate agents (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 12
23rd May 1965

Episode 12

Featuring: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball Bona Homes and Landscape Gardens (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 13
30th May 1965

Episode 13

Featuring: Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Missing Eiffel Tower Lover, Come Back to Me, Romberg, Hammerstein Present Encounter Bona Pets (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 14
6th June 1965

Episode 14

Featuring: Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock Special agent Kenneth Horne probes a pirate invasion of the BBC It's a Lovely Day Today Irving Berlin Studio Bona photographers (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 15
13th June 1965

Episode 15

Featuring: Special agent Kenneth Horne investigating a Rocket Site in Haiti Bitter Laughter Nice Work If You Can Get It George and Ira Gershwin Bona Seats, ticket agency (Julian and Sandy)

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Episode 16
20th June 1965

Episode 16

Featuring: Kenneth Horne, Special Agent: Traffic wardens in outer space Forbidden Encounter This Can't Be Love, Rodgers and Hart Bona Productions: melodramas (Julian and Sandy)