Round the Horne
A radio comedy sketch show, presented as a local variety show with Kenneth Horne as the host.
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Cast
Seasons
Episodes broadcast in 1965.
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
07-03-196530mFeaturing: The BBC backroom boys: the programme planners The Clissold Saga [part 1/5]
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
14-03-196530mFeaturing: Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob The BBC backroom boys The Clissold Saga: The aviator [part 2/5]
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
21-03-196530mFeaturing: BBC sound effects department The Clissold Saga: A pantomime horse [part 3/5]
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
28-03-196530mFeaturing: Robert Capability Lackwind, inventor of toad in the hole BBC censorship department The Clissold Saga: Egyptology [part 4/5] Rentachap (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
04-04-196530mFeaturing: Richard Serendipity Mountbasket, inventor of the Christmas Pudding BBC personnel department: Gruntfuttock applies for a BBC job The Clissold Saga: films [part 5/5] G...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
11-04-196530mFeaturing: Tammany Wilkinshaft, inventor of the crumpet BBC complaints department Inspector Horne's casebook – The Tap-dancing Monk Bona Bistro (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
18-04-196530mFeaturing: Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist BBC audience research department "Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates Bona scriptwriters (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
25-04-196530mFeaturing: Edwin Chattleforth, inventor of forced meat BBC auditioners 'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? Private Fever – Noël Coward parody Bona Tours (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
02-05-196530mFeaturing: 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)
- Ep 10
10.Episode 10
09-05-196530mFeaturing: Gruntfuttock, King of Peasmoldia Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: Famous People Are Turning Into Animals Rambling Syd Rumpo
- Ep 11
11.Episode 11
16-05-196530mFeaturing: From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel Blithe Laughter Bona Homes, estate agents (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 12
12.Episode 12
23-05-196530mFeaturing: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball Bona Homes and Landscape Gardens (Julian and Sandy)
- Ep 13
13.Episode 13
30-05-196530mFeaturing: 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...
- Ep 14
14.Episode 14
06-06-196530mFeaturing: 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...
- Ep 15
15.Episode 15
13-06-196530mFeaturing: 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...
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
20-06-196530mFeaturing: 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)
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