Round the Horne

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BBC Radio 7

Comedy: Sketch

Classic comedy series starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick

Classic comedy series starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Bill Pertwee, Douglas Smith and Betty Marsden

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Round the Horne: Series 3: Episode 16

Episode 16

Series 3

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Round the Horne, Series 3, Episode 16

Kenneth Horne leads a family saga, while Julian and Sandy offer guided tripettes of London

Kenneth Horne leads a family saga, while Julian and Sandy offer guided tripettes of London. With Kenneth Williams. From May 1967

Kenneth Horne is head of the family in 'The Muffplaster Saga'.

Meanwhile Julian and Sandy are off to vada the sights with their bona guided tripettes of London.

Packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London.

Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.

Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman wrote the brilliantly inventive - and sometimes outrageous - scripts for four series between 1965 and 1968.

Producer: John Simmonds 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967.

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