Round The Horne

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Round the Horne

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 2: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Round the Horne, Series 2, Episode 5

Kenneth Horne spies a nuclear banana and Kenneth Williams throws a tantrum over the script

Kenneth Horne spies a nuclear banana, and Kenneth Williams throws a tantrum over the show's script. From April 1966.

Master Spy Kenneth Horne's on the case of a remote-control guided nuclear banana - and Kenneth Williams throws a tantrum over the script. 

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden
Bill Pertwee

Announcer: Douglas Smith

Parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres galore!

Classic ground-breaking comedy series written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman

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

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

Producer: John Simmonds 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966.

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