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 4: Episode 1

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Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, while Julian and Sandy troll west.

Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, while Julian and Sandy troll west. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick. From 1968.

Kenneth Horne is a doctor who talks to animals, tune into wonderful Radio Balls Pond Road and Julian and Sandy troll west to The Lazy Bona Ranch.  

One of BBC Radio’s most influential and groundbreaking series packed full of colourful characters, parodies, memorable catchphrases, and double-entendres.

Starring:

Kenneth Horne
Kenneth Williams
Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsden

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 the first three series.  

Series 4 is written by Barry Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Donald Webster.

Music by the Max Harris Group.

Producer: John Simmonds 

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1968.

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