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 13

Episode 13

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Round the Horne, Series 4, Episode 13

Five Go Mad in Ancient Rome, plus Kenneth Horne finds Julian and Sandy are multi-lingual.

Five Go Mad in Ancient Rome, plus Kenneth Horne finds Julian and Sandy are multi-lingual. With Kenneth Williams. From May 1968.

Five Go Mad In Ancient Rome, shock news from 'Woman of the Year' - and Kenneth Horne discovers Julian and Sandy are multilingual. 

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 May 1968.

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