126 - Round The Horne

Comedy Slab

This week we review - Round The Horne (Series 3 Episode 21)
Round the Horne was a BBC Radio comedy programme starring Kenneth Horne.
First transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968, the show was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, who wrote the first three series. The fourth was written by Took, Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Donald Webster.
Horne's supporting cast comprised Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and, in the first three series, Bill Pertwee, with Douglas Smith as the announcer, who also took part in the sketches.
All except the last series featured music by Edwin Braden, played by the band "the Hornblowers", with a song in the middle of each show performed by the close-harmony singing group the Fraser Hayes Four.
Written by Barry Took, Marty Feldman, Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Donald Webster.
Produced by Jakes Brown and John Simmonds.
A BBC Radio Production.
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