Round the Horne
1965•10.0/10
Comedy
Ratings
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10.0/10(1)
A radio comedy sketch show, presented as a local variety show with Kenneth Horne as the host.
Production
BBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
March 7, 1965
Last Aired
June 9, 1968
Created By
Kenneth Horne
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Episode 1
Air date: 1965-03-07
Featuring: The BBC backroom boys: the programme planners The Clissold Saga [part 1/5]
E2
Episode 2
Air date: 1965-03-14
Featuring: Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob The BBC backroom boys The Clissold Saga: The aviator [part 2/5]
E3
Episode 3
Air date: 1965-03-21
Featuring: BBC sound effects department The Clissold Saga: A pantomime horse [part 3/5]
E4
Episode 4
Air date: 1965-03-28
Featuring: Robert Capability Lackwind, inventor of toad in the hole BBC censorship department The Clissold Saga: Egyptology [part 4/5] Rentachap (Julian and Sandy)
E5
Episode 5
Air date: 1965-04-04
Featuring: Richard Serendipity Mountbasket, inventor of the Christmas Pudding BBC personnel department: Gruntfuttock applies for a BBC job The Clissold Saga: films [part 5/5] Gent’s Boutique in Chelsea (Julian and Sandy)
E6
Episode 6
Air date: 1965-04-11
Featuring: Tammany Wilkinshaft, inventor of the crumpet BBC complaints department Inspector Horne's casebook – The Tap-dancing Monk Bona Bistro (Julian and Sandy)
E7
Episode 7
Air date: 1965-04-18
Featuring: Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist BBC audience research department "Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates Bona scriptwriters (Julian and Sandy)
E8
Episode 8
Air date: 1965-04-25
Featuring: Edwin Chattleforth, inventor of forced meat BBC auditioners 'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? Private Fever – Noël Coward parody Bona Tours (Julian and Sandy)
E9
Episode 9
Air date: 1965-05-02
Featuring: Friar Wacker Biscuit, inventor of the hip bath The Spy Who Came in with a Cold: Kenneth Horne meets Chou en Ginsberg Bona Bouffant (Julian and Sandy)
E10
Episode 10
Air date: 1965-05-09
Featuring: Gruntfuttock, King of Peasmoldia Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: Famous People Are Turning Into Animals Rambling Syd Rumpo
E11
Episode 11
Air date: 1965-05-16
Featuring: From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel Blithe Laughter Bona Homes, estate agents (Julian and Sandy)
E12
Episode 12
Air date: 1965-05-23
Featuring: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball Bona Homes and Landscape Gardens (Julian and Sandy)
E13
Episode 13
Air date: 1965-05-30
Featuring: Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Missing Eiffel Tower Lover, Come Back to Me, Romberg, Hammerstein Present Encounter Bona Pets (Julian and Sandy)
E14
Episode 14
Air date: 1965-06-06
Featuring: Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock Special agent Kenneth Horne probes a pirate invasion of the BBC It's a Lovely Day Today Irving Berlin Studio Bona photographers (Julian and Sandy)
E15
Episode 15
Air date: 1965-06-13
Featuring: Special agent Kenneth Horne investigating a Rocket Site in Haiti Bitter Laughter Nice Work If You Can Get It George and Ira Gershwin Bona Seats, ticket agency (Julian and Sandy)
E16
Episode 16
Air date: 1965-06-20
Featuring: Kenneth Horne, Special Agent: Traffic wardens in outer space Forbidden Encounter This Can't Be Love, Rodgers and Hart Bona Productions: melodramas (Julian and Sandy)
























