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'''''[[Round the Horne]]''''' is a [[w:BBC Radio|BBC Radio]] [[w:comedy|comedy]] programme that was 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]], [[w:Brian Cooke|Brian Cooke]] and Donald Webster. ''Round the Horne'' starred [[Kenneth Horne]], with [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Hugh Paddick]], [[Betty Marsden]] and [[Bill Pertwee]].<ref name=bbc>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7q4l/episodes/guide "Round the Horne"], BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2019</ref> The following list shows the dates of first broadcasts and some of the principal items in each programme.

==List of programmes==
===Series 1===
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Series 1
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|colspan="3" align="center"|'''Series 1: 1965'''
|-
!1
|align="right"| {{date|7 March 1965}}
|Including:
*The BBC's backroom boys: the programme planners
*Part one of The Clissold Saga
|-
!2
|align="right"| {{date|14 March 1965}}
|Including:
*Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob
*More of the BBC backroom boys
*The Clissold Saga 2: The aviator
|-
!3
|align="right"| {{date|21 March 1965}}
|Including:
*BBC sound effects department
*The Clissold Saga 3: A pantomime horse
|-
!4
|align="right"| {{date|28 March 1965}}
|Including:
*Robert Capability Lackwind, inventor of toad in the hole
*BBC censorship department
*The Clissold Saga 4: Egyptology
*Rentachap: the first appearance of Julian and Sandy
|-
!5
|align="right"| {{date|4 April 1965}}
|Including:
*Richard Serendipity Mountbasket, inventor of the Christmas Pudding
*BBC personnel department: Gruntfuttock applies for a BBC job
*The Clissold Saga 5: films
*Julian and Sandy running a gents' boutique in Chelsea
|-
!6
|align="right"| {{date|11 April 1965}}
|Including:
*Tammany Wilkinshaft, inventor of the crumpet
*BBC complaints department
*Inspector Horne's casebook – The Tap-dancing Monk
*Kenneth Horne visits a new bona bistro
|-
!7
|align="right"| {{date|18 April 1965}}
|Including:
*Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist
*BBC audience research department
*"Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates
*Julian and Sandy as scriptwriters
|-
!8
|align="right"| {{date|25 April 1965}}
|Including:
*Edwin Chattleforth, inventor of forced meat
*BBC auditioners
*'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket?
*''Private Fever'' – Noël Coward parody
*Bona Tours
|-
!9
|align="right"| {{date|2 May 1965}}
|Including:
*Friar Wacker Biscuit, inventor of the hip bath
*The Spy Who Came in with a Cold: Kenneth Horne meets Chou en Ginsberg
*Bona Bouffant
|-
!10
|align="right"| {{date|9 May 1965}}
|Including:
*Gruntfuttock, King of Peasmoldia
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: Famous People Are Turning Into Animals
*First appearance of Rambling Syd Rumpo
|-
!11
|align="right"| {{date|16 May 1965}}
|Including:
*From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel
*''Blithe Laughter''
*Bona Homes, estate agents
|-
!12
|align="right"| {{date|23 May 1965}}
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball
*Fabe Homes and Bona Gardens
|-
!13
|align="right"| {{date|30 May 1965}}
|Including:
*Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Missing Eiffel Tower
*''[[w:Lover, Come Back to Me|Lover]]'',  [[w:Sigmund Romberg|Romberg]], [[w:Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]]
*''Present Encounter''
*Bona Pets
|-
!14
|align="right"| {{date|6 June 1965}}
|Including:
*Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock
*Special agent Kenneth Horne probes a pirate invasion of the BBC
*''[[w:It's a Lovely Day Today|It's a Lovely Day Today]]'' [[w:Irving Berlin|Irving Berlin]]
*Studio Bona – Jules and Sand as photographers
|-
!15
|align="right"| {{date|13 June 1965}}
|Including:
*Special agent Kenneth Horne investigating a Rocket Site in Haiti
*''Bitter Laughter''
*''[[Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work If You Can Get It]]''  [[w:George Gershwin|George]] and [[w:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]]
*Bona Seats, ticket agency
|-
!16
|align="right"| {{date|20 June 1965}}
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Special Agent: Traffic wardens in outer space
*''Forbidden Encounter''
*''[[This Can't Be Love (song)|This Can't Be Love]]'', [[w:Rodgers and Hart|Rodgers and Hart]]
*Bona Productions: melodramas with Julian and Sandy
|}

===Series 2===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0;"
|colspan="3" |'''Series 2: 1966'''
|-
|1
|13 March
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Stolen
*The Seamus Android Show with Gladys Runt
*Bona Drag
|-
|2
|20 March
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Still Missing
*Bona Books
|-
|3
|27 March
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Escaped War Criminal
*Bona Tattoos
*The Seamus Android Show with J. Peasmold Gruntfuttock, Zsa Zsa Poltergeist and Daryl F. Claphanger IV
|-
|4
|3 April
|Including:
*Dobbiroids, The Magic Horse Rejuvenator
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The World Cup Is Stolen
*Julian and Sandy in MI5
|-
|5
|10 April
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Nuclear Banana
*Julian and Sandy as unarmed combat instructors
|-
|6
|17 April
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Joke Thief
*Julian and Sandy as MI5 dance instructors
*The Seamus Android Show with Barbara Cartload and Michael Baine
|-
|7
|24 April
|Including:
*Dobbiroids Theatre of the Air presents a Special Edition of Round the Horne – Dr Mckinlays Scrapbook
|-
|8
|1 May
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Giant Mouse
*The End of the Pier Show at Bogmouth-on-Sylt, auditions –
*The Amazing Gruntfuttock, Escapologist Extraordinaire
*Desmond Grapple, Panto Dame
*Dentures as The Great Omipaloni, Illusionist
*Rambling Syd Rumpo** Irish Bog Wanderers Song
*Sunny Molestrangler Vaf
*Julian and Sandy Telepathy Act
|-
|9
|8 May
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Mystery and Imagination – The Curse of the Blackstumps
*The Balls Pond Road Festival of the Arts – J Peasmold Gruntfuttock Describes the Events
*Rambling Syd Rumpo: Fly Little Bird
*The Ballet Bona
|-
|10
|15 May
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Portrait of Florian Thrust
*The Hasty Nose
*Bona Promotions
|-
|11
|22 May
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Gaylords
*Bona Beat Songs Ltd
|-
|12
|29 May
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Dr Postern and Dr Fu Manchu-en-Ginsberg
*Bona Relations
|-
|13
|5 June
|Including:
*Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Moby Duck
*Bona Performers
|}

===Series 3===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0;"
|colspan="3" |'''Series 3: 1967'''
|-
|1
|12 February
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''The Plastic Max''
*Colour supplement – Seamus Android at Pinewood
*Julian and Sandy: no parts for us?
|-
|2
|19 February
|Including:
*Armpit theatre – ''The Three Musketeers'' (I)
*Colour supplement – Swinging London with Brad Smallpiece
*''Brief Ecstasy''
*Bona Law
|-
|3
|26 February
|Including:
*Armpit theatre – ''The Three Musketeers'' (II)
*''In Which We Serve''
*Bona Cruising
|-
|4
|5 March
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''Lipharvest of the River''
*Seamus Android at London Airport''The Moon and Sixpence'' (reduced to fourpence for this week only)
*Bona Antiques
|-
|5
|12 March
|Including:
*Armpit theatre – ''How The Bullet Proof Vest Was Won''
*Bona Soulmates
|-
|6
|19 March
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''Trilby''
*The Daily Polari
|-
|7
|26 March
|Including:
*Armpit theatre – ''The Admirable Loombucket'' (I)
*Bona Caterers
|-
|8
|2 April
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – The Admirable Loombucket (II)
*Bona Nature clinic
|-
|9
|9 April
|Including:
*A Special Tribute to J Peasmold Gruntfuttock
*Bona Press
|-
|10
|16 April
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''Gaslight''
*Bona Prods
|-
|11
|23 April
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''The Phantom of Bogmouth''
*Bona Tax Consultants
|-
|12
|30 April
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''A Man Is Two Foot Tall''
*Bona Bijou Tourettes
|-
|13
|7 May
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''Young Horne with a Man''
*Bona Séances
|-
|14
|14 May
|Including:
*Armpit theatre – ''The Maltese Brass Monkey''
*Bona Hunt
|-
|15
|21 May
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – ''The Big Top''
*Bona Gourmet
|-
|16
|28 May
|Including:
*Armpit Theatre – The Muffplaster Saga
*Bona Guided Tripettes
|-
|17
|4 June
|Including:
*The Muffplaster Saga – The Boxer
*Bona Guest House
|-
|18
|11 June
|Including:
*The Muffplaster Saga – The Bullfighter
*Bona TV
|-
|19
|18 June
|Including:
*The Palone Ranger
*The BBC:
**J Peasmold Gruntfuttock the scriptwriter
**Charles and Fiona in the sound effects department
**Rambling Syd Rumpo, Green Grows My Bogling Fork
**Julian and Sandy: wardrobe department
|-
|20
|25 June
|Including:
*The Head of the BBC Who Came In From The Cold
*Gruntfuttock goes bodybuilding
*The Body Bona
|}

===Series 4===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: left; margin-right: 0;"
|colspan="3" |'''Series 4: 1968'''
|-
|1
|25 February
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Dr Doosweet BA''
*The Lazy Bona Ranch
|-
|2
|3 March
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Thoroughly Modern Willy''
*Bona Gurumat
|-
|3
|10 March
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Frankenstein's Monster''
*Bona Indoor Ski School
|-
|4
|17 March
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''The Knights Of Camelot''
*Bona Rags
|-
|5
|24 March
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Relatively Grand Prix''
*Bona Male Model Agency
|-
|6
|31 March
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Big Broads Don't Squeal''
*Bona Gift Boutique
|-
|7
|7 April
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''The Celluloid Jungle''
*Bona Academy of Ballroom Dancing
|-
|8
|14 April
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Around The World in Ten Minutes ''
*Bona Songs
|-
|9
|21 April
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Journey to Uranus''
*Bona Books
|-
|10
|28 April
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Apache Story''
*Keep Britain Bona
|-
|11
|5 May
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Escape From Stalag Limpwrist''
*Bona Abbey
|-
|12
|12 May
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''I Showed Them In Fleet Street''
*Bona Private Detective Agency
|-
|13
|19 May
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Continuum Medicum Romanum''
*Bona Language School
|-
|14
|26 May
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Beau''
*Julian and Sandy: Efficiency Experts
|-
|15
|2 June
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''Bona Prince Charlie''
*Bona Ads
|-
|16
|9 June
|Including:
*Movie Go Wrong – ''He, Son of She''
*Julian and Sandy: Julian's birthday
|}
:Source: BBC Radio 7.<ref name=bbc/>

===Christmas specials===
====Broadcast 25 December 1966====
* What's on in Swinging London, with Peter Nodule
* Daphne Whitethigh's gossip column
* Horse of the Year Show
* Brad Smallpiece with current events
* The Colour Supplement – The Lively Arts
* Rambling Syd Rumpo: "The Clacton Bogle Picker's Lament"
* Christmas at the BBC, exchanging presents (Charles and Fiona, Julian and Sandy)
* The Fraser Hayes Four – It Happened In Some Valley
* Armpit Theatre – ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''<ref name=specials>[http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/kwas/rth/ "Round the Horne Specials"], British Comedy. Retrieved 28 February 2019</ref>
(Kenneth Horne was unwell and did not take part in this programme.)<ref>Took, 1998, p. 77</ref>

====Broadcast 24 December 1967====
* The Critics
* Events this Christmas
* Christmas Message
* Armpit Theatre – ''Cinderella''
* Christmas Party – Daphne Whitethigh makes the punch – Madam Osiris predicts – Charles without Fiona
* Rambling Syd Rumpo: "Good King Boroslav"
* Julian and Sandy as cloakroom attendants and entertainers.<ref name=specials/>

==Notes and sources==
===Notes===
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book | last=Took | first=Barry | title= Round the Horne: The Complete and Utter History| year=1998 | location=London | publisher=Boxtree | isbn=978-0-7522-2119-9}}

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