Round the Horne episodes

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Round the Horne is a BBC Radio 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, Brian Cooke and Donald Webster. Round the Horne starred Kenneth Horne, with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.[1] The following list shows the dates of first broadcasts and some of the principal items in each programme.

List of programmes

Series 1

Round the Horne Series 1 CD Collection
Series 1

1 7 March 1965 Including:
  • The BBC's backroom boys: the programme planners
  • Part one of The Clissold Saga
2 14 March 1965 Including:
  • Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob
  • More of the BBC backroom boys
  • The Clissold Saga 2: The aviator
3 21 March 1965 Including:
  • BBC sound effects department
  • The Clissold Saga 3: A pantomime horse
4 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 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 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 18 April 1965 Including:
  • Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist
  • BBC audience research department
  • "Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates
  • Julian and Sandy as scriptwriters
8 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 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 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 16 May 1965 Including:
  • From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel
  • Blithe Laughter
  • Bona Homes, estate agents
12 23 May 1965 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball
  • Fabe Homes and Bona Gardens
13 30 May 1965 Including:
  • Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Missing Eiffel Tower
  • Lover, Romberg, Hammerstein
  • Present Encounter
  • Bona Pets
14 6 June 1965 Including:
15 13 June 1965 Including:
16 20 June 1965 Including:

Series 2

Round the Horne Series 2 CD Collection
Series 2

1 13 March 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Stolen
  • The Seamus Android Show with Gladys Runt
  • Bona Drag
2 20 March 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Still Missing
  • Bona Books
3 27 March 1966 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 1966 Including:
  • Dobbiroids, The Magic Horse Rejuvenator
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The World Cup Is Stolen
  • Julian and Sandy in MI5
5 10 April 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Nuclear Banana
  • Julian and Sandy as unarmed combat instructors
6 17 April 1966 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 1966 Including:
  • Dobbiroids Theatre of the Air presents a Special Edition of Round the Horne – Dr Mckinlays Scrapbook
8 1 May 1966 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 1966 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 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Portrait of Florian Thrust
  • The Hasty Nose
  • Bona Promotions
11 22 May 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Gaylords
  • Bona Beat Songs Ltd
12 29 May 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Dr Postern and Dr Fu Manchu-en-Ginsberg
  • Bona Relations
13 5 June 1966 Including:
  • Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Moby Duck
  • Bona Performers

Series 3

Round the Horne Series 3 CD Collection
Series 3

1 12 February 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – The Plastic Max
  • Colour supplement – Seamus Android at Pinewood
  • Julian and Sandy: no parts for us?
2 19 February 1967 Including:
  • Armpit theatre – The Three Musketeers (I)
  • Colour supplement – Swinging London with Brad Smallpiece
  • Brief Ecstasy
  • Bona Law
3 26 February 1967 Including:
  • Armpit theatre – The Three Musketeers (II)
  • In Which We Serve
  • Bona Cruising
4 5 March 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – Lipharvest of the River
  • Seamus Android at London AirportThe Moon and Sixpence (reduced to fourpence for this week only)
  • Bona Antiques
5 12 March 1967 Including:
  • Armpit theatre – How The Bullet Proof Vest Was Won
  • Bona Soulmates
6 19 March 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – Trilby
  • The Daily Polari
7 26 March 1967 Including:
  • Armpit theatre – The Admirable Loombucket (I)
  • Bona Caterers
8 2 April 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – The Admirable Loombucket (II)
  • Bona Nature clinic
9 9 April 1967 Including:
  • A Special Tribute to J Peasmold Gruntfuttock
  • Bona Press
10 16 April 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – Gaslight
  • Bona Prods
11 23 April 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – The Phantom of Bogmouth
  • Bona Tax Consultants
12 30 April 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – A Man Is Two Foot Tall
  • Bona Bijou Tourettes
13 7 May 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – Young Horne with a Man
  • Bona Séances
14 14 May 1967 Including:
  • Armpit theatre – The Maltese Brass Monkey
  • Bona Hunt
15 21 May 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – The Big Top
  • Bona Gourmet
16 28 May 1967 Including:
  • Armpit Theatre – The Muffplaster Saga
  • Bona Guided Tripettes
17 4 June 1967 Including:
  • The Muffplaster Saga – The Boxer
  • Bona Guest House
18 11 June 1967 Including:
  • The Muffplaster Saga – The Bullfighter
  • Bona TV
19 18 June 1967 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 1967 Including:
  • The Head of the BBC Who Came In From The Cold
  • Gruntfuttock goes bodybuilding
  • The Body Bona

Series 4

Round the Horne Series 4 CD Collection
Series 4

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

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[2]

(Kenneth Horne was unwell and did not take part in this programme.)[3]

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.[2]

Notes and sources

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Round the Horne", BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2019
  2. ^ a b "Round the Horne Specials", British Comedy. Retrieved 28 February 2019
  3. ^ Took, 1998, p. 77

Sources

  • Took, Barry (1998). Round the Horne: The Complete and Utter History. London: Boxtree. ISBN 978-0-7522-2119-9.

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