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."Round the Horne", BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2019 The following list shows the dates of first broadcasts and some of the principal items in each programme.

List of programmes Series 1 Series 1: 196517 MarchIncluding: The BBC's backroom boys: the programme planners Part one of The Clissold Saga214 MarchIncluding: Isambard Kingdom Fortinbras, inventor of the doorknob More of the BBC backroom boys The Clissold Saga 2: The aviator321 MarchIncluding: BBC sound effects department The Clissold Saga 3: A pantomime horse428 MarchIncluding: Robert Capability Lackwind, inventor of toad in the hole BBC censorship department The Clissold Saga 4: Egyptology Rentachap: the first appearance of Julian and Sandy54 AprilIncluding: 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 Chelsea611 AprilIncluding: Tammany Wilkinshaft, inventor of the crumpet BBC complaints department Inspector Horne's casebook – The Tap-dancing Monk Kenneth Horne visits a new bona bistro718 AprilIncluding: Nemesis Fothergill, Ornithologist BBC audience research department "Edwin Braden Is Missing": Horne investigates Julian and Sandy as scriptwriters825 AprilIncluding: Edwin Chattleforth, inventor of forced meat BBC auditioners 'Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? Private Fever – Noël Coward parody Bona Tours92 MayIncluding: Friar Wacker Biscuit, inventor of the hip bath The Spy Who Came in with a Cold: Kenneth Horne meets Chou en Ginsberg Bona Bouffant109 MayIncluding: Gruntfuttock, King of Peasmoldia Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: Famous People Are Turning Into Animals First appearance of Rambling Syd Rumpo1116 MayIncluding: From Russia With Love and Kind Regards to Auntie Mabel Blithe Laughter Bona Homes, estate agents1223 MayIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Man with the Golden Thunderball Fabe Homes and Bona Gardens1330 MayIncluding: Dictator ex-King Gruntfuttock Kenneth Horne, Master Spy: The Missing Eiffel Tower Lover, Come Back to Me, Romberg, Hammerstein Present Encounter Bona Pets146 JuneIncluding: 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 – Jules and Sand as photographers1513 JuneIncluding: 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 agency1620 JuneIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Special Agent: Traffic wardens in outer space Forbidden Encounter This Can't Be Love, Rodgers and Hart Bona Productions: melodramas with Julian and Sandy

Series 2 Series 2: 1966113 MarchIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Stolen The Seamus Android Show with Gladys Runt Bona Drag220 MarchIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – Big Ben is Still Missing Bona Books327 MarchIncluding: 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 IV43 AprilIncluding: Dobbiroids, The Magic Horse Rejuvenator Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The World Cup Is Stolen Julian and Sandy in MI5510 AprilIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Nuclear Banana617 AprilIncluding: Kenneth Horne, Master Spy – The Joke Thief Julian and Sandy as MI5 dance instructors The Seamus Android Show with Barbara Cartload and Michael Baine724 AprilIncluding: Dobbiroids Theatre of the Air presents a Special Edition of Round the Horne – Dr Mckinlays Scrapbook81 MayIncluding: 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 Act98 MayIncluding: 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 Bona1015 MayIncluding: Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Portrait of Florian Thrust The Hasty Nose Bona Promotions1122 MayIncluding: Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – The Gaylords Bona Beat Songs Ltd1229 MayIncluding: Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Dr Postern and Dr Fu Manchu-en-Ginsberg Bona Relations135 JuneIncluding: Kenneth Horne Theatre of Suspense – Moby Duck Bona Performers

Series 3 Series 3: 1967112 FebruaryIncluding: Armpit Theatre – The Plastic Max Colour supplement – Seamus Android at Pinewood Julian and Sandy: no parts for us?219 FebruaryIncluding: Armpit theatre – The Three Musketeers (I) Colour supplement – Swinging London with Brad Smallpiece Brief Ecstasy Bona Law326 FebruaryIncluding: Armpit theatre – The Three Musketeers (II) In Which We Serve Bona Cruising45 MarchIncluding: Armpit Theatre – Lipharvest of the River Seamus Android at London Airport The Moon and Sixpence (reduced to fourpence for this week only) Bona Antiques512 MarchIncluding: Armpit theatre – How The Bullet Proof Vest Was Won Bona Soulmates619 MarchIncluding: Armpit Theatre – Trilby The Daily Polari726 MarchIncluding: Armpit theatre – The Admirable Loombucket (I) Bona Caterers82 AprilIncluding: Armpit Theatre – The Admirable Loombucket (II) Bona Nature clinic99 AprilIncluding: A Special Tribute to J Peasmold Gruntfuttock Bona Press1016 AprilIncluding: Armpit Theatre – Gaslight Bona Prods1123 AprilIncluding: Armpit Theatre – The Phantom of Bogmouth Bona Tax Consultants1230 AprilIncluding: Armpit Theatre – A Man Is Two Foot Tall Bona Bijou Tourettes137 MayIncluding: Armpit Theatre – Young Horne with a Man Bona Séances1414 MayIncluding: Armpit theatre – The Maltese Brass Monkey Bona Hunt1521 MayIncluding: Armpit Theatre – The Big Top Bona Gourmet1628 MayIncluding: Armpit Theatre – The Muffplaster Saga Bona Guided Tripettes174 JuneIncluding: The Muffplaster Saga – The Boxer Bona Guest House1811 JuneIncluding: The Muffplaster Saga – The Bullfighter Bona TV1918 JuneIncluding: 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 department2025 JuneIncluding: The Head of the BBC Who Came In From The Cold Gruntfuttock goes bodybuilding The Body Bona

Series 4 Series 4: 1968125 FebruaryIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Dr Doosweet BA The Lazy Bona Ranch23 MarchIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Thoroughly Modern Willy Bona Gurumat310 MarchIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Frankenstein's Monster Bona Indoor Ski School417 MarchIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – The Knights Of Camelot Bona Rags524 MarchIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Relatively Grand Prix Bona Male Model Agency631 MarchIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Big Broads Don't Squeal Bona Gift Boutique77 AprilIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – The Celluloid Jungle Bona Academy of Ballroom Dancing814 AprilIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Around The World in Ten Minutes Bona Songs921 AprilIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Journey to Uranus Bona Books1028 AprilIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Apache Story Keep Britain Bona115 MayIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Escape From Stalag Limpwrist Bona Abbey1212 MayIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – I Showed Them In Fleet Street Bona Private Detective Agency1319 MayIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Continuum Medicum Romanum Bona Language School1426 MayIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Beau Julian and Sandy: Efficiency Experts152 JuneIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – Bona Prince Charlie Bona Ads169 JuneIncluding: Movie Go Wrong – He, Son of She Julian and Sandy: Julian's birthday Source: BBC Radio 7.

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 Sun Valley Armpit Theatre – The Hunchback of Notre Dame"Round the Horne Specials", British Comedy. Retrieved 28 February 2019 (Kenneth Horne was unwell and did not take part in this programme.)Took, 1998, p. 77

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.

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