Round the Horne: List of programmes

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. The following list shows the dates of first broadcasts and some of the principal items in each programme.

Series 4

 * Source: BBC Radio 7.

Broadcast 25 December 1966
(Kenneth Horne was unwell and did not take part in this programme.)
 * 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

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.