Round the Horne: Complete Series One: March 1965 – June 1965 Audiobook (Free)

Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 16 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy.

Round the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, bringing laughter to Sunday lunchtimes through the entire land. During the period of sixteen weekly episodes it carved a distinct segment in the annals of broadcast comedy, a sketch show which prodded the boundaries of propriety and innuendo. At its center was the suave and upstanding Kenneth Horne, around which revolved the multiple naughty about Round the Horne: Complete Series One: March 1965 – June 1965 personas of Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Costs Pertwee.

Among the parade of regular characters were Julian and Sandy, the camp couple of resting thespians pleased to turn their hands to anything, Rambling Syd Rumbo the musical cordwangler, Fiona and Charles the passionate duo, and J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock the world’s dirtiest man. On the other hand regular film parodies, spoof sagas and musical interludes peppered the mix.

Round the Horne earned its put in place the history of comedy background, and is fondly kept in mind today like a groundbreaking series that influenced a lot more to arrive. Here the complete first series could be enjoyed once more.