Beyond Our Ken: Series 2: Classic BBC Radio comedy Audiobook (Free)

Kenneth Horne is joined by Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Expenses Pertwee and Pat Lancaster in the next group of the traditional weekly radio show.

Between 1958 and 1964, ‘Beyond Our Ken’ was one of radio’s most popular humor shows, with a regular audience of ten million listeners. A amusing mixture of sketches and music, filled with witty wordplay, comic catchphrases and larger-than-life people, this fabulous forerunner to ‘Round the Horne’ continues to be just like funny today.

In these about Beyond Our Ken: Series 2: Classic BBC Radio comedy fourteen episodes, compiled by Eric Merriman and Barry Took, pay attention to some extraordinary incidents from Kenneth Horne’s week and revel in particular ‘Hornerama’ investigations into the worlds of showbusiness, communications, the film industry, shipping and delivery and so many more. Say hello to Rodney and Charles, follow roving reporter Cecil Snaith towards the depths from the Crimson Sea and sign up for Felicity and Ambrose as they are shipwrecked on the desert island.

Plus, there’s a spoof ‘Any Queries?’ featuring Hankie Flowered, Ricky Livid, Fanny Haddock and Arthur Fallowfield, and musical interludes from The Fraser Hayes Four and Pat Lancaster – so join urbane host Kenneth Horne and close friends for more pleasurable, puns, merriment and madcap humour in the much-loved comedy show. Duration: 7 hours approx.