Round the Horne: Complete Series 2: 15 episodes of the groundbreaking BBC radio comedy Audiobook (Free)

Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 15 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy.

Across the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, getting laughter to Sunday lunchtimes through the entire land. During the period of sixteen weekly episodes it carved a niche in the history of broadcast comedy, a sketch display which prodded the boundaries of propriety and innuendo. At its heart was the suave and upstanding Kenneth Horne, around which revolved the multiple naughty about Across the Horne: Complete Series 2: 15 episodes from the groundbreaking BBC radio humor personas of Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden, Hugh Paddick and Expenses Pertwee.

Among the parade of regular characters were Julian and Sandy, the camp handful of relaxing 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.

Across the Horne earned its put in place the history of comedy history, and is fondly appreciated today as a groundbreaking series that influenced a lot more to come. Here the complete second series can be enjoyed once more, in addition to the 1966 Xmas episode, ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and a particular Transcription Services show ‘The Man WITH ALL THE Golden Thunderball’. plus a PDF booklet offering cast biographies and a complete series history.