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Round the Horne: A Compendium
- A Collection of Rare Material from the Classic BBC Radio Comedy
- Narrated by: full cast, Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
A fascinating and hilarious collection of archive rarities - plus two restored episodes - from the much loved BBC radio comedy series starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Round the Horne breathed daring new life over the BBC radio airwaves from 1965 to 1968, a madcap mix of daring double entendres, captivating characters and bawdy badinage. In this exhaustive collection of rare material, two complete episodes - series 1, episode 5 and series 1, episode 15 - are presented complete and remastered alongside a cornucopia of previously unpublished segments from the series' original run. In addition there's a host of rarities from the BBC Sound Archive and other sources, including the cast's appearance on Sounds Familiar and Kenneth Horne's autobiographical turn on The Time of My Life, both from 1968. These are followed by A Tribute to Kenneth Horne from 1969, Round and Round the Horne from 1977 and Horne of Plenty from 2004. There's also a selection of rarely heard interviews with cast and writers, two sketches in celebration of Much Binding in the Marsh and more.
Content warning: the humour in this programme reflects the era in which it was broadcast and may not reflect current attitudes.
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- N G P Middleton
- 22-06-21
What a lovely pieces of broadcast history
Wasn't so sure at first but what a treasure to any RTH fan like me.
Thank you BBC for digging in the treasure trove known as the archives
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- Louella Parsons-Green
- 07-11-24
Quite disappointing
I was so looking forward to listening to this compendium of the wonderful RTH.
But whoever edited it made a complete hatchet job of it!!
A horrible bleep sound at the end of chapters....and faded endings to 'chapters'..even mid-sentence! No continuity whatsoever.
The interviews with Kenneth Horne were rarities indeed....but not enough to make me keep this audiobook.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Brian King
- 11-08-17
annoying beeping noise between each chapter
such a shame as I love round the Horne but between each chapter there is a really annoying beep. and seeing as each chapter is just seconds long it gets very distracting
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-20
Disappointing do not buy
After a promising start it became short disjointed clips which were not even complete with either no perceptible start or finish. Whoever put this compendium together has done Round The Horne no favours.
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