Round the Horne

by Barry Took

A history, by one of its scriptwriters, of the radio comedy show, "Round the Horne", which was first broadcast in 1958. The book includes accounts of how the shows were written and produced, script extracts, and also four complete scripts which were never used.

Genres: Humor

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Barry Took was an English writer, television presenter and comedian.

Reviews

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Camp as Christmas, darlings.

[Kermit The · Rating 3 out of 5]

The disappointment for the comedy tie-in collector is always when you find a long sort out edition and it's just a collection of scripts in book form. Still a large part of the appeal of these things is the owning a piece of ephemera related to one of your favourite series. Other than the scripts the only original content to the book are two short introductions by Took and Feldman, capsule bios of recurring characters, a glossary of some polari words and a lot of really fantastic cartoons by William Hewison, one of the only good cartoonists to come out of Punch. Mike Terry also provides a very handsome airbrush cover.