History Radio / RoundTheHorne

** Douglas Smith really was a BBC continuity announcer, who were VERY strait-laced at this period.

* AccentRelapse: Horne visits the mysterious "Exotica", who initially speaks in a sultry French accent, until she drops it for a regular English accent instead.

-->'''Horne:''' Weeks?!\\
'''Smith:''' I saw the word that was cut. You'll need it.

%%** "Many times. Many, many times."

* SelfDeprecatingHumour: Shots are often made at Horne's appearance and age, particularly his lack of hair.

* {{Pun}}: Any introduction of Doctor Chou-En Ginsberg begins with him going "Ah, Horne" and being met with the response "ah, Chou".

Was scheduled to return in 1969 for a fifth series but Kenneth Horne died of a heart attack aged 61 in February of that year, precluding any further series.

* HypocriticalHumour: Just as Citizen Grunt-Futtock's wife is insisting he's a lovely man, he screams at her to shut up.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

''Round the Horne'' was a 1960s British radio comedy starring Kenneth Horne, Creator/KennethWilliams, Hugh Paddick, Creator/BettyMarsden, Bill Pertwee, and their announcer Douglas Smith. The main writers were Barry Took and Creator/MartyFeldman. The show was a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Beyond Our Ken'', which had featured many of the same cast but a different head writer; when he left it was decided to revamp the series with a new title and characters.

''Round the Horne'' was a 1960s British radio comedy starring Kenneth Horne, Creator/KennethWilliams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee, and their announcer Douglas Smith. The main writers were Barry Took and Creator/MartyFeldman. The show was a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Beyond Our Ken'', which had featured many of the same cast but a different head writer; when he left it was decided to revamp the series with a new title and characters.

* SelfDepricatingHumour: Shots are often made at Horne's appearance and age, particularly his lack of hair.

** Douglas Smith really was a BBC continuity announcer, who were VERY straight laced at this period.

* BadBadActing: Douglas Smith, nominally just the announcer, whenever he was called on to play a small role in a sketch.
* BawdySong: Rambling Syd Rumpo's songs.

* DirtyOldMan: J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock, undoubtedly. He even calls in the show to complain about its discriminatory practices towards dirty old men.

* DoubleEntendre

* FolkMusic: Rambling Syd Rumpo.

* HaveAGayOldTime: Played absolutely deliberately

** Pretty much every character's name would adhere to this.

* JapaneseRanguage: Played appallingly straight with Doctor Chou-En Ginsberg.

* MediumAwareness: Especially in the Kenneth Horne, Secret Spy sketches.

** "Many times. Many, many times."

* VarietyShow

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Julian and Sandy did this by using Polari to great effect:
--> 'We're a couple of [[CampGay omi-palones]]'
** One sketch ends with Kenneth Williams declaring "I've been shot by a pussy!" He has been "shot" by Smith, who is pretending to be a cat, for reasons that almost make sense, but that's obviously not the reason the audience is laughing.

* CatchPhrase: All the recurring characters had one; probably the most famous was "Hello, I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy."

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the Knights of the Round Table sketch, King Arthur discovers Guinevere in a tryst with Sir Mincealot. He decrees that they must be punished. The set up description of the next scene gives the impression that they'll be burned at the stake. However, it turns out the stakes are actually steaks and the punishment is that a barbecue is being held and Guinevere and Mincealot haven't been invited.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the Knights of the Round Table sketch, King Arthur discovers Guinevere in a tryst with Sir Mincealot. He decrees that they must be punished. The set up description of the next scene gives the impression that they'll be burned at the stake. However, it turns out the stakes are actually steaks and the punishment is that a barbecue is being held and Guinevere and Mincealot haven't been invited.* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Charles and Fiona were prone to this.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the Knights of the Round Table sketch, King Arthur discovers Guinevere in a tryst with Sir Mincealot. He decrees that they must be punished. The set up description of the next scene gives the impression that they'll be burned at the stake. However, it turns out the stakes are actually steaks and the punishment is that a barbecue is being held and Guinevere and Mincealot haven't been invited.
* CrossDressingVoices: Hugh Paddick as Madame Osiris Nomeclencher.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Charles and Fiona were prone to this.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In the Knights of the Round Table sketch, King Arthur discovers Guinevere in a tryst with Sir Mincealot. He decrees that they must be punished. The set up description of the next scene gives the impression that they'll be burned at the stake. However, it turns out the stakes are actually steaks and the punishment is that a barbecue is being held and Guinevere and Mincealot haven't been invited.