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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull

Similar to the posting of "Wish they were here", this is more aimed towards the more mature of us on here, but who misses some of the radio comedy series of years gone by...

EG.

The Navy Lark.

Round The Horne.

The Goons.

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

Hancock's Half Hour.

In some ways, they don't make them like that any more!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A night on the town with the league of gentlemen never missed it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Similar to the posting of "Wish they were here", this is more aimed towards the more mature of us on here, but who misses some of the radio comedy series of years gone by...

EG.

The Navy Lark.

Round The Horne.

The Goons.

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

Hancock's Half Hour.

In some ways, they don't make them like that any more! "

And don't forget the Clitheroe Kid. Reminds me of Sunday lunch sitting around the radio waiting for dinner. Always remember the line from The Navy Lark with Captains Purvy's wife Remona cooking him "bean on toast"

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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull


"Similar to the posting of "Wish they were here", this is more aimed towards the more mature of us on here, but who misses some of the radio comedy series of years gone by...

EG.

The Navy Lark.

Round The Horne.

The Goons.

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

Hancock's Half Hour.

In some ways, they don't make them like that any more!

And don't forget the Clitheroe Kid. Reminds me of Sunday lunch sitting around the radio waiting for dinner. Always remember the line from The Navy Lark with Captains Purvy's wife Remona cooking him "bean on toast" "

Or not letting him play with his rubber ducks in the bath if he got the dusting wrong! Priceless!

A lot of today's comedy lies in those early broadcast series.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Similar to the posting of "Wish they were here", this is more aimed towards the more mature of us on here, but who misses some of the radio comedy series of years gone by...

EG.

The Navy Lark.

Round The Horne.

The Goons.

I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again.

Hancock's Half Hour.

In some ways, they don't make them like that any more! "

Most of them are repeated these days on Radio 4 Extra.

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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull

Yes, a great place to do so, and tonight I've been playing back some I recorded last week!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And not forgetting the Goon Show.

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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket. "

Lovely characters!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ziiiiiiiip.... straight over my head went that lot...

You sure this isn't a biker thread in disguise?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters! "

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!!

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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull


"Ziiiiiiiip.... straight over my head went that lot...

You sure this isn't a biker thread in disguise? "

Nope, it's a genuine one.

My. you've not lived if you haven't heard the likes of Julian and Sandy, Rambling Sid Rumpo, aided and abetted by Kenneth Horne, Betty Marsden, Bill Pertwee and Douglas Smith.

Classic Comedy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters!

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!! "

What was that slang Julian and Sandy spoke in, something like homy polony???

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By *ENGUY OP   Man
over a year ago

Hull


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters!

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!!

What was that slang Julian and Sandy spoke in, something like homy polony???"

It was a "language" that Kenneth Williams and the script writers initially concocted to get around the strict BBC rules of no references to sex, homosexuality and so on.

Some of the words came from the homosexual community that Kenneth Williams adapted. Others were reversals of existing words, of which the one I can recall is "riah" which actually means hair.

It had an effect instantly on audiences; they lapped it up, and the Beeb had to give in, especially as audience listening figures were going through the roof!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters!

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!!

What was that slang Julian and Sandy spoke in, something like homy polony???"

They spoke in polari.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters!

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!!

Cheers Laine

What was that slang Julian and Sandy spoke in, something like homy polony???

They spoke in polari. "

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford


"Ooh Round the Horne, I had two lovebirds called J P and Ethel......... after J Peasemould Gruntfuttock and Ethel Crunchbucket.

Lovely characters!

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy..... Bona!!

Cheers Laine

What was that slang Julian and Sandy spoke in, something like homy polony???

They spoke in polari. "

Radio quiz time again.

Called quess where we inserted the new line?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm off to read up on Julian and Sandy's Bona Homes and Fabe Gardens.

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By *uckscouple2007Couple
over a year ago

Bucks

in the past couple of years we;ve been fortunate to get tickets to recordings of a few Radio4 recordings (Hut)33, The Castle. Sneakypeeks and a couple of others and were not only great nights out ... but also great nights in to snuggle up and hear what we had been at

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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Not going back quite as far and I know it is still being recorded, but the original 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'

The late Humph and Willie Rushton. Tim Brooke Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and of course who could forget Samantha.

I loved 'one song to the tune of another'. But never got 'Mornington Crescent'. But then again were we supposed to?

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