Charles Kenneth Horne was an English comedian and businessman. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on three BBC Radio series: Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, Beyond Our Ken and Round the Horne.
Kenneth Horne
Horne's father, nonconformist minister and Liberal MP Silvester Horne
Sam Costa, the "amiable chump" of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh
The Dorchester, where Horne suffered his second, fatal heart attack
Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh was a comedy show broadcast from 1944 to 1950 and 1951 to 1954 by BBC Radio and in 1950–1951 by Radio Luxembourg. It was written by and starred Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Ho
Kenneth Horne
…27 February 1907 – 14 February 1969) was an English comedian and businessman. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on three BBC Radio series: Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (1944–1954), Beyond Our Ken (1958–1964) and Round the Horne (1965–1968). The son of a clergyman who was also a politician, Horne had a burgeoning…
Richard Murdoch, left, and Kenneth Horne in Much-Binding-in-the Marsh, 1948