Editing Round the Horne (section)

===Format===
''Round the Horne'' was based on a [[revue]] format,{{sfn|Baker|2004|p=86}}{{sfn|Dibbs|2019|p=264}} and contained parody and satire.{{sfn|Dibbs|2019|p=245}} The programme would include an introduction from Horne, who would sometimes give answers to a supposed quiz from the previous week, and then lead into sketches that would include a set-piece based on a film or novel,{{sfn|"Round the Horne". BBC}}{{sfn|Took|1998|p=72}} such as "The Man with the Golden Thunderball",{{sfn|"Round the Horne: The Man with the Golden Thunderball". BBC}} and "The Three Musketeers".{{sfn|"Round the Horne: The Three Musketeers". BBC}} Martin Dibbs, in his history of the BBC Variety Department, writes that "the show was characterised by incessant innuendo and camp representation to an extent never before tolerated within the BBC."{{sfn|Dibbs|2019|p=245}}

As in ''Beyond Our Ken'', there was a cast of recurring characters. Took and Feldman developed new characters for Williams, Paddick, Marsden and Pertwee,{{sfn|Took|1981|p=138}}{{sfn|"Beyond Our Ken". ''BBC''. 28 October 2014}} whose ability to change between personas produced a programme described by the radio historians Andy Foster and [[Steve Furst]] as "a cast of thousands played by the same four accomplished actors".{{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=260}} Horne's role was described in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' as providing "the perfect foil to the inspired lunacy happening all around him".{{sfn|"Obituary of Barry Took". ''The Daily Telegraph''. 2 April 2002}} The media analysts Frank Krutnik and Steve Neale consider that as such, Horne's role was similar to that of [[Jack Benny]], [[Fred Allen]] and [[Tommy Handley]], "as a 'stooge' rather than a joke-wielder, frequently switching roles between announcer and in-sketch performer".{{sfn|Krutnik|Neale|2006|p=225}}