Editing Beyond Our Ken (section)

==Format==

Like ''[[ITMA]]'' and ''[[Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh]]'' before it, ''Beyond Our Ken'' interspersed comic sections with musical interludes, but it differed from them and all its other predecessors in the way the show opened each week. Instead of an opening signature tune, the programme began with a short sketch of a few lines, usually based on a punning reference to a film title (for instance a man running a flea circus for more than six years was the key to ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''). After that the announcer, [[Douglas Smith (broadcaster)|Douglas Smith]], would welcome listeners and introduce the fictional guests appearing that week, such as "General Sir Gertrude Fanshawe, Marion Haste, The House of Lords Banjo Octet, Dizzy Barbirolli, and of course Mr Kenneth Horne, who prefers to remain anonymous".<ref>Johnston, pp. 226–227</ref>