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==Career history== ===Selected radio broadcasts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Broadcast ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1942|April|16}} β 27 February 1944 | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=52 & 63}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh]]'', as part of ''Merry-Go-Round'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1944|March|31}} β 1 February 1946 | 20 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=65 & 82}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh]]'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1947|January|2}} β 13 September 1950;<br />30 October 1950 β 17 June 1951 | Four series on BBC Radio until September 1950; on [[Radio Luxembourg]] for one series | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|pp=82β85}}{{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=120}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Twenty questions#United Kingdom|Twenty Questions]]'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1949|December|22}} β 1968 | As chairman, 1949β1951, 1954, 1961β1968; as panellist, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1959 | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=113, 120, 133, 153, 160, 176, 194 & 214}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Over to You'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1951|September|30}} β 14 April 1952 | Successor to ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh'' | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=85}} |- ! scope="row" | ''The Forces Show'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1952|September|30}} β 24 March 1953 | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=85}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Much Binding'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1953|July|21}} β 23 March 1954 | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=85}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne Talking it Over'' | {{dts|format=dm|1954|December|22}} β 25 December 1954 | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|p=85}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Beyond Our Ken]]'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1958|July|1}} β 16 February 1964 | Seven series and two Christmas specials | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|pp=211β216}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Top of the Form (quiz show)|Top of the Form]]'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|September}} β 1966 | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=254β260}} |- ! scope="row" | ''[[Round the Horne]]'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|March|7}} β 9 June 1968 | Four series and two Christmas specials | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Foster|Furst|1996|pp=259β261}} |} ===Selected television appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Programme ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" style="width:6em;" | Channel ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Kaleidoscope'': "Sir! I have an Idea" | {{dts|format=dm|1948|March|5}} β 14 May 1948 | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=373}} |- ! scope="row" | ''At Home'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1948|June|3}} | [[BBC Television]] | with [[Richard Murdoch]] and [[Sam Costa]] | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=50}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Free and Easy'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1953|October|9}} | [[BBC Television]] | with [[Richard Murdoch]] | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=256}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Down You Go'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1953|April}} β September 1954 | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=133β134, 144 & 146}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Once Upon a Time'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|July|28}} | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="BFI: Once Upon a Time" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Find the Link'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1954|November}} β 1955 | [[BBC Television]] | Series ran for seven months | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=146β147}} |- ! scope="row" | ''What's My Line'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1955|November}} | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=155}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Bless 'Em All'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1955|May|9}} | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="BFI: Bless 'Em All" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Camera One'' | {{dts|format=dm|1956|January}} β September 1956 | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=156}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Opening Night'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1956|August|22}} | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=644}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Show for the Telly'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1956|September|21}} | [[BBC Television]] | with [[Richard Murdoch]] | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=607}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Trader Horne'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1958}}β1960 | [[Tyne Tees Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=186 & 206}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Top Town'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1960}} | [[BBC Television]] | Eight-week series | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=206}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Let's Imagine'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1961|November|3}} β 1963 | [[BBC Television]] | 18-month series | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=223}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Ken's Column'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1963|June}} | [[Anglia Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=233}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Home and Around'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1965}}β1966 | [[Tyne Tees Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=255}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Treasure Hunt'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1965}}β1966 | [[Westward Television]] | This is not to be confused with the later [[Kenneth Kendall]]β[[Anneka Rice]] show of the same name. | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=257}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Top Firm'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1965|December|10}} β | [[BBC Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=255}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Happy Families'' | {{dts|format=dm|1967|February}} β May 1967 | [[Southern Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|pp=276β277}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Celebrity Challenge'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|May}} β | [[Southern Television]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=277}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Strictly for Laughs'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1967|August}} β | [[ABC Weekend TV]] | | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Johnston|2006|p=280}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Horne A'Plenty'' | {{dts|format=dm|1968|June|29}} β 27 July 1968 | [[ABC Weekend TV]] | Series one | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=331}} |- ! scope="row" | ''Horne A'Plenty'' | {{dts|format=dmy|1968|November|27}} β 1 January 1969 | [[Thames Television]] | Series two | style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Lewisohn|1998|p=331}} |}
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