Big Red Book
Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Kenneth HORNE (1907-1969)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Kenneth Horne, comedian and businessman, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in Kensington, London.
The son of a clergyman, Kenneth combined a successful business career with regular broadcasting for BBC radio. His first hit series, Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, written with his co-star Richard Murdoch, arose out of his wartime service as an officer in the Royal Air Force.
A debilitating stroke in 1958 forced him to choose between commerce and show business, and following a full recovery, he chose the latter - and went on to make the popular radio series, Beyond Our Ken.
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The following day Kenneth was caught by Eamonn Andrews with his famous red book when he was the subject of This is Your Life. Among the guests on the BBC TV show were Richard Murdoch and Sam Costa, Kenneth Williams, Bunny Austin, ‘Bo’ Aylward, Sir Miles Thomas of BOAC, the bandleader Ted Heath with his sax section, and Susan, who had to walk on carrying Happy the Budgerigar in his cage.
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