Julian and Sandy were characters on the BBC radio programme Round the Horne, played by Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick, with scripts written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman. According to a BBC Radio 4 program on the characters they were named after the writers Sandy Wilson and Julian Slade. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is one of the largest broadcasting corporations in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than £4 billion. ... Round the Horne was one of the most influential BBC Radio comedy programmes, comparable to The Goon Show in its influence on other comedy programmes. ... Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English comic actor, star of twenty six films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ... Hugh Paddick (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire August 22, 1915 – November 11, 2000 in London), was a British actor, who appeared in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne in sketches such as Charles and Fiona (as Charles) and Julian and Sandy (as Julian). ... Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ... Marty Feldman in his television comedy series Marty (DVD) Martin Alan Marty Feldman (July 8, 1934 – December 2, 1982) was an English writer, comedian and film and television actor, famous for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition. ... Sandy Wilson (born May 19, 1924) is a British composer and lyricist, best known for his musical, The Boyfriend (1954). ... Julian Penkivil Slade (born London, May 28, 1930) is an English writer of musical theatre best-known for the show Salad Days, which became the UKs longest-running show of the 1950s, and Trelawny. ...

The characters were originally conceived as two ageing Shakespearean 'old luvvie' actors who were doing domestic work (in Kenneth Horne's flat) while waiting for the next acting job. The producer thought the characters were too sad and suggested making them younger 'chorus boy' types. Shakespeare redirects here. ... Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ...

As well as being highly amusing, Julian and Sandy were notable for being two camp homosexual characters in mass entertainment at a time when homosexuality was still illegal in the UK, and for the use of Polari or palare in the sketches. The writers and cast thought the characters worked very well as they were not being held up to ridicule or simply there to be the target of a joke, in fact most of the sketches revolved around Kenneth Horne's presumed ignorance being the target of their jokes. Camp may mean: Gatherings of people: Campsite Temporary settlement of a band of foragers. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Polari (or alternatively Palare, from Italian parlare, to talk) was a form of cant slang used in the gay subculture in Britain. ... Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ...

Kenneth Horne would find these two characters usually by looking in a rather risque magazine (which he would insist he bought for innocent reasons). This would lead him, more often than not, to a business in Chelsea starting with the word "Bona" (palare for "good"). He would enter by saying, "Hello, anyone there?", and Julian (Hugh Paddick) would answer, "Ooh hello! I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy!" Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ... Chelsea is a district of London, loosely defined by the area around the Kings Road, beginning at Sloane Square at one end, and the Worlds End public house at the other, the River Thames and the Victorian artists district to the south, and some parts between the King... Polari (or alternatively Palare, from Italian parlare, to talk) was a form of cant slang used in the gay subculture in Britain. ... Hugh Paddick (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire August 22, 1915 – November 11, 2000 in London), was a British actor, who appeared in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne in sketches such as Charles and Fiona (as Charles) and Julian and Sandy (as Julian). ...

Here is a quote illustrating the use of double entendre from the sketch "Bona Law", featuring Julian and Sandy as lawyers: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

HORNE: Will you take my case?

JULIAN: Well, it depends on what it is. We've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time.

HORNE: Yes, but apart from that — I need legal advice.

SANDY: Ooh, isn't he bold?

At other times, Horne's character would pretend not to understand the more risqué meanings in Julian and Sandy's dialogue, although it was always hinted that he was secretly in on the joke.

The sketches also often had Horne drawing out of Julian and Sandy more about their personal lives than Horne was seeking, as the two would misunderstand his meaning. In one sketch, discussing Julian and Sandy's time out travelling the world aboard ship, Julian reveals that the pair were caught up in a storm:

HORNE: So, did you drag yourself up on deck?

JULIAN: Oh, no! We dressed kind of casual-like...

Another catch phrase often used by Sandy was "That's your actual French", although Barry Took acknowledged that Peter Cook had claimed to be the first to use "your actual ...." as a format phrase. Drag in its broadest sense means a costume or outfit that carries symbolic significance, but usually refers to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of the other gender. ... Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ... Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937–9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian who is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. ...

In the last episode of Series 4 (which later turned out to be the last ever episode, due to Horne's untimely death) Julian and Sandy are revealed to be "married" — to a pair of "dolly palones" named Julia and Sandra. Image File history File links Julian_And_Sandy_excerpt. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ...

Other appearances of the characters

In 1987, a special edition of Wogan called Radio Fun (broadcast December 30th) was made as a tribute to BBC radio comedy. Kenneth Williams and Hugh Paddick appeared as Julian and Sandy, with Terry Wogan doing Kenneth Horne's lines. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wogan was a chat show on British television, hosted by Terry Wogan. ... Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English comic actor, star of twenty six films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ... Hugh Paddick (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire August 22, 1915 – November 11, 2000 in London), was a British actor, who appeared in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne in sketches such as Charles and Fiona (as Charles) and Julian and Sandy (as Julian). ... Sir Michael Terence Wogan (b August 3, 1938, County Limerick, Irish Free State), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has mainly worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. ... Kenneth Horne Kenneth Horne (February 27, 1907 - February 14, 1969) was a British comedian and businessman. ...

In the 2003 stage show Round the Horne Revisited (later filmed for BBC Four), Williams and Paddick (and therefore Julian and Sandy) were played by Robin Sebastian and Nigel Harrison. BBC Four Ident BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television (Freeview, satellite and cable) viewers in the UK. The successor to an earlier digital channel called BBC Knowledge, BBC Four began on March 2, 2002 – its first evenings programmes being simulcast on BBC Two. ... Nigel Harrison (born on 18 April 1951 in Stockport, Cheshire) was the bass player of the Power Pop/New Wave Band Blondie. ...

The fiftieth Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures novel Happy Endings by Paul Cornell features a polari-speaking Silurian musical duo from the 30th century called Jacquilian and Sanki. Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... Happy Endings is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Paul Cornell appearing on Doctor Who Confidential Paul Cornell (born July 18, 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as Doctor Who fiction. ... The name Silurians refers to a fictional race of reptile-like beings in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The 30th century comprises the years 2901-3000 of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Wolfenden report

The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the Wolfenden report, after Lord Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee) was published in Britain on September 3, 1957 after a succession of well-known men, including Peter Wildeblood, were convicted of homosexual offences. ...

External links

• Julian and Sandy sub-section on a Kenneth Williams website
• Julian and Sandy tribute site -- with sketches
• BBC Shop: The Bona World of Julian and Sandy
• Round the Horne page