Julian and Sandy

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.

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BBC - Radio - Round the Horne - Kenneth Williams - Hugh Paddick - Barry Took - Marty Feldman

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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.

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Homosexual - Polari

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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?' Julian (Hugh Paddick) would answer 'Hello, I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy.'

Related Topics:
Kenneth Horne - Chelsea - Palare - Hugh Paddick

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Here is a quote illustrating the use of double entendre from the sketch Bona Law, featuring Julian and Sandy as lawyers:

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:HORNE: Will you take my case?

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

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

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:SANDY: Ooh, isn't he bold?

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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.

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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:

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

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

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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 palomes" named Julia and Sandra.

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See also:

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• Wolfenden report
 
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