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10 December 2018 - Horne posts his shoes (and socks).

9 December 2015 - The Horne Section Christmas Short airs on Sky Arts. Nothing fiddly about it.

Enjoy it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOd...

8 December 2002 - Ships passing in the night. Horne shares an early stage with the Taskmaster himself (and Daniel Kitson).

Celebration is in order! I have an idea for marking the occasion: @taskmaster.tv should #ReleaseTheCheekyTexts!

7 December 2006 - The Comedy Cavern

6 December 2011 - 🙄

We all know men who relate better to machines than to people. But this show was overlong and Llewellyn did not execute it with enough wit or sparkle. Indeed, his humble support act, Alex Horne, seemed to possess a more active funny bone - albeit heavily reliant on puns.

5 December 2002 - Horne is lauded as somewhat less irritating than Robert Llewwllyn 👏

Full article (no further mention of Horne): www.theargus.co.uk/news/5120337...

Four more stand-ups bring cutting edge young national talent to town. There's another hilarious instalment of the Divine Church of Comedy at the Sussex Hall, White Rock Theatre next Thursday, starring another four fabulous acts from the national comedy and cabaret circuits. The evening sees a mix of comedy circuit legends and fresh young talent. There's a chance to see one of the comedy stars of the future as 23. year old Perrier Award nominee Alex Horne fuses a stream of surreal stories, genius puns and razor-sharp one liners. Meanwhile the superbly insane Stephen Bowditch, famous for his roles iin Harry Hills TV shows and the live cult classic "The Greatest Show on Legs", give delightfully deranged support. [article continues - no more horne mentions]

4 December 2003 - "one of the comedy stars of the future" performs in Hastings.

Live at the Chapel The best bill of the weekend and probably the month. Comedian's comedian Daniel Kitson comperes an eclectic line-up which includes Edinburgh Award-nominated Nick Helm and inventive wordsmith Alex Horne.

Live at the Chapel Comedy in the lovely Union Chapel - and what a line-up. Hosted by the ultimate comedian's comedian, Daniel Kitson (inset top) he'll be ushering in the likes of Alex Horne, the Pajama Men, Marcel Dumont and Edinburgh "best joke" award winner, Nick Helm. Book quickly, as Kitson's fans tend to pack out any show he's involved with...

3 December 2011 - Live at the Chapel

2 December 2009 - We Need Answers re-run airs
2 December 2012 - NMTB re-run airs

Tweet from alex: "Ps happy birthday husband"

1 December 2018 - A tweet out of context

Coventry University of Warwick SU, The Cooler Paramount Comedy on Tap With Ian Moore, Susan Murray and Alex Horne.

30 November 2003 - Paramount Comedy on Tap

29 November 2004 - The support act is Alex Horne

Ahhh this is so great! Thank you!

Alex Horne has gathered some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians and mixed them with the most exciting comics in the country to create some unique and hilarious noises. It’s jazz-infused comedy, late, live and loud – part improvised, part horned, part performance, part party. Horne can normally be found lurking behind a laptop on things like BBC4’s We Need Answers but for this show he’ll be wearing a suit and singing songs. His band usually tour with Madness (and Girls Aloud) but now they’re riffing to the rhythm of comedy backed by some truly great comics. Much more than stand up, much more than music, this is the Horne Section. Premiering in Edinburgh in 2010, The Horne Section has since enjoyed sell-out runs at the Soho Theatre, Union Chapel and Lyric Theatre in the West End. The Horne Section has also played at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

28 November 2019 - The Horne Section at The Stables in Milton Keynes

We get answers from the stars of We Need Answers This article is more than 16 years old Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne from TV's silliest quiz face the sheer randomness of Wikipedia Image of Watson, Horne and Key wearing suits and looking like they look.

RANDOM ARTICLE 3: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S ALBUM, MAGIC Q: WE ALL KNOW BRUCE'S MUSIC IS MAGICAL, BUT IF THE BOSS HAD MAGIC POWERS WHAT WOULD THEY BE? TIM: I think he should have the ability that when he licks he can corrode things. He could lick the lock of a door to open it. So ... (proudly) acid lick. MARK: Well there's a bit in one of his songs ... TIM: … Oh don't MARK: Look, I need the points ... In Born To Run he goes, "I'd die with you in an everlasting kiss", so I think a good power would him being able to do perpetual kissing. But still get on with other tasks. TIM: I suppose to do that you'd have to create some kind of harness. MARK: Yeah, so less a magical power and more just judicious use of a harness. TIM: (Fits of laughter) … use of a harness!? MARK: Whereas acid tongue, by contrast, no one can dispute. ALEX'S VERDICT: Exactly. No dispute here. Two points. My only reservation is that acid tongue might lead to stomach acid and tummy ache which isn't a great look for a superhero. SCORE: MARK 2, TIM 5

"Tim Key: He's our equivalent of Magnus Magnusson" above three images of Tim Key's face making three different quiz-appropriate Time Key faces. TIM: It might be one of those dickhead sports where they chase cheese or pull faces. MARK: Maybe Cornish pasty throwing? THE GUARDIAN: Incorrect! But it is quite anarchic.

27 November 2009 - We Need Answers interview runs in the Guardian. Quizzers are quizzed.

Full Article: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Dick & Liddy's: an explosive evening of stand-up comedy with Mickey D, John Bishop and Alex Horne. The Victoria Theatre, Halifax.

26 November 2004 - What's On Calderdale

10. Laugh it up Alex Horne Soho Theatre The comic and musician sticks to stand-up in thie show about the act of lying.

25 November 2013 - Number ten on the 10 Hottest Tickets

24 November 2022 - Davies inquires about a pervert whistle. Horne honks.

#TaskmasterUK S14E09 airs.

Newspaper clipping "CARDIFF Jongleurs Mickey D/Alex Horne/Johnny Candon/Bennett Arron (November 23-24)

23 November 2007 - Jongleur, indeed.

Screenshot of a Facebook post from The Horne Section dated. Nov 21, 2021: "READING tomorrow!! Few tix left." Includes screenshot of a tweet from THS Nov 21 2021 "Hi folks! We're heading to reading tomorrow, it's almost sold out, but there are a few extra tickets available if you're quick.."

22 November 2021 - The Horne Section in Reading

Weekend Comedy The Horne Section Comedy and music have always been close cousins and now Alex Horne firms up the relationship with a live band backing him and his guests. This week's strong bill includes offbeat poet Tim Key, ever-so-nice Miles Jupp and The London Vegetable Orchestra.

Horne blows a french horn. Joes look on.

Joe, Mark and Alex dance waving hankies. Alex has an elaborate hat.

Tim Key pours beer into Joe's upturned trumpet.

21 November 2010 - More hijinks at the Soho.

Photos by the inimitable DiamondGeyser on Flickr.

Top Gun on ice by Alex Horne ON A COLD WINTER'S EVENING - just cold enough for Peterborough's convenient indoor pond to freeze over - a typical English side consisting of six Canadians, an American, a Finn, three Brits and a Swede, gave America's best one hell of a beating. I was so proud. The game started frenetically with a sustained period of confusion that never really relented, fuelled by the continous flow of substitutes to and from the bench. The Blues came close to scoring twice in the opening moments but it was the Air Force's Maverick who grabbed the first with a neat flick into the corner. Cambridge then stamped their authority onto the game with a really big ice-boot thing, scoring 4 times in quick succession through Per Kallblad, the captain Alex McGuckin and Juha Mutanen, all with their own neat flicks into the corner. It's the only way to score. The game was so fast that I actually missed the fourth goal when I suppose I must have blinked, or gone to get a Mars bar, or something. The brilliantly incomprehensible team talk at the end of the first period roused the Cambridge side even further and they set up camp in the Americans' penalty area for much of the rest of the game. Goals then came easily for McGuckin, Juha, Proudfoot and Perrin and the Blues mesmerised even the fish beneath the ice with some crisp passing and fluid skating. Ice Queen Mike Fryer also provided the guaranteed violence of the game, pulling off a triple pirouette (with pike) before slamming into the player with the biggest moustache and screaming "Jester's dead!" Goals from America's Hollywood and Goose opened the final 20 minutes but Henry 'Spanky Perrin soon calmed things down with one of his own. This inspired the outstanding Juha, who almost certainly would have been on fire if it wasn't so cold, as he brought his personal tally up to six with three thunderous goals in quick succession. Photo [of hockey]: Alex Horne ‘ Bogey at 4 o’clock ' Remaining alt in next photo

The very fine final score of 13-3 reflected the high level of skill within this victorious Cambridge side, but it has to be said that most of the Peterborough crowd were actually rather more impressed by my own graceful display at the following "Daz's Ice Disco.”

20 November 1998 - Alex Horne tries so hard to watch an ice hockey game.

Another 'one from the vaults' retrieved from the British Library with my greatest appreciation by @illuminescence.bsky.social

At the last minute, Radio 2’s annual Children In Need comedy gala moved from the 1,100-seat Shepherds Bush Empire to the 300-seat Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House – and still there were empty seats. Quite why Londoners stayed away is a riddle, especially as the show prominently featured the Horne Section, who are currently enjoying a successful Saturday-night residency in the West End. Their handler, Alex Horne, hosted, while the expert band, led by preternaturally talented pianist Joe Stilgoe, improvised jingles and provided backing tracks for the comedians – either prepared or ad libbed – plus the odd ‘badoom-tish’ rim shot. It all gave proceedings a more relaxed, jazzier vibe than most comedy night, and befitted Radio 2’s musical remit.

Comedy rapper Doc Brown made full use of the band, as you might hope, accompanying his tongue-in-cheek rhyme in which he ascribes every misfortune that befalls him to racism. Better still was the self-defence rap Kick Him In The Balls, since its advice was delivered with such phoney machismo. Brown didn’t think it would make it past the BBC censors, but hopefully it will. With the right video, this has ‘viral hit’ written all over it.

Joe Lycett won the audience’s affections with his charming yet childish camp, discussing his love of farts and and the gay dating iPhone app Grindr, which allows users to find like-minded souls nearby. However, relating his interactions, first with a Grindr user, and then with a viewer who sent hate mail following his appearance on TV, had diminishing returns. Finally, a rare live appearance from Peter Serafinowicz, with a list of one-liners – or extracts from his deservedly popular Twitter feed, if you prefer – with the Horne Section rim-shotting every punchline. The quality was wildly inconsistent, but, my, the best gags were truly exceptional examples of tricksy wordplay.

Finally in the first half, Nick Helm, doing a rare swear-free set – though the brooding aggression and self-loathing was all still present and correct. This wreck of a man started with a dark, nightmarish tale with no apparent humour, until a great left-field payoff that, frankly, deserved more from the crowd. Then on through some audience intimidation, his four actual jokes, and his growled-out musical number I Fancy The Hell Out Of You - with impressive improvised backing from the Horne Section – in which he sounds like Chas N Dave after nine pints of Special Brew. Great stuff.

19 November 2011 - Radio 2 Comedy Spectacular For Children In Need airs.

Full article text: www.chortle.co.uk/review/2011/...

Thank you for following! Murder Of A Famous Bastard begins on November 30th. There'll be an episode every Sunday for six weeks, then a break, then another six. 25 episodes in total. But the detective, Hugh, also needs your help. A Discord discussion group exists for this. discord.gg/2eD3ZJ5UGN

18 November 2021 - Horne makes Davies a business proposition.

S12E09 of #TaskmasterUK airs

Newspaper Clipping Wednesday Alex Horne, Barrie Hall And Sasha Herriman A cocktail of jazz and comedy with Geordie character comic Hall and Perrier nominee Horne in charge of the funny side of things and Herriman taking care of the musical business.

17 November 2004 - A Cocktail of Jazz and Comedy (but it's not The Horne Section)

16 November 2006 - Millfield Mirth.

Newspaper clipping: Downstairs at the King's Head Comedy Try Out Night: Dai Watts, Ruth Hine, James Davies, Dave Goldwater, Karen Cockfield, Alex Horne, Theo Thomas, Eric, Paul Shuff, Julie Driscoll, Robin Currie, Chris Brain, Jennifer Banks, MC Huw Thomas

15 November 2001 - Horne tries out.

What works so well is each act’s immersion into the world that Horne and his sidemen have created. Both the music and the winningly haphazard presentation put a stamp of distinctiveness on to the evening, which astute guests fully buy into, ensuring a consistent atmosphere and the feeling this is so much more than the sum of its already entertaining parts. This really is a Horne of plenty.

14 November 2010 - The Horne Section at Soho Theatre.

Photos and many more great ones I couldn't include by the inimitable DiamondGeyser on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/diamo...

Review published on the 15th for the show on the 14th: www.chortle.co.uk/review/2010/...