Historical note: Beyond Our Ken came first - it ended when Eric Merriman, its writer, walked out and refused to allow any of the characers he had created be carried over. (He later did the same on television, with BBC 1's Happy Ever After, starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield as the Fletchers, having to be replaced by Terry and June, starring said actors as the Medfords, when Merriman walked out of that.) Round the Horne (with Barry Took and Marty Feldman writing) turned out to be far superior, and lasted until Kenneth Horne's death; its follow up, led by Kenneth Williams, was Stop Messin' About!, but although essentially a continuation of Round the Horne the spark was not there, it is commonly said.

Not the Nine O'Clock News is indeed superb.