ABOUT

Five outstanding musicians and one non-musical stand-up, The Horne Section is the the six-headed musical comedy band where freewheeling, ridiculous, and surprisingly satisfying music happens, led by creator and co-host of BAFTA and National Comedy Award-winning hit TV show, Taskmaster, Alex Horne.

Having starred in their debut sitcom The Horne Section TV Show on Channel 4 which was described as “riotously fun… [and] an utter delight” (The Guardian ★★★★), and “a first-class comedy” (The Sunday Times Online). The sitcom is returning for a second series on Channel 4, while their previous TV credits include being featured on Channel 4’s The Last Leg including Last Leg Christmas Special and Last Leg: The Last Leg of the Year, and being the in-house band on BBC One’s Peter Crouch’s Year Late Euros and Peter Crouch’s Save Our Summer, which Horne also co-hosted. They have featured in Dictionary Corner on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), The Royal Variety Performance 2018 (ITV), as well as the 2 hour special The Horne Section Television Programme on UKTV’s Dave filmed at the London Palladium, while the band have hosted three series of Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section on BBC Radio 4.

The band’s iTunes chart topping podcast The Horne Section Podcast is Shortlists’ Best Comedy Podcast, while the band collaborated with Romesh Ranganathan’s Hip Hop Saved My Life podcast in an exclusive podcast mashup with Acast and Comic Relief. Separately, members of The Horne Section have performed with recording artists including Robbie Williams, Madness, Florence and the Machine, Amy Winehouse, George Ezra, Basement Jaxx, Discolsure and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

★★★★★
‘An absolute blast’
Metro

★★★★
‘A beguiling blend of the smart and stupid… a real delight’
The Sunday Times

★★★★
‘A frivolously funny mash-up of music and mirth’ 
Evening Standard

‘A joyful, high-octane collision of stand-up, musical improvisation and variety… one of the most original and entertaining comedy cabarets you’ll see’
The Guardian