 It was rewritten for the stage in 2009.The sudden death of "Round the Horne" star Kenneth Horne at the end of series four prompted a rewrite of the material intended for series five which then found its way into "Stop Messing About" alongside new sketches; "Round the Horne" writers Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke are therefore credited with series one of "Stop Messing About", while series two, which was entirely original, was written by Myles Rudge.