TIM FitzHigham has been performing this award-winning homage to the extraordinary comedic talents of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann to packed houses for over a decade.

He and Duncan Walsh Atkins will be taking the show to The Berry Theatre, Hedge End on Thursday June 7 to share the Flanders and Swann magic.

Tim, Simon and the Hippo are celebrating the much-loved words and music of Flanders and Swann, those internationally acclaimed musical comedy legends of the 1950s and 60s.

With their own unique style and humour, the boys present F&S’s classic songs and traditions interspersed with a few of their hidden and yet ever-sparkling gems.

In 2001 Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh Atkins took to the stage in a theatre in Sussex to raise money for a small cottage hospital and Flanders and Swann – At the Drop of a Hippopotamus was born.

With generous support from the estates of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, At the Drop of a Hippopotamus continues to go from strength to strength.

As Michael was the first to suggest, their songs were – and are – not sung nearly enough.

At the Drop of a Hippopotamus is an attempt to redress this, and an attempt by Duncan's wife to re-dress him in a smart suit.

Fans and the uninitiated alike will wallow in this unique take on the work of two of Britain’s most iconic comedy songsmiths, with songs including The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud), The Gas Man Cometh, Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights) and Madeira M’Dear.

Tim FitzHigham is a Perrier Award-nominated, multi-award-winning comedian who has performed on BBC Radio 1, 2, 4 and 5, toured lots and appeared frequently on TV and in films in the UK and Europe.

He starred in his own CBBC show and was recently the star of two seasons of BBC Radio 4’s The Gambler.

Duncan Walsh Atkins is a stalwart of BBC Radio 4, runs a busy London music studio and has also toured lots.

As well as providing the music for BBC TV’s Fast And Loose he opened his first musical, The Tailor Made Man, and is musical director for Olivier Award Winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.