AuthorRay Galton, Alan Simpson
NarratorFull Cast
Duration30m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, British Radio Sitcoms and Sketch Shows
PublisherBBC Audiobooks
VersionUnabridged
One of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's favourite radio episodes. The Wild Man of the Woods shows Hancock's desire to get away from it all. It leads him to camp first in a bus shelter on Clapham Common, and then in a bit of forest rented from Sid. Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenella Fielding.
Hancock's Half Hour: A Sunday Afternoon At Home
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 30m
23 Railway Cuttings is a scene of boredom and inactivity as the occupants try to while away a British Sabbath in 'Sunday Afternoon at Home'. Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenella Fielding.
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Hancock: The "lost" TV Episodes: The Wrong Man
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 28m
First broadcast live in 1959 as part of Tony Hancock's 4th BBC TV Series, these rare recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years. The Wrong Man sees Hancock and Sid called in to take part in a police identity parade. However, when a witness picks Hancock out for the burglary of a high street tobacconist, he has only days to...
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The Poetry Society: Hancock's Half Hour
Author: Alan Simpson
Author Alan Simpson
Narrator Various
Duration 29m
One of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's favourite radio episodes. In The Poetry Society, an evening with a group of Hancock's new avant-garde friends produces gems of abstract poetry, not only from the group but also from Sid and Bill. Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenel...
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Author: Ray Galton
Author Ray Galton
Narrator Tony Hancock Et Al
Duration 51m
Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr and Warren Mitchell star in two classic episodes written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, which showcase the master of misery at his best. The Poetry Society: An evening with a group of Hancock's new avant-garde friends produces gems of abstract poetry, not only from the group but also from Sid and Bill. Sid's Myst...
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Author: Ray Galton
Author Ray Galton
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 54m
An all-star cast celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Galton & Simpson writing partnership in four new recordings of classic Comedy Playhouse scripts. Four brilliant comedy sitcoms - as first heard on BBC Radio - and introduced by Paul Merton. Frank Skinner stars in You'll Never Walk Alone. Nothing will stop a true football fan from following...
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Hancock: The "lost" Radio Episodes: Sid James' Dad & the Diet
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock Et Al
Duration 1h 1m
Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC Radio series 'Hancock's Half Hour': Sid James's Dad (28 October 1956) & The Diet (7 December 1955). In Sid James's Dad, Sid is expecting a visit from his father. Being ashamed to admit his true profession, he has explained his regular appearances in court by telling the old man h...
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Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock Et Al
SeriesHancock's Half Hour, Book 2
Duration 2h 2m
Four classic BBC Radio episodes from the comic genius of Tony Hancock: The Scandal Magazine, Last of the McHancocks, The Sleepless Night, Fred's Pie Stall. Tony Hancock's premature death, in 1968 at the age of 44, deprived the entertainment world of perhaps the greatest post-war comedian to have emerged from this country. It makes his 80 hours of m...
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Hancock: The Missing Page, Son & Heir, & Two Other Tv Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 1h 55m
Featuring: The Missing Page, Poison Pen Letters, Lord Byron Lived Here, and The Succession - Son and Heir. Here are a further four original television soundtracks from the BBC's Hancock series. Once again Tony Hancock stars as the loveable curmudgeon, in four instalments written by the character's creators, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The episodes...
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Hancock's Half Hour: The Very Best Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
SeriesHancock's Half Hour, Book 1
Duration 2h
Tony Hancock's premature death in 1968 at the age of forty-four deprived the entertainment world of perhaps the greatest post-war comedian to have emerged from this country. It makes his eighty hours of material originally broadcast by the BBC on radio and television between 1954 and 1961 seem all the more priceless and rare. With his impeccable ti...
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Hancock's Half Hour: The Lost Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 1h 55m
The Blackboard Jungle sees Hancock playing a young English master, attempting to tame a class of unruly pupils. Can he win their respect - or will he be distracted by an attractive female teacher? In The New Secretary, Hancock decides his life is in a mess, so Sid suggests he get a secretary to organise him: ideally a blonde, Anita Ekberg lookalike...
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