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Hancock's Half Hour: The Very Best Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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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: The Economy Drive, the Emigrant, & Two Other Tv Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 2h 1m
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. 1. THE ECONOMY DRIVE: Having come home from holiday to find that Sid has left all the lights on, the TV running, and fa...
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Hancock: The Blood Donor, the Radio Ham, & Two Other Tv Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 2h 1m
Episodes: The Bedsitter (26 May 1961), The Radio Ham (9 June 1961), The Bowmans (2 June 1961), The Blood Donor (23 June 1961). `A pint? That's very nearly an armful!' This classic line has echoed through the halls of comedy legend since it was first uttered by Anthony Aloycious Hancock in The Blood Donor. Now the original soundtrack from that famou...
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Hancock: The "lost" Radio Episodes; the Diet
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 29m
Tony Hancock stars in this long-lost episode from the classic BBC Radio series 'Hancock's Half Hour': The Diet. The Diet sees Hancock being offered the lead role in a romantic film. Unfortunately, the American producer Mr Stroud (Kenneth Williams) tells Hancock he's too fat for the part and tells him to diet. Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the...
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Hancock: The "lost" Radio Episodes; Sid James' Dad
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 31m
Tony Hancock stars in this long-lost episode from the classic BBC Radio series 'Hancock's Half Hour'. 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 he is a judge. Broadcast live, these rare recordings are made available for the first tim...
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Hancock; the "lost" Tv Episodes: The Flight of the Red Shadow
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 31m
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. In The Flight of the Red Shadow (aka Desert Song), Hancock is on the run from disgruntled members of the East Cheam Repertory Company. In order to escape, Hancock is forced to masquerade as the M...
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Hancock: The "lost" TV Episodes: The Wrong Man
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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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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Hancock's Half Hour: The Lost Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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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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Hancock: The Missing Page, Son & Heir, & Two Other Tv Episodes
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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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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A Celebration: The Very Best of Hancock's Half Hour
Author: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Author Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrator Tony Hancock
Duration 2h 15m
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson present, with personal recollections, a comic feast of Hancock's Half Hour. Yes, it's the very best of the lad himself - Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock the Third, radio immortal, late of 23, Railway Cuttings, East Cheam. This special compilation includes the first radio show, 'The First Night Party', and Hancock's last...
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