The complete final series of the groundbreaking bbc radio comedy starring tony hancock plus five bonus episodes. Created by ray galton and alan simpson in 1954, hancocks half hour was the radio vehicle that made tony hancock a household name. Like new cases are new, discs all in excellent condition. Bbc radio 4 extra hancocks half hour available now. Whilst hancocks half hour was an enormously popular radio sitcom in the 1950s, many of the episodes were not retained in the bbc sound archive and are. Hancocks half hour the last air steward hancock duration.
One script for hancocks half hour hancock was not used the diplomat. Hancocks half hourthe wrong man the lost tv episodes. Stars tony hancock, bill kerr, sid james, moira lister and others. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises the scandal magazine sid james tony hancock hancock s half hour radio.
With the introduction of hancock soon followed by steptoe, the change was massive and very welcome and story oriented. Book description kevin mcnally stars in five brand new recordings of original hancocks half hour scripts by ray galton and alan simpson. Tony hancock the east cheam drama festival khent712. Missing hancocks litres ebook library, download epub. Chronological listing of hancocks radio and television broadcasts, 19541961. The th of the series 1957, the male suffragettes 1958, the sleepless night 1958 and the last bus home 1959.
Hancocks half hour, series 2 listening books overdrive. Hancocks half hour matrimony, almost s4 ep8 audio only peters200. Alan simpson chats to tony hancock hancocks half hour series 1 a house on the cliff by ukcomedyclassics. First broadcast live in 1959 as part of tony hancocks 4th bbc tv series, these rare recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years. This is collection of his radio works between 1954 and 1959, a total of six series. Tony hancock stars with sid james and kenneth williams in the legendary bbc radio comedy series. Hancocks half hour 2 cd audio book 6 classic episodes. Volume 1 rarities from the bbc radio archive by ray galton available from rakuten kobo. Star of hancocks half hour used to live in drummond.
An accompanying booklet contains a history of the show with contemporary press extracts and photos, episode synopses and cast. Ten episodes of the classic bbc radio comedy series. Hancocks half hour was a bbc radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by ray galton and alan simpson. Double negative by john penn, audio drama, crime thriller. Buy hancocks half hour, the complete bbc radio archive radio collection by tony hancock isbn. The wrong man the lost tv episodes, alan simpson mp3.
Four classic bbc radio episodes from the comic genius of tony hancock. Hancocks half hour collectibles volume 3 by roy galton. Ten episodes of the classic bbc radio comedy series unabridged by galton, ray, simpson, alan, full cast, james, sid, hancock, tony isbn. Whilst hancocks half hour was an enormously popular radio sitcom in the 1950s, many of the episodes were not retained in the bbc sound archive and are believed to be lost. Tony hancock the east cheam drama festival youtube.
Theres going to be a new episode of hancocks half hour on tv. From the producers of the critically acclaimed tours of round the horne and the goon show comes another radio comedy classic live on stage in 1954, tony hancock burst onto the airwaves of the bbc light programme with a comedy show unlike anything the british public had heard before. A fascinating collection of rare and remastered broadcast material starring tony hancock, sid james and others. You see, 2016 marks sixty years since the first episode of. Hancocks half hour 52 old time radio episodes audio mp3. Hancocks half hour aylesbury waterside theatre atg. Hancocks half hour, series 6 14 episodes of the classic bbc radio comedy series by. The wrong man sees hancock and sid called in to take part in a police identity parade. Long absent from the bbc archives, the classic hancocks half hour radio episodes the new secretary original version and the blackboard jungle were recently rediscovered as offair recordings. Hancocks half hour 2 classic episodes 1 cd, 55 minutes. Hancocks half hour audiobook ray galton, alan simpson. If you like 1 month unlimited audiobook listening 12. In addition, film and theatre appearances are also documented.
This section contains a synopsis of all epsiodes of hancocks half hour, hancock and the itv series. Ten episodes of the classic bbc radio comedy series audiobook, cd, unabridged. From the bbc tv series comes the italian maid 1959 in which tony and sid are bowled over by the. Created by ray galton and alan simpson in 1954, hancock s half hour was the radio vehicle that made tony hancock a household name. Hancocks half hour, the complete bbc radio archive. Hancocks half hour was a bbc radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by ray galton and alan simpson. Dennis main wilson tony hancock stars in two longlost episodes from the classic bbc radio series. Rarities from the bbc radio archive audiobook by alan simpson, ray galton.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Or rather, a very, very old one given a new lease of life. Hancocks half hour, the complete bbc radio archive radio. This first volume features the recently discovered soundtrack of the horror serial, a television episode of hancocks half hour from 1959, plus remastered versions of the following radio shows. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of the lad imself.
Hancocks half hour hancocks happy christmas s4 ep11. New listing mp3cd audio book jack higgins lot 4 books a season in hell dark side fine nigjt. The very best of hancocks half hour by ray galton, alan simpson audiobook try our site with free audio books. Galton and simpson changed radio and tv comedy forever. The scandal magazine, last of the mchancocks, the sleepless night, freds pie stall. Series five these cds contain the 18 surviving shows from the fifth radio series of hancocks half hour. The series starred tony hancock, with sidney james. The bootleg recording had been passed between hancock aficionados for a while, and was returned to the bbc last year with the help of the hancock appreciation society. They have now been digitally remastered, and are presented here for the very first time, along with. Broadcast live, these rare recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years container. Series 4, episode 17 is repeated on radio 4 extra on wednesday at 8am.
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