24:37. With Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Brian Oulton, Honor Shepherd. ‎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) and The Diet (7 December 1955). EMBED. In 1992 "Hancock: The Australian TV Series in Colour" was released, compiled from the three episodes of the 1968 Australian series completed before Hancock's death. Hancocks Half Hour Hancock In The Police S4 Ep18. Browse more videos. Semi-regulars included Liz Fraser, John Le Mesurier, Hugh Lloyd, Arthur Mullard and John Vyvyan. 10 episodes, pre-recorded on videotape, broadcast 25 September – 27 November 1959, 10 episodes, pre-recorded on videotape, broadcast 19 February – 6 May 1960, The Emigrant (based on radio show of same name), Shortened to 25 minutes per episode and retitled, 6 episodes, pre-recorded on videotape, broadcast 26 May – 30 June 1961, This page was last edited on 21 January 2021, at 21:32. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development. With Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Dick Emery, Campbell Singer. The Ballet Visit (remake of 'The Bolshoi Ballet' 2nd of 4th series) Ballet company changed to The Covent Garden Ballet, to avoid topical reference to 1956 visit to London by the Bolshoi Ballet. 13/14 The lad lives to regret answering a knock at the front door. This then relatively novel format, of what was in effect a single sketch each week lasting the entire half-hour (though in the radio version James and the others sometimes played different roles), was reflected in the show's title, which aptly described the series as Hancock's "half-hour". Score 8.0. Audio CD. Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sid James, Andrée Melly, Kenneth Williams, Alan Simpson (uncredited). Film Appearances. Hancock's Half Hour … 11/14 The lad's new avant-garde friends produce poetical gems, with help from Sid and Bill. Information on wiped radio episodes taken from the CD box sets (BBC Worldwide, 2000–2003). Sid James) - EP by Tony Hancock on Apple Music. All episodes of Hancock's Half Hour. In those days recordings of the radio shows were not commercially available, so the audience had to rely entirely on memory for details of who lived where or who did what in the show. Sid James) - EP by Tony Hancock on Apple Music. Three of Hancock's co-stars in the first series were born in South Africa. Sid persuades the lad to be a director of his guided tours company, but there's a snag. Episodes 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 exist on telerecordings. 30:05 . Watch Hancock's Half Hour - Season 8, Episode 5 - The Man on the Corner: Air date. Browse more videos. Peters200. Peters200. It starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version co-starring Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. 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This disc contains two half-hour episodes of the long-running BBC Radio series Hancock's Half Hour. The Hancock sketch has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[7]. His lines would frequently be restricted to simply "Yes", "Really? In the episode "The Emigrant" he is allowed to break the. In addition, the measured pacing of the episodes was unusual in an era of fast-talking radio comedians, such as Ted Ray, who typically used a machine-gun style of delivery to fill every single second of airtime. Season 1. Thinking he may go mad with boredom he sets off on a quest with Sid to find a working set. Full Cast & Crew: Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960) Series Cast (243) Tony Hancock. 29:50. On 24 September 2017 "Christmas at Aldershot" was re-recorded for broadcast on Christmas Day 2019 along with "The Christmas Eve Party" which will be broadcast on 24 December 2020. "The Diamond Ring" was re-recorded on 11 January 2019 and broadcast (in keeping with its Guy Fawkes theme) on 5 November 2019. Directed by Duncan Wood. The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but it's not quite how he had envisaged. The television version drew on a stock company of actors, who played different supporting characters in each episode. ... Hancocks Half Hour Hancock's Happy Christmas S4 Ep11. On 21 July 2015 the BBC re-recorded "The Red Planet" and "How Hancock Won The War" for broadcast in November as part of the second series of "The Missing Hancocks" on Radio 4. Galton and Simpson never gave titles to any of their Hancock scripts, for radio or television; this was usually left to the girl who filed the scripts at their office, who gave them names that were a reminder of what the script was about. 8/14 The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but it's not quite how he had envisaged. Listen to Hancock's Half Hour Radio - Series 5, Episode 9: The Americans Hit Town (feat. Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4: 20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series: Amazon.co.uk: Galton, Ray, Simpson, Alan, Full Cast, Hancock, Tony: Books Watch Hancock's Half Hour - Season 8, Episode 11 - The Reporter: The series has also been given three compilation CDs. 29:50. 4,8 von 5 Sternen 30. 14 episodes, 29 September – 29 December 1959, Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr (except episode 13), Kenneth Williams (episodes 1 and 2 only). Find out when Hancock's Half Hour is on TV, including Series 6-Episode 11: The Poetry Society. Hancock's Half Hour: Series 6: 19 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series Ray Galton. Continuity in the idiom was yet to develop, and details changed to suit each episode. 7/14 The lad is out to save a Cheam institution threatened by closure. Peters200. However, 2 Entertain released a box set in 2007 called The Tony Hancock Collection, containing every existing episode and new bonus features, including Hancock's interview in the Face to Face from 1960. On 13 January 2019 "Prime Minister Hancock" was re-recorded for broadcast on 18 December that year. Episodes 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 17 no longer exist. However, there were exceptions: These performers are present in the series as indicated below. Missing Episodes. Peters200. Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in 1954, Hancock’s Half Hour was the radio vehicle that made Tony Hancock a household name. The other five were by BBC Records, released as Hancock's Half Hour: "The Poetry Society" and "Sid's Mystery Tours", released in 1980; "The Americans Hit Town" and "The Unexploded Bomb" in 1981; "The Scandal Magazine" and "The Last of the McHancocks" in 1982; "The Sleepless Night" and "Fred's Pie Stall" in 1983; and finally "Hancocks War" and "The Christmas Club" in 1984. Theatre Appearances. Also, a number of comedy-themed LPs, EPs and 7-inch singles have been released over the years which have featured short extracts from various radio episodes. Directed by Duncan Wood. ", "The Flight of the Red Shadow", "The Horror Serial", "Matrimony – Almost", "The Beauty Contest" and "The Wrong Man". Directed by Duncan Wood. Other guest stars: Noel Dryden (episode 1); Hancock in Hospital (a.k.a. Sid James)". £20.20. The radio version was produced by Dennis Main Wilson for most of its run. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Peters200 . Hancocks Half Hour (5 Remastered episodes) Audio Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Hancock's TV set breaks down and he faces a night without television. Anthony Aloysius Hancock / Prince Nicolai (57 episodes, 1956-1960) Sidney James. The playlet "Look Back in Hunger" (spoofing John Osborne's Look Back in Anger) in the episode "The East Cheam Drama Festival" from the fifth series, showed that writers Galton and Simpson were in touch with developments in the British theatre, in the use of sighs and silent pauses, something Osborne's style had in common with the plays of Harold Pinter, whose work began to emerge towards the end of the series' run. The final television series, broadcast in 1961, was retitled Hancock, as it was shortened from a half-hour to 25 minutes. Tony Hancock reads his diary of the last year and speculates on what might have been. Hancock's Half Hour The Cruise S5 Ep6. Audio CD. 1x1 The First TV Show Episode overview. 28:19. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of “the lad 'imself”. The episodes were broadcast in October & November 2014 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their first airing. A man trapped by circumstance? This series was the first to feature a significant number of guest performers, all of which are detailed below. It was broadcast as an episode of The Missing Hancocks on 1 January 2020. In 2009, the surviving radio episodes were repeated weekly on the digital network BBC Radio 7, chronologically sequenced. Hattie Jacques played Griselda Pugh, Hancock's secretary, with the exception of the episode ‘The East Cheam Drama Festival’ where she played herself. Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Hattie Jacques (debut in Episode 5), Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams. Hancock becomes addicted to participating in competitions. In others she 'came round' each day, presumably from her own domicile. A, let's face it, pompous prig? It was based on scripts from Hancock's Half Hour. On 11 January 2019, the cast of The Missing Hancocks recorded the episode for the first time at the BBC Radio Theatre. Alan Simpson played an unnamed man in early episodes who listened patiently to Hancock's long-winded stories. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Sign up. The television and radio versions alternated until 1959, when the final radio series and the fifth television series were both broadcast during the autumn season. In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Hancock's Half Hour was placed 24th. Hancock's Half Hour. The lad is out to save a Cheam institution threatened by closure. Broadcast live, these rare recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years. 29,76 € [(Hancock's Half Hour: Series 3: Ten Episodes of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy Series)] [Author: Ray Galton] published on (April, 2015) 4,6 von 5 Sternen 31. The television series of Hancock's Half Hour was first released on VHS/Betamax in 1985 under BBC Enterprises (now Worldwide) in an incomplete form. The house changed to accommodate the cast: in some episodes it appeared to be a two-bedroom terraced house, with Kerr as Hancock's lodger; but in series four and five it had at least three bedrooms, as Miss Pugh was also resident in some episodes. I removed the reference to The New Secretary being rediscoved in 2005, as this episode appears on Hancock's Half Hour Vol. The regular cast members generally played "themselves", in that the characters were called by the actor's real name (although the English actress Andrée Melly – sister of George – played a French character). In addition, film and theatre appearances are also documented. Playing next. The show came along during an era when comedy was steeped in the fast-talking knockabout antics of the music hall. Peters200. In a few early episodes Hancock owned the house, and later this became the norm. Peters200. 30:39. Tony Hancock fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring the lad himself. Episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 exist as off-air audio recordings of variable quality. as recorded by Hugh Lloyd on 24/08/76 and edited in. Read about our approach to external linking. Hancock’s Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s. This was released on VHS in the both UK and Australia. The series was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and produced by Dennis Main … With its character and situation-based humour, Hancock's Half-Hour sounded shockingly naturalistic: almost Pinter-esque by comparison. Classic British Radio Comedy With Tony Hancock And Sid James Series 4 Episode 11. Cast: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr. Episodes of the radio series were included in 20 underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS), designed to provide information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack.[2]. Episode 11 of the third series was supposed to be a new episode called "The Counterfeiter", about Bill Kerr being forced to get a job, but the script went unused and a new version of "Cinderella Hancock" was recorded in its place. 4 years ago | 11.9K views. Peters200. (published in Richard Webbers' book 50 years of Hancock's Half Hour in 2004). Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic radio series:. https://archive.org › details › Hancocks.Half.Hour.18.Complete.Episodes Hancock's Half Hour The Reunion Party S6 Ep4. Also a trailer made for Australian TX of this series exists. Peters200. 4.8 out of 5 stars 31. Stream songs including "The Americans Hit Town (feat. Hancocks Half Hour Hancock's Happy Christmas S4 Ep11. P lenty of people will remember Hancock’s Half Hour from when it first aired in 1954, and then there is the generation who know it because it reminds us of our dads. Two later videos were released in 1997, and another featuring "The Train Journey" was released in 1999. However, in April 2014 the BBC re-recorded "The Hancock Festival", selected by and recorded in the presence of Galton and Simpson, with Kevin McNally as Tony Hancock. The New Secretary (remake of 5th of 4th series) Hattie Jacques's arrival is presented in flashback, so the show can be placed anywhere in a series. Hancock's Half Hour The Cold S6 Ep1. Cinderella Hancock (a new production of the 10th of the 1st series) †, 20 episodes, 14 October 1956 – 24 February 1957. Peters200. The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour … Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10 and 12 (more than half the series, including all four of Harry Secombe's guest appearances) no longer exist. Hancock's Half Hour (a Titles & Air Dates Guide) by John Lavalie Last updated: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:00: aired from: Nov 1954 to: Dec 1959: 103 eps: BBC Light Programme (UK) 30 min: regulars: 29:13. Hancock's Half Hour, Series 6: 14 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series Audible Audiobook – Original recording Ray Galton (Author), Alan Simpson (Author), Sid James (Narrator), 4.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings See all formats and editions After Main Wilson departed for his television career, his role was taken by Tom Ronald. 30:05. IMDb TVDB Trailer . All episodes still exist. Missing Episodes. Five missing episodes from classic 1950s Hancock's Half Hour are to be re-recorded. In Sid James'… A guide listing the titles and air dates for each episode of the radio series Hancock's Half Hour. Directed by Duncan Wood. BBC Comedy Radio Series ... Tony Hancock - Shooting Star (TV version).mp3 download. Peters200. Playing next. Watch fullscreen. Report. The show became trilingual, as it usually starred both Swedish and Norwegian actors, and was broadcast in Sweden and Norway as well as Denmark. [6] A recording of the whole 90-minute programme was discovered in the collection of Bob Monkhouse after his death. The entire series exists on telerecordings. There have been six LPs released of substantially complete radio episodes. Hancock's 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. These episodes are remakes for overseas sales, rewritten to remove any topical or UK-specific references. Premiered: Jul 1956; Episodes: 76; Followers: 1; Rank #22108. This section contains a synopsis of all epsiodes of Hancock's Half Hour, Hancock and the ITV Series. Hancock's Half Hour The Missing Page S6 Ep2. The first three volumes were re-issues of the five LPs from the 1980s plus the LP of television soundtracks from 1976. Most of the radio episodes were recorded between one day and three weeks in advance of broadcast, except for Series 6 which was mostly recorded during a three-week period in June 1959 in order to avoid clashing with the recording of Series 5 of the television show. When he hears his soundalike in a TV commercial, the lad heads straight to court. Audio CD. Hancock's Half Hour ( - 1955) Hancock's Half Hour Not enough ratings to ... 1954, BBC, 0 episodes Series Details. 29:13. 16 episodes, 2 November 1954 – 15 February 1955, Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Moira Lister, Sid James, Alan Simpson (uncredited), 20 episodes, 19 October 1955 – 29 February 1956. Hancock's character was relocated to Earl's Court for this series. Peters200. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. Episode Guide. Report. These five LPs were also released on audio cassette at the same time. Amazon.com: Hancock's Half Hour: Series 5: 20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series (Audible Audio Edition): Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Sid James, Tony Hancock, BBC Worldwide Ltd: Audible Audiobooks In 1962, the show became the first imported programme to win a Jacob's Award following its transmission on Telefís Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national TV station.[3]. Hancocks Half Hour Hancock's Happy Christmas S4 Ep11. Available episodes of Hancock's Half Hour. At times the scripts would reflect topical realities of British life, such as the reintroduction of petrol rationing from November 1956 to March 1957 (during the Suez Crisis) in 'The Stolen Petrol' and a strike by members of the trade union ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) from 28 May to 14 June 1955 which involved a railway strike in 'The Rail Strike'. However, in April 2014 the BBC re-recorded "The Matador", selected by and recorded in the presence of Galton and Simpson with Kevin McNally as Tony Hancock, for broadcast around the sixtieth anniversary of its first airing.) Hancock's Half Hour The Cold S6 Ep1. Four episodes of the TV series were re-recorded before studio audiences, in the style of radio programmes, and released on LP format, two by Pye on the 1961 album Hancock ("The Blood Donor" and "The Radio Ham") and two by Decca on the 1965 album It's Hancock ("The Missing Page" and "The Reunion Party"), which was reissued as The World of Tony Hancock in 1975. Stephen McMurray. 10, released in 1998. £13.99. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Episode 4 was rerecorded in August 2016. The first DVD to be released was in 2001, which was a re-release of "The Very Best of Hancock" video. 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