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1 day ago · Radio 4 Extra is honoring Tony Hancock with a five-hour special, including previously lost recordings and rare sketches, celebrating 100 years since the comedian's birth. The centenary of Tony ...
2 days ago · By Ray Galton, Alan Simpson and Galton & Simpson. Over 100 episodes of Hancock's Half Hour were produced and broadcast, first on BBC radio from 1954 and then on TV from 1956. Receiving critical acclaim at the time, and making a star of the cantankerous Tony Hancock and roguish Sid James, Hancock's Half Hour made history as the grumpy ...
1 day ago · A collection of treasures spanning the career of legendary actor and comedian Tony Hancock is to be handed over to De Montfort University Leicester’s (DMU) archives. Hancock’s Half Hour, which ran on radio and then television in the 1950s and early 1960s, brought huge fame to Hancock and script writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Apr 26, 2024 · Credit: BBC. BBC Radio 4 Extra has announced a 5-hour programming block to mark comedian Tony Hancock 's centenary. The key item in the schedule - airing on Sunday 12th May 2024, 100 years to the date of his birth - is hitherto lost Hancock's Half Hour episode A Visit To Swansea.
Apr 27, 2024 · The long lost episode of Hancock's Half Hour A Visit to Swansea will be broadcast at 18:15 on what would have been Hancock's 100th birthday, 12th May. a The programme is part of a two hour 100th birthday special from 17:00 - 19:00 which will also include other long lost gems including a complete Star Bill from 1953, Star Bill sketches from 1954 ...
Apr 27, 2024 · The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society brings you the only official podcast of the lad himself. Martin, Tim, Jon & James break down each episode in watch-a-long style, punctuated with facts about the filming or recording and side stories of the actors. We also bring you all the news from the society….
Apr 29, 2024 · Our own Neddie Seagoon returns to the airwaves this month in a newly rediscovered and restored recording. It’s an episode of Hancock’s Half Hour which was originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 10th May 1955. The history is that, as the second series was about to begin, Tony Hancock fled to Italy while….
