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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4

20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series

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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4

By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrated by: Full Cast, Sid James, Tony Hancock
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The fourth series of the legendary BBC Radio comedy series starring Tony Hancock

Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in 1954, 'Hancock’s Half Hour' was the radio vehicle that made Tony Hancock a household name. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of “the lad ‘imself”. Aided and abetted by Sid James, Bill Kerr Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques, Hancock would enter into the spirit of each episode with characteristic dolefulness.

This volume contains all 20 episodes from the fourth radio series, collected together for the first time. In these hilarious Half Hours, Hancock moves from 23 Railway Cuttings to the dosshouse to a Scottish castle; acquires a secretary; visits the ballet and tries his hand at a multitude of professions including agricultural labourer, coffee bar owner and policeman...

The episodes included are: 'Back from Holiday', 'The Bolshoi Ballet', 'Sid James' Dad', 'The Income Tax Demand', 'The New Secretary', 'Michelangelo 'Ancock', 'Anna and the King of Siam', 'Cyrano de Hancock', 'The Stolen Petrol', 'The Expresso Bar', 'Hancock's Happy Christmas', 'The Diary', 'The 13th of the Series', 'Almost a Gentleman', 'The Old School Reunion', 'The Wild Man of the Woods', 'Agricultural 'Ancock', 'Hancock in the Police', 'The Emigrant' and 'The Last of the McHancocks'.

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Great comedy from a man taken too soon. Great acting. Good story lines. Couldn’t recommend more

Amazing

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Series 4 is possibly the best of the hancock series. Each episode a gem. Buy.

Timeless

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Which otherwise spoils a good series. Would recommend as you can still hear if fuzzy compared with the others.

Sound issue on a few episodes

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Can't ignore the similarities - cast and gags - with the 'Carry On' films of my childhood. Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

A fantastic radio series.

Note error - the final episode, 'The Last of the McHancocks' is repeated at the end
(20 episodes @ 30minutes = 10 hours)

Fabulous classic radio comedy

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It remains one of the funniest British series ever = and what a talented team! This collection contains many gems: Hancock in the Police, Wild Man of the Woods, Threatening Letters, Last of the MacHancocks, and the Walter Mitty-like: The Diary.

Classic comedy

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