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Hancock’s Half Hour: Series 3

Ten episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series

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Hancock’s Half Hour: Series 3

By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Narrated by: Full Cast, Sid James, Tony Hancock
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About this listen

Tony Hancock stars with Sid James and Kenneth Williams in the legendary BBC Radio comedy series.

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, Andrée Melly, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams, Hancock would enter into the spirit of each episode with characteristic dolefulness.

This collection of 10 episodes represents the surviving archive from the third radio series, along with PDF booklets featuring episode guides, series notes, cast biographies and specially written introductions by Galton and Simpson. Also included are two radio documentaries about Tony Hancock: Stone Me, What a Life! and The Complete and Utter History of Hancock.

The episodes included are The Pet Dog; The Jewel Robbery; The Bequest; The Blackboard Jungle; The Diet; Hancock’s Heir; The Student Prince; The Greyhound Track; The Conjurer and The Test Match.

Please note: due to the archive nature of the recordings, sound quality may vary.

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loved it. Laugh a minute. The old ones are the best. I would recommend this.

loved it.

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Classic Radio comedy. This is full cast with Tony Hancock supported by Kenneth Williams and Sidney James.
The stories are fun with different situations each week . I would recommend them .

Classic Radio

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Having purchased and listened to series 1 & 2, series 3 naturally followed my listening schedule. I feel this series was better than series 1&2 as it seems the Hancock character is, albeit gradually, evolving into the character I better know from the TV series. Though still not as great as the TV episodes, I am really enjoying these the more I listen to them.

Not quite the TV series character, but getting there.

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Hancock is the funniest radio comedy series had none.
Hancock , sid , bill clearly have great fun in bringing Galton and simpsons scripts alive

Brilliant.

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Loved the shows and the documentaries afterwards. This programme is timeless and if you have never listened check it out.

Timeless comedy

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