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Hancock’s Half Hour: Series 3
- Ten episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series
- Narrated by: full cast, Tony Hancock, Sid James
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4
- 20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series
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- Narrated by: full cast, Sid James, Tony Hancock
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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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.
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- By Jolyon on 23-02-17
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Hancock's Half Hour
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- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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The complete final series of the ground-breaking BBC Radio comedy starring Tony Hancock - plus five bonus episodes. 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'.
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- By Tay Lor on 18-08-18
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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 5
- 20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The complete fifth 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.
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Still as great as ever.
- By Andi Radburn on 24-11-16
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Series five & six of the BBC radio sitcom starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell, adapted from the much-loved TV series. Steptoe and Son ran for eight series on BBC TV and even spawned two feature films. Such was the series' popularity in the mid-1960s that the cast specially recorded several episodes for BBC radio. Here, collected together for the first time, are all episodes from the fifth and sixth radio series, scripted by Hancock's Half Hour creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
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Steptoe and Son.
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Steptoe & Son: Series 3 & 4
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- 20 episodes of the classic BBC Radio comedy series
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: full cast, Sid James, Tony Hancock
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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- Complete Series One & Two
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- Narrated by: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Full Cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 5
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The complete fifth 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.
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Still as great as ever.
- By Andi Radburn on 24-11-16
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Steptoe & Son: Series 5 & 6
- 15 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
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- 16 episodes of the classic BBC radio sitcom
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- Series 1 & 2: 21 Episodes of the Classic BBC Radio Sitcom
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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The Missing Hancocks:
- Five new recordings of classic 'lost' scripts
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: Kevin McNally, Full Cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Kevin McNally stars in five brand new recordings of original Hancock's Half Hour scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.Whilst Hancock's 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. Now, five of them have been recreated by BBC Radio 4, with Kevin McNally taking the role made famous by Tony Hancock. Among the supporting cast are Simon Grenall, Kevin Eldon and Robin Sebastian.
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Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 16 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy. Round the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, bringing laughter to Sunday lunchtimes throughout the land. Over the course of 16weekly episodes it carved a niche in the history of broadcast comedy, a sketch show which prodded the boundaries of propriety and innuendo.
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- Five New Recordings of Classic 'Lost' Scripts
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: full cast
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- Classic Comedy from the BBC Archives
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Dad's Army
- Complete Radio Series Two
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Twenty episodes from the second BBC Radio series, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn. In 1973 the BBC adapted its hit TV series for radio, featuring the original TV cast and characters. Three series were broadcast between 1974 and 1976, with episodes adapted from their TV counterparts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Now you can enjoy once again these unique recordings, with a supporting cast including John Laurie, Arnold Ridley and Ian Lavender.
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- By james fraser on 18-10-18
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Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles: Volume 1
- Rarities from the BBC Radio Archive
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: full cast, Sid James, Tony Hancock
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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A fascinating collection of rare and remastered broadcast material starring Tony Hancock, Sid James and others. This first volume features the recently discovered soundtrack of 'The Horror Serial', a television episode of Hancock's Half Hour from 1959, plus remastered versions of the following radio shows: 'The Blackboard Jungle', 'The Student Prince' and 'The Test Match'. Also included are previously unreleased editions of 'Variety Bandbox', 'Calling All Forces' and 'Educating Archie'.
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
- Complete BBC Radio Series
- By: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- Narrated by: Rodney Bewes, full cast, James Bolam
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Thirteen classic BBC radio episodes starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. One of the most popular TV comedies of the 70s, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? won a best sitcom BAFTA and attracted an audience of millions before being adapted for radio. In these 13 episodes, we catch up with Newcastle lads Bob and Terry as they meet by chance after years apart. Now engaged to Thelma, Bob is having prewedding nerves, while Terry is having trouble adjusting to life after the army.
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"ah. Canny one pet"
- By BodieDoyle on 08-12-17
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Hancock
- The Blood Donor, The Radio Ham, and more
- By: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Narrated by: Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock
- Length: 2 hrs
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"A pint? That's very nearly an armful!" This classic line has echoed through the halls of comedy legend since it was first uttered by Anthony Aloycious Hancock in "The Blood Donor". Now the original soundtrack from that famous episode is collected together with three others from the same series (Hancock's last for BBC TV) featuring a guest cast including Michael Aspel, Patrick Cargill, June Whitfield, Frank Thornton, and Hugh Lloyd.
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Classic Hancock... brilliant
- By Paul, Waterbeach on 24-10-20
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Round the Horne: Complete Series 2
- By: Barry Took, Marty Feldman
- Narrated by: full cast, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Horne
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick star in 15 episodes of the anarchic 1960s radio comedy. Round the Horne arrived on BBC radio in 1965, bringing laughter to Sunday lunchtimes throughout the land. Over the course of 16 weekly episodes it carved a niche in the history of broadcast comedy, a sketch show which prodded the boundaries of propriety and innuendo.
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Genius
- By E on 22-11-19
Summary
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.
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 Price"
- "The Greyhound Track"
- "The Conjurer"
- "The Test Match"
Please note: due to the archive nature of the recordings, sound quality may vary.
What listeners say about Hancock’s Half Hour: Series 3
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- Ellecto
- 20-07-15
The pre carry on
What made the experience of listening to Hancock's Half Hour: Series 3 the most enjoyable?
One of the best bits of listening to this is the imagination/picture the characters colourfully create. Without the need of special effects or the typical carry on scene these superb actors and actresses bring all the fun of the screen to your ear and allow you to picture as it would have been portrayed making you laugh all the more.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Hancock's Half Hour: Series 3?
My most memorable moment was the rent a mob, one character believes he is more famous than he is so to tease him, his house mates rent a mob of women from a local factory to pretend that he is indeed famous, at first this simply boosts his ego but leads ultimately to the entire household being imprisoned in their own home
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Just too many laughs to mention
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-04-20
sheer excellence!! couldn't turn it off.
loved it, kept me listening from start to finish, couldn't bring myself to switch it off.
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- Queenb
- 05-06-19
loved it.
loved it. Laugh a minute. The old ones are the best. I would recommend this.
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- Traffic
- 27-04-19
Not quite the TV series character, but getting there.
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.
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- Robert
- 12-02-18
A Classic
A wonderful trip down memory lane with the added bonus of an interview with Simpson and Galton
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- Neil
- 09-01-18
Timeless Hancock with fantastic bonus at the end
Great episodes and I loved the interview from Paul Merton and Galton and Simpson at the end. A treasure for that alone.
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- Mike GMT
- 11-11-17
Amazing radio show still fresh
So many decades and yet it has not lost one bit of its appeal and humour.
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- Samantha Gibbons
- 21-07-16
Timeless comedy
Loved the shows and the documentaries afterwards. This programme is timeless and if you have never listened check it out.
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- Rob Howard
- 26-03-19
Hancock at his best
2019 and still makes me laugh. Better than the so called comics we have now,