Hancock's Half Hour: The Very Best Episodes Volume 1

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This CD forms part of a 3 volume series, and for those who want any kind of understanding about classic British comedy – the kind of comedy that underlies most of what we listen to or watch today–it’s a must. Sid provides lessons for Hancock and enters him into a local dancing Championship Contest, but is forced to become his partner in the competition (in drag)! Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenel.

To "Ericsson the Viking" in which Sid tries to persuade him to ditch comedy and take up historical dramas. They say the past is a different country, and an obvious question that many people who are unfamiliar with Hancock's work may ask, knowing the age of the series: can a sitcom that's over sixty years-old really have relevance to a modern audience? When other comics decided to change channel or go in any different direction, who cares or complained? But when Sid discovers how much he is earning a day as a juror, he joins Hancock's side and sets about trying to convince the others.Tony and Sid are no longer with us, having both gone to meet, as Tony would have put it, the great casting director in the sky. It may surprise many that when recording this career-defining episode, Tony Hancock was not a well man. This section contains a synopsis of all epsiodes of Hancock's Half Hour, Hancock and the ITV Series. The radio series was, on the whole, much more fantastical than the series that would follow on television, with a much larger ensemble cast. There are times (in several of the episodes) when no one can keep a straight face, when someone flubs a line and Hancock saves the day by telling a joke or just cracking up!

Main Hi Kahaani Hoon”, an Audible Original is a weekly storytelling show of 20 episode from Audible, written-created-performed by Major Akhill Pratap; an ex-Army Officer popularly known as The Soldier and The Storyteller. Sid James was a terrific asset but the interesting thing about seeing all the episodes is that Tony and Sid weren't always a couple of likely lads from East Cheam! If you are looking for a very specific version/pressing/variant please check with us first and we can send pictures.This is followed on by the weaker “East Cheam Drama Festival,” which is slightly dated, containing a spoof of John Osborne’s rarely performed Look Back in Anger.

Hancock's Half Hour became Hancock slimmed down to 25 minutes, we were told to possibly accommodate adverts, on American television. They perform a surreal dance around each other, never looking directly where they're going or at what they're doing, eyes always fixed on their TV.But his behaviour and the number of different dialects that he uses causes him to be thrown off the show.

Railway Cuttings is a scene of boredom and inactivity as the occupants try to while away a British Sabbath in 'Sunday Afternoon at Home'. The episode 'The Blood Donor' is still rated one of the top 10 comedy sketches of the century (in Britain) and deservedly so. Tony insisted that it was purely an artistic decision on his part to let Sid go and that there was no fall out.The show later went on to become a television series as well, but it really shines in audio where listeners can hear it in its original radio form.