Hancocks Half Hour: The Collectors Edition, Series 3

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Hancocks Half Hour was one of the most successful series ever made, & it created an international star. With his impeccable timing & brilliantly subtle shifts in intonation, Tony Hancock could create sound pictures that bore the unmistakable hallmark of a genius. The BBC broadcast eighty hours of Hancock on radio & television between 1954 & 1961. Now BBC Radio Collection is publishing, in chronological order, all 74 surviving radio shows from the BBC Archives. An accompanying booklet contains an introduction from the shows writers Galton & Simpson, a history of the show with contemporary press extracts & photos, episode synopses for all shows including the missing ones, & biographies of the cast. Eight shows remain from the third series, published here on four CDs in a luxury box set: The Pet Dog, The Jewel Robbery, The Bequest, Hancocks Hair, The Student Prince, The Greyhound Track, The Conjuror, The Test Match From Hancock connoisseur to first-time fan, this completely comprehensive collection makes for essential
- & fantastically funny
- listening. A worthy tribute to the comic genius of Tony Hancock.