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Books : Hancock's Half Hour: Collector's Edition (Series Three)
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Hancock's Half Hour: Collector's Edition (Series Three) by: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson List Price: £34.25 CD-Charts Price: £13.69 You Save: £20.56 (60%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD Dewey Decimal Number: 817 EAN: 9780563478133 Format: Audiobook ISBN: 0563478136 Label: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Manufacturer: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Number Of Items: 4 Publication Date: November 05, 2001 Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Release Date: November 05, 2001 Studio: BBC Audiobooks Ltd Sales Rank: 45356 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: When Ray Galton and Alan Simpson created Hancock's Half Hour--their first big hit before Steptoe and Son--they needed a supporting cast, and their choices were inspired. Sid James became the quintessential shifty crook, Bill Kerr played Tony Hancock's best friend while Moira Lister became his girlfriend, and as Kenneth Williams intoned a variety of authority-voices--police, magistrates, etc.--another comic star was born. Out of the 16 original programmes from the period under review, the BBC managed to lose six--culpable carelessness--but among the extant 10 there are outright gems, some of which will be unfamiliar even to fans, and many of which would today be banned as hopelessly un-PC. Viz Hancock's cheery greeting: "Morning Charlie. Working? Oh, of course you don't need to, with 28 children!" Or his observation--of some sluggish British workmen building a house--that he's glad they've been provided with shovels complete with arm-rests. Asked for his own address, he replies "I've just moved. They pulled down my house to build a slum". Relayed cold, such comments may not even raise a smile: Hancock's magic was all in the telling, and in the momentum he built up, as in his Monte Carlo rally programme, in which signposts were turned round and bridges blown up. One of the nicest sketches evolves out of him being left to do the housework like Cinderella, while everyone else troops off to the ball. When he died, a victim of depression, in Australia in 1968, Britain lost something irreplaceable: this five-CD set, with its accompanying booklet, makes a splendid memento. The next batch of releases is eagerly awaited. --Betty Tadman Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Hancock's Half Hour - The Collector's Edition - Series 1,2,3 & 5I was introduced to Hancock by my Grandparents many years ago when I the first heard The Blood Donor, being the most famous (but not in my opinion the best) show - from there on I was hooked and the collector's edition box sets that were eventually released were a dream come true! Supporting Hancock throughout the first series were Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams & Moira Lista. 16 episodes were recorded by the BBC for the first series, broadcast between November 1954 & February 1955, however, only 10 survived at the time the box set was produced. 5 CD's in individual sleeves include two shows per CD, and contain the following episodes in chronological order: The First Night Party The ... Read More: Rating:  - Hancock's Half Hour FoursomeI was disappointed with this, to some degree. Hancock's War, & the Christmas Club, were poor quality episodes. The latter, was done on the cheap probably, as it had so few characters. I think, that the reason for there being 4 together, was because the first two, would not sell seperately. The Lift & Twelve Angry Men, though funny, were obviously transferred, straight from the TV Episodes, judging by the amount of silences, punctuated by 'Canned Laughter,' seemingly.the Radio Versions, of these two, are, to me, funner, than the TV ones. I would have purchased only the latter two episodes, if possible, but the BBC Shop, offered even less choice oddly, as he was 'Their Star.' I, and I suspect others, could empathize, ... Read More: Rating: - First outing for classic scriptsThis book was first published in 1974 and was the first appearance of the scripts in print. This was just when the Hancock series were first being recognised as comedy art rather than throwaway TV, and Galton & Simpson were beginning to be regarded as great playwrights rather than just hack comedy scriptwriters. A long interview with them is included with this collection, which is well illustrated with stills. The episodes included are The Missing Page & The Reunion Party, which was from the last series of 'Hancock's Half Hour', and included Sid James, and Hancock Alone, The Bowmans and The Blood Donor from 'Hancock', the last series he did for the BBC. Rating: - Great but designed for TV not radioThis is vintage Hancock but be aware that the programmes were designed for TV broadcast and therefore some of the sequences don't work without the visuals, in particular the "Grimsby Pilchards" advertisement sequence in the marvellous "Bowmans" episode, one of the very greatest of Hancock's shows. "The Bedsitter" also suffers in this respect. The "Blood Donor" and "Radio Ham" were subsequently remade for broadcast (in slightly more polished performances, also available on CD) but what we have here are the TV transmissions. The comparatively short interview "Bonus disc" with Galton and Simpson consists of material that will be largely familiar for anyone who knows much about Hancock. All the same this is highly recommended notwithstanding ... Read More: Rating: - hancocks half hour season 4The Genius of Hancock is bought to life in this boxset as the Hancock team are well into their stide by now. hancock's best shows are evident here such as The school reunion the bolshoi ballet and the thirteenth of the series. Hancock's blend of timing and Galton and Simpsons brilliant writing are complemented by sid James Bill Kerr and the regular team. Hancock has blended truth and fiction and this collection takes you on a vivid journey to the world of tony Hancock which is locked away firmly in the more innocent 1950's, The scripts and performances still however stand true today as they did then more than 50 years ago.Utter genius that will bring tears of joy and sadness to your eyes in equal measures as you laugh at the masters work while trying not ... Read More: |
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