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

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Tony's set is broken and he grits his teeth, determined to spend the night "setless" but not knowing how! Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of "the lad 'imself". It is a bit hard to judge the early episodes of "Hancock's Half Hour" as the episodes from the first and second series are mainly missing. After the TV series Hancock's star waned rapidly -- he should have stuck to Sid James and crew -- but he was too much the egotistical star. But Hancock is worried; after all, when shooting started Sid's production company didn't even have a movie camera!

Although the pair always had a camaraderie on radio, the latter series of the TV show paired the two icons in a more intimate house-share setting.

The episodes included are: Back From Holiday, The Bolshoi Ballet, Sid James' Dad, The Income Tax Demand[/i], The New Secretary, Michelangelo 'Ancock, Anna And The King Of Siam, Cyrano De Hancock, The Stolen Petrol, The Expresso Bar, Hancock's Happy Christmas, The Diary, The 13th Of The Series, Almost A Gentleman, The Old School Reunion, The Wild Man Of The Woods, Agricultural 'Ancock, Hancock In The Police, The Emigrant, and The Last Of The McHancocks. Williams was ultimately only a relatively small part of the iconic Hancock collective; at its heart, a new and exciting double act was emerging between Tony Hancock and Sid James. The doctors were there to give him a pill if he was depressed to buck him up, or another pill if he was bucked up too far to bring him down.

It seemed merely that Hancock did not like to get stuck in a rut, he wanted to try new things and build new dynamics. In The Poetry Society, an evening with a group of Hancock's new avant-garde friends produces gems of abstract poetry, not only from the group but also from Sid and Bill. Lady Don't Fall Backwards is the name of the mystery crime thriller Tony is reading in the iconic Hancock's Half Hour television episode The Missing Page . It was ventriloquism on the radio (yes, really): Tony played Archie's grumpy tutor, who had grown tired of the puppet's antics, and became a popular feature on the show with his catchphrase "flipping kids! Bringing their own unique and counter-balanced personalities to proceedings they ask questions such as: what is happiness?However, the episode that is remembered best of that final series is of course the penultimate edition, The Blood Donor. It was shortly after his last appearance on British television that an ill-fated trip to Australia to film a new television series left Hancock isolated on the other side of the world - and it was there, in 1968 that he took his own life. The 9 Step Negativity Detox is a powerful series that will teach you the nine simple steps to free you from the unnecessary causes of negativity in your life. The very fact that Galton and Simpson wrote a character for Tony Hancock with more or less his own name (and perhaps, more or less his own personality) is key to the show's success. Frankie Howerd reflected on his passing: "I do not think he died simply because his career had slipped.