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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour in November 1954, the magnificent set contains all six Collector's CD Editions of Hancock's Half Hour. These 41 CDs represent the six radio series broadcast between 1954 and 1959.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive collection of radio comedy,
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This review is from: "Hancock's Half Hour", the Complete BBC Radio Archive (Radio Collection) (Audio CD)
This is the definitive collection of Hancock's radio broadcasts. The scale of the humour is awesome. I've never heard some of the stuff on here. A lot of it I haven't heard for ... well, getting on for fifty years. I remember as a child, sitting with my ear pressed up against our huge, room-filling radio to listen to Hancock. That was in the days when radios crackled and whistled and whined. The sound on these CD's is so pure, you can imagine the actors standing in the room behind you.What comes across from these broadcasts is the spontaneity of the humour - a superb ensemble cast of actors, led by Hancock, reading superb scripts, straight into the microphone, their studio audiences hanging on every word. The quality of the comedy is outstanding. The timing. Just listen to the way they hold the tension ... raise a laugh with just a sigh or a groan. And there are mistakes. Today, you'd be given a selection of out-takes at the end of the show, or as an extra CD. Funny, yes, but to capture the spontaneity of the mistakes happening, live, and the broadcast carrying on, cast, crew, and audience roaring with laughter - it gives you that sense of immediacy, as if you are there, the show taking place in your living room. This is more than just a master class in comedy acting, more than just a master class in comedy writing ... it is a master class in the experience of comedy. This selection could legitimately be equipped with a health warning. To sit and try to listen to the comedy over a few days could be to risk death by humour. Logically, this is a collection you will treat yourself to ... listen to one show a night, or ration them ... play one show each Sunday, so you can look forward to it all week. What never ceases to amaze me is how fresh the Galton & Simpson scripts and Hancock and company's acting sound. So many of the gags are already national treasures, it surprises you that you can still laugh the hundredth time you hear them. That is the mark of the genius on show here. The comedy has stood the test of time. There is no risk involved in investing in such an expensive selection - this will stand the test of time. You will continue to love this and laugh at this for another half century and more. You must know someone who owes you a present? Just imagine this beautiful collection gift wrapped!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The bloke was a genius,
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This review is from: "Hancock's Half Hour", the Complete BBC Radio Archive (Radio Collection) (Audio CD)
I could go on about his skill, his sense of comic timing, the ability to raise a laugh from a sigh, the killer support (Sid James, Hattie Jaques, Kenneth Williams et al), the writers who were able to write a comedy that would clear the streets then went on to write another (Steptoe) or the fact that it's a bargain (When newly released the box-sets went for £70-ish each). Instead just buy it and listen to one of the funiest men you'll ever hear. Simple as that.
5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Looking For The Blood Donor?,
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This review is from: "Hancock's Half Hour", the Complete BBC Radio Archive (Radio Collection) (Audio CD)
The platitudes expressed for the comic genius of Tony Hancock, the superb supporting cast and the brilliant writing of Galton and Simpson, are all thoroughly deserved, and justified in this excellent collection of radio shows. Others have articulated far better than I, on how good this collection is, so my contribution is a warning to those casual Tony Hancock fans.This is collection of his radio works between 1954 and 1959, a total of six series. During this time, 1956 onwards, Hancock recorded 'Hancock's Half Hour' on television, and it is from the television series that most people know his work. It is ironic, in a way, that the most memorable audio shows, e.g. The Blood Donor, The Radio Ham, The Lift, The Missing Page, were in fact television programmes transferred to vinyl. These soundtracks do not appear in the collection, but are obtainable elsewhere. However, don't let this put you off buying, what is without doubt, a superb comedy collection.
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