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Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's select four of their favourite radio episodes. In the first of their quartet of classics, "Sid's Mystery Tours", Sid talks Hancock into becoming the director of his guided tours company - but it doesn't even possess a coach. "The Wild Man of the Woods" shows Hancock's desire to get away from it all. It leads him to camp first in a bus shelter on Clapham Common, and then in a bit of forest rented from Sid. "23 Railway Cuttings" is a scene of boredom and inactivity as the occupants try to while away a British Sabbath in Sunday Afternoon at Home whereas, 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. Featuring a star cast that includes Sid James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Fenella Fielding, these are four very special episodes which show the master of misery at his very best, as chosen by Galton and Simpson, the masters of mirth.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Thank heavens! I was about to spend a small fortune on the complete radio series, just so that I could listen to perhaps a dozen episodes, but this has turned up. It really does contain the best of the radio series, and I hope that vols 2 & 3 complete the dozen episodes I'm most after. The writing is inspired craziness (spot the origins of Monty Python's dead-parrot sketch, for instance) that becomes lyrical at times, and the cast is terrific. The four episodes on this CD were previously available as cassettes, but in a shortened form. Here they are complete and very welcome. This is a superb introduction to Hancock's radio humour. If you don't like these, you probably won't like any of his other work. Only one warning: it'll help to know (or to quickly guess) the meaning of dated slang from the mid-50s. Not necessarily a big problem, but one to be aware of.
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I first was introduced to Anthony Aloysius Hancock when my father bought an LP many moons ago which featured the radio episodes of Wild Man of the Woods and Sunday Afternoon.After hearing these several times I was completely hooked.The outstanding Galton and Simpson writing,the superb production of Tom Ronald and Dennis Main Wilson and of course the sheer comic timing,delivery and performances of the regular cast has to my mind, never been surpassed.Although I have many of the BBC Audio cassettes it is still an absolute pleasure to hear these radio gems on compact disc once again.' Mooo ! Ruff Ruff...thats a cow being worried by a sheepdog ' ......' Yes I'm sorry you can't stop for tea only we haven't got enough fish paste to go around '.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
what else can you say ? Tony Hancock was a genius for his impeccable timing, the cast including Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams, Sid James and Hattie Jacques were sublime and the scripts are so well written. This is classic Hancock's Half Hour without the intrusion of later commercial interests.
If you like Hancock buy this !
If you like Hancock buy this !
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NOT THE BEST FOR ME
I ORDERED THIS CD FOR MY HUSBAND WHO HAD BEEN LISTENING TO TONY HANCOCK IN THE TEST PILOT ON THE RADIO SOME TIME BACK. I TRIED VERY HARD TO GET THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE FOR HIM. Read more
Published 19 months ago by A. Page
Among the best radio comedy shows ever recorded.
As a fan of Tony Hancock - particularly his radio work on Hancock's Half Hour with the brilliant scripts of Galton and Simpson - it seems nigh on impossible to choose the "best of... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Fiction Fan
FROM EAST CHEAM
i am 33 years old so never heard the original series
i got this the other day and while driving around - i could not stop laughing
this is genius
i have... Read more
i got this the other day and while driving around - i could not stop laughing
this is genius
i have... Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by A. Girvan
A good introduction to a classic comedy
Between 1954 and 1959, across six series, the BBC produced and broadcast over 100 episodes of HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR and created a comedy classic which to a great extent changed radio... Read more
Published on 22 May 2009 by Emanon
Worth buying for new material
These 'best' episodes have previously been available on LP record and cassette. These new CD's contain material which was edited out of the original releases - particularly from... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2006 by Enoch Sneed
Good but could be better.
This collection may be the writers favorite episodes but only the first Sid's mystery tour is really funny. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2006 by G. R. J. Scott
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