Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3
Features all ten episodes from the fifth series of 'Hancock's Half Hour' first broadcast in 1959. Read more
| Starring | Tony Hancock, Sid James |
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| Genres | Comedy, Television |
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Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3
Features all ten episodes from the fifth series of 'Hancock's Half Hour' first broadcast in 1959.
| Starring | Tony Hancock, Sid James |
|---|---|
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Apr 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3 (2 discs)
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Contains Episodes: The Economy Drive, The Two Murderers, Lord Byron Lived Here, Twelve Angry Men and The Train...
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Contains Episodes: The Cruise, The Big Night, The Tycoon, Spanish Interlude and Football Pools. ...
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Stone me, this is good!
For any admirer of Tony Hancock this is a must-buy. It is in fact the whole of the fifth series including two episodes never before released on tape or disc. The series has so many great episodes that it could almost be labelled a 'best of'.
Classic episodes include The Economy Drive - where Hancock and Sid [James] return from an extended holiday to discover that Sid has forgotten to cancel or switch off everything (except the telephone) during their break. this forces Hancock into an economy drive until their finances are back to normal.
Twelve Angry Men - a marvellous, funny spoof of the film of the same name.
Lord Byron Lived Here - Hancock is duped by Sid into believing that Lord Byron once stayed at Railway Cuttings and to turn it into a museum to the poet (fee paying of course).
Seven other equally good episodes and a massive 290 mins run time makes makes this indispensible. I can only hope that the Beeb release series 6 in it's entirety as both are considered to be Hancock and Galton & Simpson at the peak of their powers. Fans will not need convincing.
Tremendous, milestone TV comedy. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Stone me...he's a genius!
Even though these programmes were originally broadcast many years before i was even born, the writing and the performances (even with the primative sets and direction) surpass many of todays sitcoms. Galton and Simpson perfectly bring out the weaknesses and perfectly exploit them in the Hancock character. And Tony Hancock stands on his own as a great master of television comedy, but lets not forget Sid James' great chancer, a perfect foil....Shame Tony slowly let all these great people go...
Lord Byron lived Here is on this disc and is my favourite....If you love modern comedy but have never seen Hancocks Half Hour, thinking its too old, its black and white etc, stop right there! Its the grandaddy and the best, RENT IT NOW! -
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