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

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The 13th of the Month (remake of 'The 13th of the series', 13th of 4th series) The script was re-written so that the plot did not hinge on it being the 13th of a series as broadcast. The cast is completed by Callum Hale as Bill Kerr; Alice Osmanski as Andrée Melly; Colin Elmer as Kenneth Williams; and Clive Greenwood as the BBC continuity announcer. episodes, broadcast live, every 2 weeks, 1 April – 10 June 1957. "The Alpine Holiday" exists on a telerecording. episodes, pre-recorded on videotape, broadcast 25 September – 27 November 1959. The entire series exists on telerecordings.

At times the scripts would reflect topical realities of British life, such as the reintroduction of petrol rationing from November 1956 to March 1957 (following the Suez Crisis) in 'The Stolen Petrol' and a strike by members of the trade union ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) from 28 May to 14 June 1955 which involved a railway strike in 'The Rail Strike'.

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Regular guest stars: Patricia Hayes (episodes 1, 2, 4 and 12); Warren Mitchell (episodes 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11); Hugh Morton (episodes 3, 5, 7, 10, 13); Wilfred Babbage (episodes 4, 6, 7, 10, 13); The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

In 2016, "The New Neighbour" was restaged as part of the BBC's Landmark Sitcom Season commemorating the 60th anniversary of the television sitcom. [8] Television series cast [ edit ] Staged by Apollo Theatre Company, the show runs at London's Jermyn Street Theatre from next Monday, 28th August, until 2nd September, before travelling across the country between 27th September and 15th November. Looking through here and just remembered how much I like the Blood Donor too. Drinka Pinta Milka Day!.. always makes me laughs when he starts singing coughs and sneezes spreads diseases, also finding the guy in the bed next to him is so similar to him and they end up saying quotes to eachother, and being told that blood is the same world over by the nurse - "I did not come here for a lecture on communism, young lady!" ... Really going to have to put that one on again sometime, not seen it in ages. Some episodes of the radio series and telerecordings of some episodes from the third and fourth television series were destroyed. No episodes are known to survive from the first series of the TV show. The surviving radio episodes, which often exist only in edited versions that have been cut for overseas sale to commercial radio stations, were released as CD box sets between 2000 and 2003 (see below). episodes; episodes 1–4 pre-recorded as telerecordings, 5–13 live, broadcast 26 December 1958 – 27 March 1959 (skipping 27 February). Episodes 1, 3, 4, 11 and 12 exist as telerecordings. Episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 exist as off-air audio recordings of variable quality. Episode 13 remains missing.British Comedy Guide understands they have also been comprehensively restored from new transfers of the surviving film prints. Kenneth Williams, taking his first job in comedy, provided the funny voices for all the minor characters in the show each week. Williams left after the first recording session for the sixth series. Oh yea, "We present the Merryweathers, an everyday story of Ben Merryweather" Good to see him come out on top for once.