Hancock's Half Hour: Series 5: 20 Episodes of the Classic BBC Radio Comedy Series

The complete fifth series of the legendary BBC Radio comedy series starring Tony Hancock. Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in 1954, Hancock s Half Hour was the radio vehicle that made Tony Hancock a household name. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of "the lad imself." Aided and abetted by Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams, and Hattie Jacques, Hancock would enter into the spirit of each episode with characteristic dolefulness. This volume contains all 20 episodes from the fifth radio series, collected together for the first time. In these hilarious Half Hours, Hancock has a makeover, turns his home into a private school, stands in the East Cheam by-election, presents three short plays from the East Cheam Repertory Company, takes in a wrestling match with Miss Pugh, and gets more than he bargains for when he wins a TV quiz show. The episodes are: The New Radio Series
The Scandal Magazine
The Male Suffragettes
The Insurance Policy
The Publicity Photograph
The Unexploded Bomb
Hancock's School
Around the World in Eighty Days
The Americans Hit Town
The Election Candidate
Hancock's Car
The East Cheam Drama Festival
The Foreign Legion
Sunday Afternoon at Home
The Grappling Game
The Junk Man
Hancock's War
The Prize Money
The Threatening Letters
and The Sleepless Night. This new set includes improved audio quality and extended edits for five episodes, plus a previously unreleased "mini-episode" recorded to coincide with the 1958 Commonwealth Games. Duration: 10 hours approx.