AUDIO ONLY - A Story of Our Time : What Happened To Hancock

[@ysgol3]

Superb. The way Sid talks about the last time he saw Hancock is so so sad and moving.

[@nathelondon3719]

Written and acted in 1956-7, Hancocks half hour is still hilarious in 2023, 67 years later. That is the definition of a classic. A tragic end to a tortured comic genius. RIP.

[@stewartlancaster6155]

Hancocks Half Hour lasted more than 1 year ! ie it was not just 1956/7 as you state.

[@Alan-ss3xp]

I heard the famous line from the Blood Donor the other day. I laughed out loud. All those years ago and still making us laugh. We have been members of the Tony Hancock Society for years. At the first reunion the guest speakers were Galton and Simpson along with Paul Merton. At the time the President of the Society was Dan Peat a charming welcoming gentleman.

[@bobhawxwell1606]

Sid James is an absolute revelation in this ...

[@piplee1439]

An enigma everywhere

[@HHM706]

Sid James comes over so well in this documentary.

[@peterchambers2553]

This programme is available on cd called Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles series.

[@ppotter]

Haven't heard Sid James speaking about Hancock before. Great find.

[@HHM706]

This is brilliant My Dad loved him. The search for perfection sometimes leads to tragedy

[@jeffkaufman9875]

@Sredni Well, said; bear in mind that that “search for perfection” in one’s vocation/profession often belies a challenged, poor sense of self-worth which reveals itself when that arduous “search” falters…

[@andydixon2980]

This is very exciting to hear for the 1st time. Thanks for the upload.

[@sonraysonic3146]

a very singular and irreplaceable talent. Shame he never seemed to realise how loved he was. I was 8 when Hancock died, rarely saw my Dad cry but on that day.... keep well all

[@antoniod]

THANK you for this rarity!

[@peterm1826]

Luckily it wasn’t erased like everything else the BBC Touches Back in the mid 60s until late 70s. My mother worked for a bread company called cobbitty farm. She used to deliver bread to shops as well as houses. Around Sydney. Part of her delivery area was Bellevue Hill. Mosman point piper. And the heart of Sydney. She told us. That one June afternoon she was making her deliveries 5 houses up from where Tony Hancock was living. She said she heard a man calling her hey miss could you spare half a loaf. She looked into the delivery van and found one half loaf and gave it to him. For free. She had no idea who he was. Until the next nights news that he had died. She said he looked miserable and she felt sorry for him hence free half loaf of bread. True story.

[@tomhaskett5161]

Many thanks for whoever taped this recording originally.

[@marymarshalls2984]

Such an icon loved him so much as a child we regularly listened to the vinyl record containing The Radio Ham and The Blood Donor xx

[@wanderer299a]

Excellent. Sad. Thanks for uploading

[@markandresen1]

That was superb. Thank you.

[@stuartharris5771]

Indeed ... Sid is a revelation here.. cant believe this is over fifty years old and ive never heard it.

[@MrDavey2010]

Utterly fascinating biog. Thanks for uploading.

[@dabedwards]

Some of the material in this radio show was used again in the several video/TV documentaries about Hancock that are still available on KZbin. Although in some cases, the interviewees may have repeated their anecdotes on camera at a later date. It is a truly tragic tale, very well told.

[@papalaz4444244]

His favourite character was Eeyore - Eeyore is a character that displays a relatively accurate example of major depressive disorder

[@jnuttso1]

Tony was brilliant Liked and subscribed 👍

[@papalaz4444244]

He lacked any strong personal identity and none of the identities he invented satisfied him. It's a real shame. He got caught up in the trap of "what is reality". It's now very commonplace in 2023.

[@philsooty5421]

He got rid of the writers who put him at the very top, he was brilliant but only with Galton and Simpson, in the end he made wrong decisions and the drink took him over, sad ending to one of the best comedians this country has ever produced!

[@gerrywelch360]

i think its a shame neither the rebel or punch and Judy man are on youtube only clips

[@sonraysonic3146]

The Rebel and The Sunday Afternoon at Home are 2 of my desert island choices

[@carmaaa8508]

At 30:40 till 31:12 there was dead air, Which means the the counter kept going and there was no sound. ? Why did that happen? To stretch the play at the end of the full upload.?

[@elviskline99]

I think it may be a copyright silence as there’s a record playing at that point.

[@Nina5144]

I thought the airplane sketch was from the diary?

[@firsthomeinfo]

It was in both from memory

[@piplee1439]

What happened to Britains talent ? Dead and gone forever

[@sonraysonic3146]

and replaced by a succession of celebrities baking cakes, dancing on ice and spouting tired old rubbish on the likes of so-called satire shows.... it is irritating how Paul Merton almost steals the whole Hancock schtick lock stock and barrel, in other words, 'what a load of rubbish'.

[@bobhawxwell1606]

Brilliant doc without an ounce of fat on it ...but I'm curious to research the timelines..... was Face to Face after Blood Donor ?

[@johnharwood188]

Before. Face To Face was 6th February 1960, The Blood Donor was 23rd June 1961.

[@philsooty5421]

Philip Oakes should take a lot of the blame for Hancock's demise as he wrote the script for the Punch and Judy man which was awful!

[@Theslavedrivers]

It's aged well, though .. Would like to see it colourised ..