Hancock - The Man On The Corner

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series

[@love-bulldogs]

A genius, laughed so much it hurt. A one and only , RIP , Brian

[@ellataylor6178]

sad that he was so miserable that he killed himself when gave so much JOY LAUGHTER to us

[@esmeephillips5888]

Quitting the BBC, Hancock was determined to update and 'internationalize' his persona. He no longer wanted to be Galton's and Simpson's Lad from suburban East Cheam, or the seedily grandiose 'artiste', an actor-manager in an astrakhan coat. Hence he now sports a trendy sheepskin and spoofs the fashionable post-007 secret agent genre. But the situation is too contrived, and the dialogue uninspired, lacking G&S's amazing consistency and fluency. They can render the simplest conversational exchanges hilarious, bc the audience already knows Hancock and pleasurably recognizes or anticipates his reactions.

[@speedbirdconcordeBOAB]

The sad clown paradox.

[@paulmaryon9088]

Brillint stuff thank for posting, please keep 'em coming

[@esmeephillips5888]

Hancock wanted to test himself by working with straight dramatic actors. He got his wish here: Geoffrey Keen, James Villiers and Wilfrid Lawson as the paper seller. Lawson was a fallen star. He had been Liza Doolittle's father in 'Pygmalion' with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Arthur Rank gave him the part of Handel in a lavish Technicolor biopic. Joseph Losey admired him and Christopher Lee said he was the finest actor he ever worked with. But Lawson was an incorrigible drunk who ended up playing character bit parts. He died three years after this. Hancock, also an alcoholic, passed two years later.

[@theefishlippedone]

Lawson sounds totally sloshed in this

[@keithnaylor1981]

Sounds ok to me. 1.24

[@andywilliams8636]

A joy to watch.

[@peterhagan8454]

its the middle of the night and am laughing senseless

[@peterchambers2553]

Like a previous contributor, disappointingly I am missing the audio.

[@bjformann8223]

I rlly fancy these old comedies 😂

[@jamescassidy3995]

@listen2meokidoki what is OFC?

[@michaelsandford1015]

Rip Tommy Hancock

[@susanlodges48]

No SOUND ????

[@tinahardman9805]

No sound unfortunately.

[@user-lk9dh6ji9t]

"Don't worry about me, I haven't been .......... myself." Hancock says when talking to the policeman. What is that word that I couldn't make out/

[@johnrider3749]

He never should have fired his writers his later shows were never as good,

[@QXZJX]

No sound 😮

[@lukebrel7969]

Technically, this upload is a hell of a mess! Nevertheless, I wondered why I had never seen this episode before. (I have every TV episode of Hancock and Hancock's Half Hour on DVD.) The end credits solved the mystery. This was not written by Galton and Simpson. It must be one of the ATV series he made after parting company with them. Fascinating.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Viewers switched off by the million when it was shown early in 1963.

[@RogerWilmut]

Indeed, it is one of the ATV series and was brodcast on 31 January 1963.

[@johnrees]

The copyright to this ITV series was owned by Hancocks brother Roger ..... the entire series is in the archives on 35mm film.

[@peterhagan8454]

dirk gently 50s style

[@janmcdonald3896]

Surprisingly good

[@harri2626]

Oh dear. A sad shadow of his former brilliance.

[@stephenguppy7882]

What is the point of posting this with no sound.

[@peterhagan8454]

stuff n nonsense but so timeless funny

[@peterhagan8454]

ly

[@victoriasmith2512]

Sadly I have no sound

[@derekholton4817]

Pointless uploading without sound.

[@covidenslavement8918]

Same

[@drengskap]

Can hardly hear this, sadly.

[@Steven-tm6kr]

No audio

[@peterhagan8454]

twitch watch ha

[@user-lk9dh6ji9t]

Is that policeman Glyn Edwards ?

[@user-lk9dh6ji9t]

I don't think it is.

[@stephengraham5099]

Peter Welch. He was mentioned in the credits.

[@jonnyfrench19]

No; looks nothing him.

[@gerarddoyle2891]

No sound

[@zerotoleranceforsataniceli4794]

Why no sound ??

[@glennhilton4567]

There's no sound

[@peterpower6397]

What about the deaths of the poor sheep hanging around his neck?