Hancock's comedy timing vastly improves if you play this at 1.5 speed
@trevordance51812 жыл бұрын
Amazing this Australian tv show was recorded in colour considering regular colour tv services didn't arrive in Australia until 1975. It was probably one of the many experimental colour tests and recordings that would have gone on there at that time.
@LostsTVandRadio2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's a real surprise. Although the image quality and appearance of the programme suggest that it was produced on colour video (Channel 7 did have some colour video equipment at the time) I'm told that the programme was actually filmed in the studio on 16mm stock. It's astonishing that the film hasn't degraded over the years. My guess is that Channel 7 produced it in colour with export to Britain in mind since BBC2 was already broadcasting in colour by then and BBC1 and ITV were due to begin the following year.
@trevordance51812 жыл бұрын
@@LostsTVandRadio Yes l'm sure that was in their minds, they also had an eye on future proofing it for a time when more and more countries would adopt colour tv. ITV did the same with some of their programmes before they went colour in the UK. Even in the 1950's they shot some episodes of The Adventures of Sir Lancelot in colour primarily for the newly emerging USA colour tv market.
@esmeephillips5888 Жыл бұрын
It was Australia's most expensive TV production at the time.
@talcumpowder10002 жыл бұрын
Actually the script's not that bad but his lack of enthusiasm for this project combined with his own illness is apparent
@rattyfan35943 ай бұрын
Seeing as it was done in Australia, it would have been perfect for Bill Kerr to be in these final episodes. It might have improved Hancock's performance and maybe even kept him alive. Little things can make big changes. RIP Hancock.
@LostsTVandRadio3 ай бұрын
True - I hadn't thought of that.
@johnrider3749 Жыл бұрын
Hancock looks older than his years he wasn't even fifty at this point,
@LostsTVandRadio Жыл бұрын
So true - just 44 I think!
@thehumancanary1314 ай бұрын
@@LostsTVandRadio His final year...the same year he suicided in Australia...
@LostsTVandRadio4 ай бұрын
@@thehumancanary131 Very sad indeed ...
@Theslavedrivers2 жыл бұрын
Would have been better without the laughter track ...
@frankiemorris5866 Жыл бұрын
Needs the hancock theme music. And better camera angles
@domwigley622 жыл бұрын
I take it it was first shown in Black and White
@LostsTVandRadio2 жыл бұрын
I believe that it wasn't broadcast due to the sad circumstances of Tony Hancock's death during filming. It was years later that the three episodes that had been filmed were edited for video release.
@stephenguppy7882 Жыл бұрын
The script is a parody of some of the Galton and Simpson radio material from the 50s. Tony looks old, tired and bored. He is only going through the motions because the truth is, that when you appeared in Australia back then, you were finished in the UK. So this was a last throw of the dice for him. He must have seen the futility of the project and as a consequence took his own life. A sad ending for a great comedian.
@LostsTVandRadio Жыл бұрын
Sadly true ...
@ArsLonga1967 Жыл бұрын
Poor chap.
@MarkHarrison733 Жыл бұрын
He looked 60.
@LostsTVandRadio Жыл бұрын
Hard to believe he was only 44
@richardhumphreys86623 ай бұрын
Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you?.....................Did she die in vain?