The BBC won't show them again because there aren't enough gay, black, lesbian or disabled characters. Although Williams left the series much later than the retiring of Snide (after the first recording of the final radio series), the initial disappearance of this most popular of characters poured early fuel on rumours that Hancock insisted on dispatching with cast members. Entertaining people was his enduring passion, and as soon as the war ended, he became a permanent fixture at the infamous Windmill Theatre in London. Kevin McNally otherwise starred as Tony Hancock for these remakes, truly channelling the lad himself in his performance.

Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. In The Poetry Society, an evening with a group of Hancock's new avant-garde friends produces gems of abstract poetry, not only from the group but also from Sid and Bill. I wish to God I had been able to catch him that day, all sorts of little things can change people's lives.Lady Don't Fall Backwards is the name of the mystery crime thriller Tony is reading in the iconic Hancock's Half Hour television episode The Missing Page . This grossly oversimplified understanding has created many complexities in our lives and taken away from us the very fundamentals of the joy of living. It seemed merely that Hancock did not like to get stuck in a rut, he wanted to try new things and build new dynamics. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.

Along the way, they’ll unlock wisdom for those of us navigating our own coupledoms, and for those still seeking their perfect match. The Support cast far outweighed his talent and alot went on to bigger greater legend of the carry on films. Ray Galton remembers noticing the six-foot-four Simpson and thinking he looked surprisingly large - 'you expect everyone in a sanatorium to be thin and weedy, and he was the biggest guy I'd ever seen'. The Hancock persona is recognisable in, for example, Richard in 'One Foot in the Grave' and Basil in 'Fawlty Towers'. Damaris Hayman, a close friend of Tony's, reflected: "He was the Everest among the peaks of the comedians - very intelligent, but a very sad man.The doctors were there to give him a pill if he was depressed to buck him up, or another pill if he was bucked up too far to bring him down. This CD forms part of a 3 volume series, and for those who want any kind of understanding about classic British comedy – the kind of comedy that underlies most of what we listen to or watch today–it’s a must. Hancock played an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. These details were things that Hancock, Galton and Simpson had a very keen eye for; they are the ingredients that make up truly timeless moments in comedy.

Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Hancock's turbulent life has been analysed, perhaps to an excessive degree, in many books and plays: this, Hancock And Joan, starred Ken Stott and Maxine Peake in the lead roles and garnered three BAFTA nominations: best actor for Stott, best actress for Peake, and best single drama. It may surprise many that when recording this career-defining episode, Tony Hancock was not a well man. In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeine’s power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat.

Williams was ultimately only a relatively small part of the iconic Hancock collective; at its heart, a new and exciting double act was emerging between Tony Hancock and Sid James. The series burst onto BBC Radio in 1954, introducing the country to 'the lad himself', Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, who famously lived at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam.