Four classic BBC Radio episodes from the comic genius of Tony Hancock.
The Diary/The Old School Reunion/Hancock in the Police/The East Cheam Drama Festival.
Tony Hancock's premature death in 1968 at the age of forty-four deprived the entertainment world of perhaps the greatest post-war comedian to have emerged from this country.
It makes his eighty hours of material originally broadcast by the BBC on radio and television between 1954 and 1961 seem all the more priceless and rare. With his impeccable timing and brilliantly subtle shifts in intonation, he could create sound picture that bore the unmistakable hallmark of a genius.
Supported by Galton and Simpson's marvellous scripts and by Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and the rest of the studio cast, the work of Tony Hancock lives on.
Written By : David Renwick
Peformed By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : Modern Classics
Radio Shows
Humor
British
Download Price : $18.49
Crabby, crusty and curmudgeonly he may be, but Victor Meldrew - played brilliantly by Richard Wilson - voices the exasperation of the once silent majority See full description... |
Written By : Ian Messiter
Peformed By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Modern Classics
Quiz Shows
Radio Shows
Humor
British
Download Price : $18.49
Its mix of irreverent fun and ferocious competition has always attracted stellar names from the world of comedy and theatre, all of whom pit their wits against regular player including Paul Merton... See full description... |
Written By : Various
Peformed By : Full Cast Performance
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Modern Classics
Humor
British
Radio Shows
Download Price : $18.49
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Written By : Various
Peformed By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Type : Modern Classics
Humor
British
Radio Shows
Download Price : $18.49
Goon but not forgotten. From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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