Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

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Galton and Simpson Make A Stop Off At ITV

October 19, 2020

1960's ITV Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

The Galton And Simpson Comedy, 1969 In a 2014 interview writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson told us how in the early days of their career "We wrote a letter to the big comedy writers of the time, Frank Muir an...

galton and simpson present their personal favourite episodes from their work in part one it's tony hancock in the blood donor

Galton and Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 1

September 10, 2020

1960's, 1960's BBC Comedy, BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, TV Comedy

Hancock, The Blood Donor, 1961 To celebrate the 60th anniversary, in 2014, of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio. Comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson presented a very ...

Dealing With Sick Relatives Steptoe And Son Style

March 27, 2020

1970's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe And Son, Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs, 1974 The penultimate episode in the final series of this all time classic sitcom.Steptoe and Son had started life in 1962 as episode of Galton a...

The Missing Hancocks

January 17, 2020

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

The Missing Hancocks, 2014 In November 1954 Ray Galton and Alan Simpson broke with the traditional format of comedy, ie comical sketches and musical interludes, to present the first British sitcom. For comedy...

Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two

November 20, 2019

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Steptoe And Son, Tea For Two, 1970 As it's election time and politicians are visiting their "people" we thought it would be amusing to look back at what happened when Albert Steptoe was visited by a certain po...

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Galton And Simpson’s Half Hour

March 14, 2019

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter, Radio

Galton And Simpson's Half Hour, 2009 Galton And Simpson's Half Hour was the title given to a series of four radio plays broadcast by BBC Radio 2 in 2009 to celebrate the writers' 40th anniversary.The plays...

The Alpine Holiday

January 7, 2019

1950's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Hancock's Half Hour, The Alpine Holiday, 1957 The first episode of series two sees a change of cast. Sid James featured in the Hancock's Half Hour TV series but is absent in this episode.Instead Hancock s...

Tony Hancock’s Christmas Special

December 2, 2018

1950's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Hancock's 43 minutes, 1957 Hancock's 43 minutes came at the end of the third series of his BBC television series.Christmas Specials as we now know them were unheard of in the day, consequently this was the...

Galton And Simpson’s Impasse

November 20, 2018

1960's BBC Comedy, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Galton And Simpson's Impasse, 1963 Following on from the success of Hancock's Half hour came an idea presented to the two writers by then head of BBC Comedy: Tom Sloan. Comedy Playhouse. A series of of stand ...

In Profile – Galton And Simpson

October 21, 2018

Comedy Profiles, Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Ray Galton And Alan Simpson Perhaps, Britain's best known comedy writers. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are best known for their classic sitcom Steptoe and Son and for their work with Tony Hancock, but there we...

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