Galton And Simpson Talk Steptoe – Part 2
We left matters in the 1960's with the series being a runaway success, we pick up the story in 1965.BCC: Did you feel Steptoe had come to a natural end in 1965 after four seriesG & S: Yes we did, we...
Galton and Simpson Talk Steptoe – Part 1
To celebrate 60 years since the original transmission of Hancock's Half Hour, we spoke to legendary script writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. We discussed the origins of Hancock's Half Hour, the TV series th...
Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2
Twelve Angry Men - 1959
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are presenting a very special seri...
Galton And Simpson Life After Hancock
By 1961 the BBC had screened what would be Tony Hancock's the final series for the corporation: Hancock.By now Galton and Simpson had written the scripts to thirteen series of Hancock’s Half Hour, six on th...
Steptoe and Son – Night Of 100 Stars
We featured a collection of Steptoe sketches earlier this year, whilst researching for another post we came across this.The Night of 100 Stars was a charity gala performance at the London Palladium on 23rd ...
Galton And Simpson Discuss Where It All Began
We reported a while back that the BBC were planning to resurrect Comedy Playhouse. Originally of course it started life as Galton and Simpson's Comedy Playhouse.On Tuesday 29th April at 11.05pm on BBC1 you...