Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2

November 17, 2014

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

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

October 31, 2014

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

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...

Hancock, The Final 1961 BBC Series

October 19, 2014

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

Having had success in the 1950's on both the radio and television, Hancock became anxious that his work with Sid James was turning them into a double act. To this effect the 1960 series of Hancock's Half Hour ...

Steptoe and son come together for one last christmas, will harold finally win the day?

Steptoe and Son – Night Of 100 Stars

May 30, 2014

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

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

April 27, 2014

Galton and Simpson’s Legacy Of Laughter

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...

Missing Hancocks To Get A Revival

Old Bean?

Dame Barbara Windsor Has Died, Aged 83

Peter Aliss Dies

The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown

Des O’Connor Dies, Aged 88

Butterflies Star, Geoffrey Palmer Has Died

Re-Making Dad's Army, Vandalism?

Hancock’s Half Hour, TV Show

America Decides

Up The Convicts

Galton and Simpson's 60th Anniversary Interview - Comedy Playhouse

British Classic Comedy Talk To Adrienne Conway

British Classic Comedy Talk To Roy Clarke

British Classic Comedy Talk To Carla Lane

We Talk To Tessa Le Bars

Galton and Simpson Discuss The Beginnings Of Hancock.

British Classic Comedy Talk to Galton and Simpon – Hancock, 1961

Hello Cheeky

Galton and Simpson – I Did It My Way

Stop Messing About, Kenneth Williams

The Goon Show

I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

At Home With Hinge And Bracket

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Radio Series

Galton And Simpson Present – Our Favourite Hancock – Part 2

Galton And Simpson Life After Hancock

Hancock, The Final 1961 BBC Series

Steptoe and Son – Night Of 100 Stars

Galton And Simpson Discuss Where It All Began