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 Present – 3
Our Favourite Hancock
Part 3 -The Radio Years
In the third of this special series to mark the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson have pic...
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...
Hancock, The Final 1961 BBC Series
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 ...
BBC Name The Date For Hancock’s Return
BBC Radio 4 present, The Missing Hancocks
Earlier this year we and other media reported that the BBC were to re-record five episodes of Hancock's Half Hour, the radio show to celebrate sixty years since it's f...
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 ...
Hancock’s Half Hour Returning To TV Screens
We seem to go on and on about some of the vintage classics that get pushed aside because their in black and white. If they'd done this years ago I would never have seen Hanock's Half Hour. Sunday afternoons i...
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...