Re-Making Dad’s Army, Vandalism?
Dad's Army, Remake branded "cultural vandalism"
We Ask, Bring Them back Or Leave Them Junked?
UKTV Gold has re-made three missing episodes of Dad's Army that are due to be screened later this month on GOLD ...
The Blackpool Show
The Blackpool Show, 1966
Continuing our look back at some of the less well remembered work of Tony Hancock.
The Blackpool Show was Hancock's penultimate series for ITV and offered him a complete departure f...
Hancock’s
Hancock's, 1967
No it's not Hancock's Half Hour but a complete departure for the comic as he gets his own variety show.
Tony Hancock had split from his successful writing partnership with Ray Galton and Ala...
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To
Some Of Our Favourite TV Comedy Moments
There are moments of television comedy that are just pure gold. Classic moments from classic artists that will never be forgotten. Here's a selection of some of those ...
Hancock’s Sunday Afternoon
Hancock's Half Hour, Sunday Afternoon At Home, 1958
There was a time when Sundays really were "dead boring" The shops were shut the pubs didn't open all day. Seems hard to believe in this age of 24/7, but in ...
The Alpine Holiday
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...
A History Of Christmas Specials
Where Did The Festive Favourite Start?
We recently started a run of Christmas themed posts starting with Hancock's 45 minutes. An extended Christmas type episode, although not officially billed as a Christmas...
Tony Hancock’s Christmas Special
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...
Tony Hancock, Profiled
Tony Hancock 12th May, 1924 - 24th June, 1968
Continuing our look at some of the biggest and most important names from comedy over the last 70 years. Today it's the lad himself: Tony Hancock.
Regarded by m...
The Tony Hancock Show, ITV
Jack Hylton Presents: The Tony Hancock Show, 1956
Mention Tony Hancock and most people would think of those classic BBC shows on TV and radio.
However Hancock's Half Hour was not Tony Hancock's first prope...