The official BBC audio tape releases
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BBC Radio Collection
Hancock's Half Hour (Vol. 5) - Released 1992, but now deleted
ZBBC 1128
It's been re-released as ISBN 0563 41064 7

Cyrano De Hancock - Sid has fallen in love with Miss Pugh, Hancock, showing him how to propose, finds he has proposed to Miss Pugh. She insists on a wedding…

The Threatening Letters - Hancock receives several anonymous letters threatening his life; failing to get any help from the police, he barricades himself in his house…

Visiting Day - Hancock, in hospital with a broken leg, is visited by Sid and Bill and wishes he'd been left alone.

The Impressionist - Hancock's pretensions as a serious actor are undermined by a TV commercial for cornflakes which uses an imitation of his voice - so he takes the impersonator to Court.

Hancock's Half Hour (Vol. 6) - Released 1994, but now deleted
BBC Radio Collection
It's been re-released as ISBN 0563 39505 2
ZBBC 1610

Almost a Gentleman - Annoyed by his omission from the New Years Honours list - again - Hancock takes lessons from Sid on how to become a gentleman.

Sunday Afternoon at Home - 23 Railway Cuttings is a scene of boredom and inactivity as the occupants try to while away a British Sunday.

Childhood Sweetheart - Twenty-five years ago Hancock made a pact with his childhood sweetheart to meet at the café where they parted. Sid and Bill accompany him as he waits for his Olive…

The Elopement - Bill has fallen in love with a rich girl who's father won't allow him to marry her. Hancock and Sid arrange an elopement.

 

BBC Radio Collection
Hancock's Half Hour (Vol. 7) - Released 1995, but now deleted
ZBBC 1729
It's been re-released as ISBN 0563 39105 7

Hancock's Happy Christmas - Hancock, approaching Christmas with all the enthusiasm of scrooge, finds himself entertaining two children from the local orphanage.

The Emigrant - Wishing to emigrate, Hancock is met by refusals from Australia, Canada, South Africa, India, and even Baffin Land. With Sid's help, he leaves the country - on Harold Macmillan's passport.

Hancock's School - Sid escalates Hancock's attempts to teach Bill to read into an expensive private school - with the pupils packed into the house, and Hancock, Sid, Miss Pugh, and even bill as teachers.

Hancock's Car - Hancock's car has been parked outside his house for ten years - to the annoyance of the council, who haven't been about to resurface the road in that time.

 

Hancock's Half Hour (Vol. 8) - Released 1996, but now deleted
BBC Radio Collection
It's been re-released as ISBN 0563 38904 4
ZBBC 1907

The Bequest - Hancock's rich Uncle Ebadiah dies, leaving him £40.000 on condition he gets married. The trouble is, no-one will have him; then, a later will turns up...

The Conjurer - Hancock takes up conjuring, and is hired by Sid to give a performance at Dartmoor Prison - little suspecting that he is part of an escape plan.

The Publicity Photograph - Persuaded to have a new - and heavily retouched - publicity photograph made, Hancock's pleasure at the goods looks of the results turns to horror when he has to undergo plastic surgery and gruelling training to make him match the picture.

The Grappling Game - Sid is now promoting all-in wrestling, and discovers a new champion - Miss Pugh.

 

Tony Hancock 'Artiste' by Roger Wilmut refers to this episode as Hancock in Hospital
Tony Hancock 'Artiste' by Roger Wilmut refers to this episode as The Impersonator

All the aforementioned audio tapes are currently available as re-releases, and therefore available to buy. Check the BBC Shops Comedy section to find out more, or to see what new titles are to be released soon. Alternately, contact them at the address below, requesting a catalogue.

The free catalogue may be obtained by sending a large self-addressed envelope to:

BBC Radio Collection, Room A3132, BBC Worldwide, Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 OTT

Or to order one of their audio releases, call Video Plus Direct on: 020 8576 2236

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