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More older
news. Read all about it... Here are the older news items relating to
Hancock and what's been happening at Railway Cuttings
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Posted
: 12 April, 2001
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The entertainment world is mourning the death of Sir Harry Secombe, famed for his work with The Goon Show, who died on Wednesday, 11 April. The 79-year-old performer died in hospital in Guildford, Surrey, from prostate cancer with his wife, Myra, at his bedside. The Secombe family said in a statement: "We are grieving for a wonderful man, and a much loved husband, father and grandfather." A statement from Prince Charles, a long-established fan of the Goons, said: "I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sir Harry Secombe, to whom I spoke only recently in hospital. He was one of the great life enhancers of our age and gave pleasure and constant happy laughter to so many of us throughout his life." |
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Sir Harry
Secombe was a good friend to Tony, and in fact wrote the preface for
Roger Wilmut's book Tony
Hancock 'Artiste' - A Tony Hancock Companion. I shall endeavour
to put this online soon - so watch this space... Then you'll be able
to read what Sir Harry had to say about our great mate.
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Posted
: 04 April, 2001
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This month (April) I've had a request for the Main page picture. In fact it's the only request I've had concerning the said pic since I asked for requests. For that very reason, I've decided I'm going to honour it! It was from a lady called Barbara. Who asked if I could use a picture of Smudger Smith's (Hugh Lloyd) wife, Mavis (Eileen Way), from The Reunion Party (6th show of the 4th series), as the Main page picture. Hope you enjoy it Barbara. BTW, She had this to say in her e-mail to me; "...especially Smudger's wife - she's a picture in herself!" I must say I have to agree. I'm only sorry I didn't have a better picture. So come on people. Start requesting. And you too could have a picture, of your choosing, as the Main page picture, on: www.tony hancock.co.uk. Providing I've got a picture relating to your recommendations. You may even have the relevant picture yourself? If so, you could send it to me, at this addy: e-mail and I'll promptly consider it. You never know, you might be the only person to send a request and then I'll feel obliged, as I did with Barbara, to use your suggestion. So what are you waiting for... |
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The Hancock
book collection has been updated.
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Posted
: 03 April, 2001
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The Hancock
book collection is coming along nicely too. Three new books added. I've
been after the Corgi version of the HANCOCK book for ages. Now I've
picked up a nice copy. Cost me an arm & a leg though. I've added
it, and the other two, on the Hancock book collection here:
Anthony Aloysius St John HANCOCK - Corgi P/B ,
for your delectation. The other two are books that mention Hancock,
but are not wholly dedicated to the lad himself. They are both very
nice books, covering various UK Television shows that most of us would
also have an interest in, if you like TV shows from the good old days.
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: 31 March, 2001 |
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Date of
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CDs featuring 5 Half-Hour shows from Series 2 |
Duration:
2 hrs 30 mins - ISBN: 0563478004 |
| The next installment is upon us from the good old beeb. They seem to be coming thick and fast - which is fine by me. No sooner had I won the first CD box set, by answering two questions on the lad himself, on a BBC Radio 4 quiz, had this second CD box set arrived. All I can say to the BBC is - double thank you! The shows that are included in this 3 CD box set are as follows; The Holiday Camp | The Chef that Died of Shame | The Rail Strike | The Television Set | The Marrow Contest Another worthy tribute to the comic genius of Tony Hancock and the brilliant writing of Ray Galton & Alan Simpson. Check here: The complete tv and radio guide - The BBC radio series, to see what you can expect in the 3rd box set. |
| Follow this link to the BBC shop, or to find out more, and Order Online |
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The Hancock
record collection has been updated. Again!
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Posted
: 28 March, 2001
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I'm adding
nicely to my collection at the moment. Although it's becoming harder
to find records in A1 condition, as most are so old. I never even knew
what this one looked like, up until the day I bought it (a couple of
weeks ago). I'd never seen it before anywhere, although I did know of
its existence. The cover of this record has been added here: IT'S HANCOCK - DECCA.
The two shows included on this LP are; The Missing Page & The Reunion
Party (DECCA LK 4740, 1965), both full length versions. This was the
first release of this record. There was a subsequent release (DECCA
PA 417), which you can also see by clicking the pic below.
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In Conversation
with... Galton and Simpson
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BBC
Radio 4, Thursday 29th March, 6:30pm
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Posted
: 23 March, 2001
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Former BBC
head of light entertainment Paul Jackson chats to comedy writers and
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100 Greatest
TV Characters - Channel 4 Television
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Keep
an eye on your local TV listings guide for the time / date when this
program will be broadcast
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Posted
: 09 March, 2001
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Thousands of fictional characters appear on television each week. A very few of them strike a special chord with us as viewers. Some define a time or a place. Others enter our lives and become like family members. And each generation throws up TV villains that we love to hate. Over four hours The 100 Greatest TV Characters will reveal the definitive roll call of TV talent. From 100 to 1, these are the greatest characters ever to appear on British television, as voted for by you and you'll also have a chance to have your say on the TV characters you love to hate. In this four hour special, they'll reveal the stories behind the 100 Greatest Television Characters. To find out more, click the channel 4 logo above, and vote for the characters that you most love, and those that drive you up the wall. Hancock (56-61) - Tony Hancock, Sid Abbott (Bless This House) (71-76) - Sid James and Albert Steptoe (62-74) - Wilfrid Brambell are listed amongst the characters you may consider voting for. |
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Posted
: 01 March, 2001
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This month
(March) I've chosen a pic from the BBCtv series 'Hancock' - The Radio
Ham (1961). Featuring Tony with Edmond Richfield Bernard Hunter as the
two policemen. The Radio Ham is one of my favourite shows from the seventh
and last series of 'Hancock'. I'm already thinking about what I'm going
to put up next month. Any ideas would be gratefully excepted. So start
sending those e-mails
and I'll see if I've got any pics relating to your recommendations.
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The Hancock
record collection has been updated.
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Posted
: 27 February, 2001
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Two new
record covers (front & back) have been added. Volumes One &
Two of Little Pieces of Hancock (both 7" mono EPs). I must take
this opportunity to thank Steve Ford for sending them to me. Thanks
Steve. BTW, If any of you fellow Hancock lovers out there have any memorabilia/collectibles,
that you don't see around the Cuttings, I'd be very interested in receiving
a scan of the said item/s, if possible. Together we can make this the
most comprehensive Hancock related memorabilia/collectibles Web site
around. Thanks in advance for your help.
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A few minor
additions.
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Posted
: 19 February, 2001
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Just a few
updates, to some of the pages on The Cuttings. I've added a couple more
videos, here: http://www.tonyhancock.co.uk/videotapes.htm.
I've also added the latest edition of the Freddie Ross/David Nathan
biography 'Hancock', which has been revised, but unfortunately doesn't include any pictures this time round (a slight backward step if you ask me). You can see it by going here: 'Hancock' by Freddie Ross Hancock & David Nathan, or, alternately, you can read the introduction, by going here:
'Hancock' introduction.
The BBC are due, very soon, to release the 2nd CD box set from the Hancock
Half-Hour radio series. This set will be smaller then the first, which
contained 10 shows, as there are not as many remaining shows in the
BBC archives from this series. Check here: http://www.tonyhancock.co.uk/guide_radio.htm,
to see what you can expect in the 2nd box set. I hope, very soon, to
scan the sleeves/packaging from the 1st CD box set and hang them on
the walls of the Cuttings for all to see. I will put together another
section, probably called the Hancock CD collection, which sounds appropriate,
as the BBC do intend to release all 74 remaining shows in the very near
future. I for one can't wait :-)
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Posted
: 03 February, 2001
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For this
month of February I've chosen a pic from the ATV series 'Hancock' -
The Assistant (1963). Featuring Tony with Patrick Cargill. I had the
pleasure of meeting Patrick at a plaque unveiling, a few years before
he died. A very nice, quiet, man. I wonder what I'll put up next month.
Now let me think...
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The Hancock
gallery has had more pics added.
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Posted
: 14 January, 2001
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They include:
Hancock with Archie Andrews & Peter Brough, Moira Lister & Graham
Stark, plus various TV shows. Click here,
to go straight to the relevant page. I've reformatted/gave a bit of
a clean up to the Cuttings, not that anyone will notice. That's all
for now ;-)
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With just
a few spelling mistakes, I suspect.
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Posted
: 04 January, 2001
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Some, although
I hope none of you, might find the site a bit bandwidth hungry! What
I've tried to do here at Railway Cuttings is give you something you
can't get anywhere else on the Web. That is quality, pictures/graphics/informative,
in a well laid out, easy to navigate, Hancock related Web site. I, before
I started this adventure, couldn't find certain information that I was
after. Being interested in memorabilia/collectibles and a love of the
great man himself, not forgetting the genius of Galton & Simpson,
I decided to Do-It-Myself. I don't have everything, not yet anyway,
but I'm on the way. You can be sure that as soon as I come across something
new, that I feel is relevant to the Cuttings, I will add it. If anyone
has a record, book, CD, audio or video tape, that is not somewhere around
the Cuttings, then I'd be happy to hear from you and maybe get a photo
of the item, so I can add it to the relevant area of the site. Together
we can make this the most comprehensive Hancock related memorabilia/collectibles
Web site around. Thanks in advance for your help.
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A few enhancements
to the site, depending on the way you look at it! As I become more proficient
in DHTML/JavaScript I will, as I've already started to do, add some
of this code to the site. A couple to note, as of now, are the Double
Click on any white area of a page to move to the top of that page. Some
people have said it would be a nice idea, and I have to agree, as some
of the pages are quite lengthy (I do get a bit carried away sometimes!),
depending on the screen resolution you view the page at. The other is,
what those in the trade call, a Pull - Scroller. This will allow messages
to be put at the bottom, left-hand side, of the browser window (Status
bar). Keep an eye out here, as you will get information such as when
the Cuttings was last updated (also on the Hancockian News section)
as well as anything else I feel is relevant. Please make sure you've
got JavaScript enabled on your browser, to benefit from these enhancements.
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Those not
new to the Cuttings might have noticed a change of picture on the main
page. I will change this every month, from now on. I've picked The Missing
Page (BBCtv) for this January 2001. I wanted to see our mate Sid, as
he always puts a smile on my face.
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The Hancock
gallery has been updated. Six new pictures added, from various TV shows.
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Posted
: 03 January, 2001
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above pic to go straight to the relevant page.
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| Posted
: 18 December, 2000 |
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Date of
release: 6 November, 2000 |
| 5
CDs featuring 10 Half-Hour shows from Series 1 |
Duration:
5 hrs - ISBN: 0563477547 |
| Hancock's
Half Hour was one of the most successful series ever made and created
an international star. With his impeccable timing and brilliantly subtle
shifts in intonation, Tony Hancock could create sound pictures that
bore the unmistakable hallmark of a genius. The BBC broadcast eighty
hours of Hancock on radio and television between 1954 and 1961. Now
BBC Radio Collection is publishing, in chronological order, all 74 surviving
radio shows from the BBC Archives with an accompanying booklet that
contains an introduction from the show's writers Galton & Simpson,
a history of the show with contemporary press extracts and photos, episodes
synopsies for all shows including the missing ones, and biographies
of the cast. Ten shows remain from the first series, which are published
here on five CDs in a luxury box set. From Hancock connoisseur to first-time
fan, this completely comprehensive collection makes for essential -
and fantastically funny - listening. A worthy tribute to the comic genius
of Tony Hancock. Check here: The
complete tv and radio guide - The BBC radio series, to see what
you can expect in this 1st box set. |
| Follow this link to the BBC shop, or to find out more, and Order Online |
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The first
Web site to contain this information, and with pictures.
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Posted
: 9 August, 2000
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Click the
ATV logo above, to see the guide.
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Posted
: 5 January, 2000
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The OBE
in Brief
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Finally its happened. They've been awarded the OBE in the 2000 New Years Honors. Took long enough! Greatly deserved. I hope they are as chuffed as I know we all are. |
Order of the British Empire British Empire, Order of the, order of knighthood founded by George V 1917; military and civil divisions created 1918; awards for men and women. Great Britain There are 14 orders of chivalry in Great Britain, each with its medal-and-ribbon award. The oldest is the Order of the Garter (1348). Second in age is the Order of the Thistle (1687), and third is the Order of the Bath (1725). The most recently founded are the Order of the British Empire and the Order of the Companions of Honor, both in 1917. |
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