Various other video tape releases that feature Hancock
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To See Such Fun
RPTA
Released 1981 - (Big Box / Pre-Cert) - Now deleted
Videospace
See the later Australian release of this video British Comedy Classics

To See Such Fun features some of the most memorable moments in British Film Comedy. For over eighty years, film studios have been turning out smile-a-minute comedy mirthquakes starring a host of comedians too humourous to mention. The cast of this film is made up of those howlarious, funtastic, clown princes of comedy.

Enjoy reliving some of those unforgettable moments, and spotting the stars! We'll show you... Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Sid James, Margaret Rutherford, James Robertson-Justice, Joyce Grenfell, Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom, George Formby, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Arthur Lowe, Max Wall, Ronnie Barker, Jimmy Edwards, Tommy Handley, Benny Hill, Will Hay, Alec Guinness, Kenneth Williams, Marty Feldman, Harry Secombe, Eric Idle, Lionel Jeffries, Barbara Windsor, Spike Milligan, Tommy Trinder, Sylvia Simms, Stanley Baxter, Thora Hird, Dirk Bogarde, Bernard Cribbins, Charlie Drake, Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips, Irene Handl... and many others.

Extracts from both of Hancock's best know films feature on this video. Those films being of course The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man.

 

To See Such Fun
US release - NTSC format (Pre-Cert) - 1982 - Now deleted
Pacific Arts Video Records
See the earlier UK release To See Such Fun or the later AUS release British Comedy Classics
PAVR 533

To See Such Fun features some of the most memorable moments in British Film Comedy. For over eighty years, film studios have been turning out smile-a-minute comedy mirthquakes starring a host of comedians too humourous to mention. The cast of this film is made up of those howlarious, funtastic, clown princes of comedy.

Enjoy reliving some of those unforgettable moments, and spotting the stars! We'll show you... Peter Sellers, Marty Feldman, Benny Hill, Eric Idle, Margaret Rutherford, Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Spike Milligan, Norman Wisdom... and many, many others.

Extracts from both of Hancock's best know films feature on this video. Those films being of course The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man.

 

Benson & Hedges
100's of smiles - The Best of British Classic Comedy
Catalyst Productions Ltd
Released 1987 - (Pre-Cert) - Now deleted

Frankie Howerd is your guide for a lighthearted look at the Best of British Classic Comedy.

'Titter ye may' at the comic titbits from artistes as renowned as Tommy Cooper, as madcap as Max Wall, as humorous as Hancock.

Our star studded presentation also features Peter Sellers, Morecambe and Wise, Marty Feldman, Alexei Sayle, Cannon & Ball and Stanley Baxter. Plus comic clips from Carry on Cleo, A Private Function, St Trinians, Rising Damp, Porridge, Life of Brian, the Crazy Gang and Clockwise.

All are brought to you on this exclusive video with the compliments of Benson & Hedges 100's.

 

The Best Of British Cinema
Released 1991 - Now deleted
Screen Entertainment
See the later 1996 re-release of this video The Best Of British Cinema
SE 9107

Classic Characters - Throughout the history of the Cinema, there have been characters and performances which audiences have always remembered. This programme looks, at some of British Cinema's most popular stars and some of the classic characters that have been created by the the likes of Orson Welles, Charles Laughton, Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.

Way of Life - Looks at British film-makers' views of some of those individual eccentricities that together make up the British way of life. From Admiral Eric Sykes with his canal cruiser flagship to Peter Sellers as a rogue vicar. From an eligible bachelor on a remote Scottish island to slick city sales rep. This programme takes both a funny and critical look at different people's ways of life, making the most of the rich kaleidoscope that makes up the character and characteristics of us all.

 

 

Vision Video Ltd
The Golden Years Of British Comedy
0884783
Released 1993 - Now deleted

The Best of 60's Comedy - Priceless moments of comedy featuring some of the now legendary comedy performers from the 1960's, a decade that witnessed the birth of satirical comedy.

Get your laughing gear around these classic clips from stage and screen, intercut with cult commercials from the period. A subtle infusion of the surreal and the traditional. Mmm . . . you can almost smell the nostalgia.

Includes contributions from, Warren Mitchell, Harry Corbett, Eric Sykes, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Morecombe and Wise, plus such groundbreaking TV programmes as Frost Over England, That Was the Week That Was and Not Only, But Also.

The 1960's. The summer has a lot to answer for.

 

British Comedy Classics
Australian release - 1994 - Now deleted
Reel Entertainment Pty Ltd
See the earlier UK release of this video To See Such Fun
14049

British Comedy Classics features some of the most memorable moments in British Film Comedy. For over eighty years, film studios have been turning out smile-a-minute comedy mirthquakes starring a host of comedians too humourous to mention. The cast of this film is made up of those howlarious, funtastic, clown princes of comedy.

Enjoy reliving some of those unforgettable moments, and spotting the stars! We'll show you Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Sid James, Margaret Rutherford, James Robertson-Justice, Joyce Grenfell, Frankie Howerd, Norman Wisdom, George Formby, Dick Emery, Hattie Jacques, Arthur Lowe, Max Wall, Ronnie Barker, Jimmy Edwards, Tommy Handley, Benny Hill, Will Hay, Alec Guinness, Kenneth Williams, Marty Feldman, Harry Secombe, Eric Idle, Lionel Jeffries, Barbara Windsor, Spike Milligan, Tommy Trinder, Sylvia Simms, Stanley Baxter, Thora Hird, Dirk Bogarde, Bernard Cribbins, Charlie Drake, Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips, Irene Handl, Morecambe and Wise and many more!

Extracts from both of Hancock's best know films feature on this video. Those films being of course The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man.

 

The Best Of British Cinema
Tring Video
Released 1996 - Now deleted
REB 050
See the earlier 1991 release of this video The Best Of British Cimema

Narrated by Sir John Mills

Part One - Classic Characters - Throughout the history of the Cinema, there have been characters and performances which audiences have always remembered. This programme looks, at some of British Cinema's most popular stars and some of the classic characters that have been created by the the likes of Orson Welles, Charles Laughton, Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers.

Part Two - Way of Life - Looks at British film-makers' views of some of those individual eccentricities that together make up the British way of life. From Admiral Eric Sykes with his canal cruiser flagship to Peter Sellers as a rogue vicar. From an eligible bachelor on a remote Scottish island to slick city sales rep. This programme takes both a funny and critical look at different people's ways of life, making the most of the rich kaleidoscope that makes up the character and characteristics of us all.

The very first extract shown in part one of this video features Tony Hancock and Irene Handl in The Rebel

 

These video tapes aren't current releases, but may be available from various video retailers that still have some old stock. You should be able to find them second-hand, if you keep those minces peeled!

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