The official BBC video tape releases
Railway Cuttings is the first Web site to contain this information, in detail and with pictures. The most comprehensive list of Hancock related video tapes anywhere on the Web, so far!

BBC Video
Hancock (Vol. 5) - Deleted since 28th April 1994
BBC CLASSIC Comedy
First released in 1985 - as BBCV 7037
BBCV 4049
Click here - to see the very first release of this video, on Betamax - another rare item!

The Bedsitter - Tony Hancock at his masterly best, brilliantly conveying the boredom of a bedsitter-land Sunday afternoon. Repeatedly, he picks up and sets down 'improving' books, he paces to and fro, he fails to watch television. It's a futile and endless day - until the phone rings and Svengali swings into action.

The Reunion Party - Hancock cleans out the off licence and bedecks 23 Railway Cuttings with wartime memorabilia. There's a rip-roaring night in prospect, for Kippers' Hancock has arranged a reunion booze-up for his old army pals. Right tearaways they were, he tells Sid. But 15 years is a long time...

The New Nose - A girl laughs at Hancock's nose and a neurotic obsession sets in - the hideous hooter syndrome. He cannot face life anymore, unless something can be done for his problem proboscis. Hancock resorts to plastic surgery but when the bandages come off...

 

Hancock (Vol. 6) - First released in 1985 - as BBCV 7038
BBC Video
Deleted since 28th April 1994 - This video has been re-released as BBCV 6234
BBC CLASSIC Comedy
Click here - to see the very first release of this video, on Betamax - another rare item!
BBCV 4050

The Poison Pen Letters - Hancock receives regular hate mail and complains to the police. Oddly, the poisonous letters have all been posted in the box right outside his front door. Whose is the twisted mind behind this well-informed vitriol? Binoculars raised, Hancock, Sid and the police sergeant mount an overnight watch on the post-box...

The Emigrant - Hancock, disillusioned with life in East Cheam, determined to seek his fortune in the Colonies: Australia, for example, where the cattle walk about with 'dirty great diamonds sticking out of their hooves'. Unfortunately, Hancock finds himself in somewhat colder climes.

The Big Night - Despite the malevolent presence of Mrs Cravatte at the breakfast table, Hancock and Sid are in high spirits. For this is the weekend and Saturday-night fever is in the air. The East Cheam birds had better watch out, but Hancock's glad rags prove to be sadly inadequate.

 

BBC Video
The Very Best Of HANCOCK
BBCV 5343
Released 17th May 1994 - Now deleted

The Bedsitter - The boredom of a bedsitter land Sunday Afternoon seems unending until the phone rings and Svengali swings into action.

The Bowmans - When Old Joshua Merryweather is unceremoniously sacked from the cast of the Archers spoof, Hancock has only one thing on his mind.

The Radio Ham - Hancock picks up the desperate messages of a sinking yacht.

The Lift - The obstinate Hancock insists on barging into a crowded lift and is soon playing to a captive audience.

The Blood Donor - Perhaps the best loved of all Hancock episodes. 'A pint, why that's very nearly an armful!' protests our public-spirited hero when he decides 'to give so others can live'. And, as with any ordinary bank, Hancock discovers that the deposit can be all-too-quickly followed by sudden withdrawal.

 

hhhancock's half hour
BBC Video
Released 2nd September 1996 - Deleted since 12th February 1998
BBCV 5850

How To Win Money And Influence People - Hancock turns his attention to the newspapers. He's having a bash at the competitions - all the competitions - with the promise of riches, fame and whatever else they have to offer. After all, someone's got to win them and why not Tony? Maybe Sid has an answer to that one...

Air Steward Hancock - Hancock becomes 'One of the Many'. Tony's career as an Air Steward has trouble getting off the ground. Scared of flying, inept at serving and suspected of being an accomplice to a dangerous bank robber on the run (who has an uncanny resemblance to Sid James), he's for the high jump - from 20,000 feet!

The Alpine Holiday - Switzerland is the destination for a lederhosen clad Hancock out for a peaceful holiday and a spot of skiing. But how is a man to relax when he's sharing a room with the yodelling champion of East Dulwich (Kenneth Williams) and an amateur alpine horn blower?

 

These video tapes are current releases and therefore still available to buy from your local video retailer, or from the BBC Shop - Online. Some of the other aforementioned video tapes may still be available from sources other then the BBC, but have been discontinued for the time being.

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 Worldwide, Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 OTT

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

More official BBC video tape releases this way More official BBC video tape releases this way - On to page 3

 

Use your browsers button to go back