The Missing Hancocks Series 2: Five new recordings of classic ‘lost’ scripts Audiobook (Free)
- Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- 3 h 0 min
- BBC Worldwide Ltd
- 2016-02-04
Summary:
Kevin McNally stars in five additional completely new recordings of original Hancock’s Half Hour scripts by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Hancock’s Fifty percent Hour was an enormously well-known radio sitcom in the 1950s, but several of the episodes were not maintained in the BBC Sound Archive and are believed to be dropped. Following the successful first series, five even more shows have already been recreated by BBC Radio 4, with Kevin McNally once more reprising the role made famous by Tony Hancock.The episodes are How Hancock Won the War, The Red Planet, The Marriage Bureau, A Visit to Russia as well as the Trial of Father Christmas. Also included is definitely a bonus Director’s Commentary for the Series 1 show The Matador, where Andy Hamilton talks to Kevin McNally and co-producer Neil Pearson about the problems, and joys, of recreating a 1950s sitcom. Among the assisting solid are Simon Greenall, Kevin Eldon and Robin Sebastian. Duration: 2 hours 30 mins approx.