Lost 1955 Hancock's Half Hour episode recovered

This is a fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio material starring Tony Hancock, Sid James and others.

This first volume features The Horror Serial, a never-before-released radio episode of Hancock's Half Hour from 1959, and remastered versions of The Blackboard Jungle, The Student Prince and The Test Match.

Also included are previously unreleased editions of Variety Bandbox, Calling All Forces and Educating Archie, all featuring Tony Hancock, and a host of rare archive interviews with the lad himself. From 1964, 'Ancock's Anthology finds Tony Hancock interviewing Stirling Moss.

This collection is a must for fans of Tony Hancock and Hancock's Half Hour.

First released: Thursday 2nd November 2017

An exclusive collection of rare and re-mastered radio material starring Tony Hancock, Sid James and others.

First released: Thursday 5th April 2018

This third treasury of rare archive material presents another four newly restored radio episodes of Hancock's Half Hour: The 13th Of The Series (1957), The Male Suffragettes (1958), The Sleepless Night (1958) and The Last Bus Home (1959).

Starring once again alongside Tony Hancock are Sid James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.

Three further editions of the radio hit Calling All Forces, from 1952, feature Hancock as co-compere with Charlie Chester, with a bill featuring Robb Wilton and many other light entertainment stars of the day.

Hancock's Other Half's Hour, from 1997, sets Tony's widow Freddie Hancock centre stage, from where she invites many of his former colleagues to reminisce about the man. Among them are Harry Secombe, Peter Goodwright, Liz Fraser, Bill Kerr, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Stirling Moss, Sylvia Sims, Larry Gelbart, Patricia Hayes, Jim Dale, Bill Cotton Jnr and Frank Thornton.

The lad speaks for 'imself in two rarely heard Tony Hancock interviews, first broadcast on Open House (1964) and Late Night Line-Up (1965). Elsewhere Robert Cushman and Denis Norden survey Hancock's life and career in Turns Of The Century (1995) and Stone Me, What A Life! (2004) respectively.

A bonus PDF booklet looks at each item in the context of Hancock's broadcasting career, with insights into how many of these lost or rare items were discovered.

Marking the legacy of one of our greatest comedy entertainers, this collection is a must for fans of Tony Hancock and Hancock's Half Hour.

First released: Thursday 4th October 2018

A fascinating collection of rare and remastered radio & TV material starring Tony Hancock.

In this fourth treasury of rare archive material, our irrepressible hero forms an association to save Fred's Pie Stall, in a newly restored 1959 radio episode of Hancock's Half Hour. From the BBC TV series comes The Italian Maid (1959) in which Tony and Sid are bowled over by the lovely Silvano.

Two 1952 editions of Calling All Forces line up alongside a 1953 edition of Star Bill, and an extract from The National Radio Awards 1951 features Hancock in a rare Educating Archie sketch.

In Hancock's Helpers, from 2004, Russell Davies looks at Tony Hancock's on-air and off-air relationship with his co-stars, whilst a 2009 edition of Great Lives examines the legacy of the lad 'imself. Hancock And Son, from 1998, traces the writing partnership of Galton & Simpson.

In Briers On Hancock (1984) Richard Briers presents an affectionate tribute to Tony's memory, with contributions from Dennis Main Wilson, Denis Norden, George Fairweather, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, John Lloyd, John Freeman, Sid James and Bill Kerr.

Also included in this treasury are interviews with Paul Merton, Roger Wilmut and Freddie Hancock, who all talk about the life and career of Tony Hancock. A bonus PDF booklet looks at each item in the context of Hancock's broadcasting career, with insights into how many of these lost or rare items were discovered.

Marking the legacy of one of our greatest comedy entertainers, this collection is a must for fans of Tony Hancock and Hancock's Half Hour.

First released: Thursday 7th February 2019