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Post by Jonathan Tennet on Nov 2, 2005 23:06:23 GMT
Does anyone know what still exists of the Hancock (ATV) series, and whether there are any plans to release it?
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 3, 2005 4:11:51 GMT
'Hancock' - the 1963 series for ATV - all 13 episodes survive, but I wouldn't hold your breath for a release - not as long as his brother Roger is a live, anyway (and I mean no disrespect, by saying that).
However, if you know where to look, 6 of the 13 episodes, are in the public domain!
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Nov 3, 2005 10:30:38 GMT
...or indeed his nephew (and Roger's son) Tim who holds the same view as Roger about this series.
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Nov 3, 2005 13:54:37 GMT
However, if you know where to look, 6 of the 13 episodes, are in the public domain! You mean they're circulating amongst collectors, not that the copyright has expired. Anyway... 6? I know of "The Assistant", "The Man On The Corner", "The Craftsman", "The Night Out" and "The Writer" - what's the other one on the loose? |
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 3, 2005 13:58:05 GMT
However, if you know where to look, 6 of the 13 episodes, are in the public domain! You mean they're circulating amongst collectors, not that the copyright has expired. Anyway... 6? I know of "The Assistant", "The Man On The Corner", "The Craftsman", "The Night Out" and "The Writer" - what's the other one on the loose? Shooting Star: A film director, looking for 'realism' by hiring non-professional actors, gives Hancock a part in a film. Instead of realism, he gets incompetence. |
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Post by Elliot on Nov 4, 2005 16:24:09 GMT
Aren't these available to view via joining the Tony Hancock appreciation society? I seem to think there was an episode from this series with Dennis Price as a snooty doctor. Does this one survive (I don't know the title)?
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 5, 2005 1:49:07 GMT
Yes. It was stated above that all 13 eps survive.
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Post by John Stewart Miller on Nov 17, 2005 23:40:17 GMT
Yes. It was stated above that all 13 eps survive. What about the 1956 ITV series mentioned in the '25 years of ITV' book ? Don't know much about this. |
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 18, 2005 0:16:03 GMT
Yes. It was stated above that all 13 eps survive. What about the 1956 ITV series mentioned in the '25 years of ITV' book ? Don't know much about this. Jack Hylton Presents "The Tony Hancock Show" First Series - AR-TV - April - June 1956. All 6 episodes were transmitted live. The entire series exists on 35mm telerecordings. Jack Hylton Presents "The Tony Hancock Show" Second Series - AR-TV - Nov. 1956 - Jan. 1957 All 6 episodes were transmitted live. No recordings are known to exist. |
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 18, 2005 0:20:35 GMT
Jack Hylton Presents "The Tony Hancock Show":
BTW, episode 4, from series 1, is doing the rounds... Or, can be had/borrowed, from the THAS video library, if you're a menber...
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Post by Tim S on Nov 20, 2005 23:17:22 GMT
You mean they're circulating amongst collectors, not that the copyright has expired. Anyway... 6? I know of "The Assistant", "The Man On The Corner", "The Craftsman", "The Night Out" and "The Writer" - what's the other one on the loose? Shooting Star: A film director, looking for 'realism' by hiring non-professional actors, gives Hancock a part in a film. Instead of realism, he gets incompetence. And a cracking episode it is too, featuring Denholm Elliott as the director. This is my favourite ATV show of the six in circulation and it's a pity that these six, the only episodes the Hancock estate have allowed to be seen, aren't available on DVD. Patchy they may be, but there are still glimmers of Hancock's magic in all six. |
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 20, 2005 23:33:18 GMT
Shooting Star: A film director, looking for 'realism' by hiring non-professional actors, gives Hancock a part in a film. Instead of realism, he gets incompetence. And a cracking episode it is too, featuring Denholm Elliott as the director. This is my favourite ATV show of the six in circulation and it's a pity that these six, the only episodes the Hancock estate have allowed to be seen, aren't available on DVD. Patchy they may be, but there are still glimmers of Hancock's magic in all six. "...the only episodes the Hancock estate have allowed to be seen..." The above statement, is untrue, of course... As far as I'm aware, the Hancock estate has nothing to do with the 6 episodes, currently doing the rounds... They have all come out, through the back door, so to speak  |
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Post by Ted Rogers on Nov 22, 2005 5:18:50 GMT
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Post by Tim S on Nov 22, 2005 22:46:00 GMT
I thought the THAS had permission from the Hancock estate to put these in the video library?
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Post by John Stewart Miller on Nov 23, 2005 23:03:01 GMT
What about the 1956 ITV series mentioned in the '25 years of ITV' book ? Don't know much about this. Jack Hylton Presents "The Tony Hancock Show" First Series - AR-TV - April - June 1956. All 6 episodes were transmitted live. The entire series exists on 35mm telerecordings. Jack Hylton Presents "The Tony Hancock Show" Second Series - AR-TV - Nov. 1956 - Jan. 1957 All 6 episodes were transmitted live. No recordings are known to exist. Thanks for this Ted. Confusion arises over Hancocks ITV work as it's much less known - bar the egg ads - than his BBC shows. |
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