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Post by Robert Clark (rcgreybeard) on Oct 11, 2023 12:32:08 GMT
Stone me! Hancock is like buses, nothing for ages then two lost programmes shown up one after another. Richard Harrison announced this morning that another lost edition of Hancock, this time from the second series, has turned up from the same batch of reels that contained The Marriage Bureau and, oddly, it also has a Goon Show connection. The edition, A Visit To Swansea, was the last of four editions to feature Harry Secombe. Hancock had gone AWOL at the beginning of the second series and Secombe stepped into the role. This edition is the one where the Lad Himself thanks Harry. It is early days and Radio Cirlce will process the reel again to maximise the signal quality, and it is known that some restoration will be required. With the centenary of Hancock's birth next May, this is a timely recovery. twitter.com/RHarrisonMediawww.facebook.com/richard.harrison.334491twitter.com/RadioCircleUKwww.facebook.com/RadioCircleUK/
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Post by John Green on Oct 11, 2023 16:15:18 GMT
Lovely news. I was wondering, "Why Swansea"?!
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Post by darrenlee on Oct 11, 2023 20:10:11 GMT
Lovely news. I was wondering, "Why Swansea"?! Swansea is Harry Secombe's home town. If that's not adequate explanation, there's the synopsis of the 'Missing Hancocks' episode, here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08kv5f8As a final resort, there's even listening to the programme. Ultimately this will be a second chance to compare a remake with the real thing.
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Post by John Green on Oct 11, 2023 20:21:53 GMT
Ah. I meant I had been previously been wondering why Hancock was a-Swanseaing. (But hadn't bothered to look it up).
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Post by G D Peck on Feb 9, 2024 2:47:41 GMT
Just curious, is there any update when we might hear this?
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Post by Richard Harrison on Feb 9, 2024 19:11:53 GMT
As the chap that found it, I pushed for it to be broadcast at Christmas (it would have been ready) but was ignored. I'm 100% sure that it'll be broadcast in May, as that's Hancock's centenary!
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Post by Stuart Monk on Feb 9, 2024 20:25:24 GMT
Good to hear from the voice of authority, Richard! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by darrenlee on Feb 15, 2024 20:30:32 GMT
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Post by G D Peck on Feb 17, 2024 9:59:12 GMT
As the chap that found it, I pushed for it to be broadcast at Christmas (it would have been ready) but was ignored. I'm 100% sure that it'll be broadcast in May, as that's Hancock's centenary! Hopefully it will be broadcast in May, I’m looking forward to it. And thank you Richard for all the great work you do in going through all those old tapes. I believe you were also involved in the finding of Hancock’s The Marriage Bureau and The Navy Lark - The Cornish Exercise, i throughly enjoyed both of them. Hopefully a few more gems can be found.
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Post by G D Peck on Feb 17, 2024 10:00:30 GMT
Would be amazing if this person does indeed have these episodes.
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Post by Richard Harrison on Feb 18, 2024 18:01:42 GMT
Many thanks G.D. Peck for your kind words. I was astounded to see the comment on Amazon!
'How Hancock Won The War' - I have this too, and the sound is truly appalling.
'A Holiday In France' - I suppose this could be confused with 'A Trip to France' (which does exist).
'The Winter Holiday' - this could be 'The Alpine Holiday' (TV soundtrack).
But, I'd love to be wrong and for this person's information to be true. It's sometimes only when someone says 'this is missing' that people realise!
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Post by darrenlee on May 12, 2024 9:12:53 GMT
I appreciate that the information is available elsewhere, and probably anyone interested already knows, but by now shouldn't someone have posted here that 'A Visit to Swansea' will be broadcast at 6.15pm on 4 Extra today, Tony Hancock's hundredth birthday?
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Post by Richard Harrison on May 14, 2024 19:47:59 GMT
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Post by markh on May 25, 2024 15:03:10 GMT
To Richard Harrison.
Firstly a massive thank you for the work that you do and in particular finding two "Holy Grail" episodes.
Secondly - both are slightly incomplete. In your opinion why was that? Does it sound like the person recording them top and tail to save tape? Were they just late recording? Was there any "unsalvageable" audio?
Its great that with both nothing major is lost and only having listened to the recreation once, if the theme had gone straight into what's left of Swansea I probably would never have noticed! I see a few in the Hancock Society have spliced in the recreation.
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Post by dave1turner on Jun 7, 2024 17:54:38 GMT
did not Bob Monkhouse save some hancock recordings?
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