Hancock's Half Hour - The Blackboard Jungle FOUND!

[Dan]

The word "download" in my previous post is a link. Click it and you're taken to another page. Scroll right to the bottom and you'll see "Select your download: Free / Premium."

[Gary C]

brilliant Dan, thanks indeed! I've just downloaded it, will listen a bit later today. Cheers

[Peter Moore]

I've just listened to it. It's great.

Has anyone told the BBC yet?

[Ted Rogers]

I think the BBC know about it already. And if they don't, they will do soon...

[Ted Rogers]

Just interested to know, how many of us/you, have downloaded this file, and have ejoyed it now ?

[Ian S]

Guest-Ted said:

Just interested to know, how many of us/you, have downloaded this file, and have ejoyed it now ?

Well I certainly enjoyed it. It's great that another lost Hancock show has turned up after all this time.

Interestingly, in the Hancock radio log thread, a link is given to the following web page:

homepage.ntlworld.com/patricia.wildey/guide_radio.htm

which has this at the bottom:

I received an e-mail a little while ago (Sept 2002), notifying me of a missing radio Half Hour that had been found. The show in question was The Blackboard Jungle. The person that had the show was at the time trying to contact the BBC, via their Treasure Hunt appeal to notify them of this discovery. The last I heard he/she seemed to be having difficulties. He/she said they had little faith in the BBC to show/broadcast some of the material that had (already) been returned to them via their Treasure Hunt appeal. He/she seems to have a general interest in all old material, not just Hancock, and also mentioned they may well have other Hancock related material, but so far hadn't had a chance to check through, what appears to be, a vast inherited collection of audio material (which I got the impression may have been acquired quite recently), as of yet. He/she feels that if the BBC can't be bothered to show/broadcast some, if not all, of the material that turns up from time to time, or let the general public at large have a look (he/she believes it belongs to us, the public, as we pay the licence fee, which, in turn, pays for the material, actors & actresses' wages, in the first place), then why should he/she be willing to give up this recently discovered, previously missing, material (Hancock's Half Hour show) and gain nothing in return. And so the story goes on... If I hear any more on this then I shall let you all know. I hope he/she decides to let them have it! We'll have to wait and see... It could all turn out to be a lot of hot air yet. It does happen, as indeed it has in the past, with these types of situations often coming to nothing. I certainly hope this won't prove to be the case this time...

So does this mean that the mystery collector has now come forward after nearly 3 years.

BTW any chance of a higher bitrate version?

[Dan]

Guest-Ian said:

Interestingly, in the Hancock radio log thread, a link is given to the following web page:

homepage.ntlworld.com/patricia.wildey/guide_radio.htm

Also interesting that The Blackboard Jungle is listed on that page as held by the Hancock Society.
Maybe they downloaded it from here and just updated the page?

[saw76]

Just downloaded the file and the website says it has been downloaded 22 times so I guess that is how many of us have now got it from there. What a treat it is. It just goes to show we should always maintain hope that more material is out there.

[Gary C]

I've downloaded and love it! Just brilliant to hear a lost episode after all this time. Do we actually know how many time sthis ep. has been tx'd anyway?? i.e. was it tx'd just once & then lost, or what??

[Ted Rogers]

Gary, According to Wilmut’s book Tony Hancock ‘Artiste’ - A Tony Hancock Companion – (the Hancock bible), the show was produced on Sunday 20 Nov 1955 and was actually broadcast on Wednesday 23 Nov 1955, at 8.00pm. It was repeated, as all the shows from the series were, on the following Sunday, at 5.00pm. The only other time it was broadcast, was on Monday 2 April 1956, at 7.00pm. So, it only ever went out 3 times, if Wilmut’s book, is anything to go by… and therefore, up until now, hasn’t been heard for near on 50 years!!!

[Ted Rogers]

Guest-Dan said:

Also interesting that The Blackboard Jungle is listed on that page as held by the Hancock Society.
Maybe they downloaded it from here and just updated the page?

That page/piece of info, was only updated recently - I know this, as I keep a close on on that site...!

[Ted Rogers]

Guest-Ian said:

Well I certainly enjoyed it. It's great that another lost Hancock show has turned up after all this time.

Interestingly, in the Hancock radio log thread, a link is given to the following web page:

homepage.ntlworld.com/patricia.wildey/guide_radio.htm

which has this at the bottom:


So does this mean that the mystery collector has now come forward after nearly 3 years.

BTW any chance of a higher bitrate version?

Re: question of 'bit rate...' I'm going to have another go, at getting rid of those last few pops remaining in this episode (that I missed the last time round, in my hurry to get it out...), then I'll be more then happy to offer up a much higher bit rate copy... Give me a couple of days...

[Gary C]

do we know if the person that recorded the Blackboard Jungle has anything else 'lost'??

[Ted Rogers]

Guest-Gary said:

do we know if the person that recorded the Blackboard Jungle has anything else 'lost'??

Quite possibly, Gary. Many more tapes were found, we just don't know what's on them yet... Only time will tell us that… You can rest assured, that if anything else is found, I’ll make it a priority, to let this forum know first!

[Ade Gregg]

Is it at all possible to get a high bitrate Raw version of this sans cleaning up?..
I'm an audio Engineer specialising in Restoration. who happens to play Hancock On real radio here in Australia.

BTW iwhen i try to download the file it does nothing !!!..
says im already getting it !?!?!?