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Post by cperry on Mar 4, 2009 14:03:09 GMT
Hi people I know this is the TV board, and we are a TV event, but I thought you would all like to know that we found what we believe is a missing episode of Hancocks Half Hour on one of Bob Monkhouse's reels last Sunday. We have quickly arranged permission to play the radio episode with still photographs at our event this Saturday in Stourbridge. Hope to see you all there. www.kaleidoscope.org.ukThanks Chris |
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 4, 2009 15:21:45 GMT
Incidentally, it's a radio Hancock, not a TV soundtrack.
I'm sure Chris doesn't want to say too much before the event, but it's not a standard HHH. But it is rather special.
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Post by Gary Critcher on Mar 4, 2009 16:21:54 GMT
Blimey!! Good ol' Bob! I wonder if he knew it was a rare episode?
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Post by Greg H on Mar 4, 2009 16:59:05 GMT
Wow! Hancock recoveries are always joyous news for me! Will look forward to more details on this when they are available  Nice one lads! |
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 4, 2009 18:38:49 GMT
As Chris can't get to a computer until much later tonight, he's asked me to step in and clarify that this is a special 'mini-episode' of Hancock's Half Hour, running to about seven and a half minutes. It kosher in that it's written by Galton and Simpson, stars Tony Hancock, Sid James and Bill Kerr, has the Hancock theme at the beginning and the end and is, dare I say it, chuffing marvellous.
We just wanted to make it clear that it isn't a half-hour episode, but it IS still an amazing find and well worth hearing.
I say this as the chap wot done the clean-up on it this week for the event. Rest assured, it sounds like it was recorded this morning, let alone yesterday. Better than many episodes I've heard released officially.
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Post by Rich Cornock on Mar 4, 2009 19:00:06 GMT
This is great news. Its really nice to hear a positive story like this on the forum, all too often i read stories that go round in circles about programs that may or may not exist in a mystery archive.
Well done to all those involved with the recovery and restoration of this item, keep up the good work.
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Post by Greg H on Mar 11, 2009 18:08:59 GMT
Thanks for the info Alan!
Does anyone here fancy giving it a quick review without too many spoilers? Im intrigued to know what year it was and what occasion it was made for.
Im always pretty stoked when any Hancock comes back!!
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Post by Ant Harvison - WIPED NEWS on Mar 11, 2009 21:45:23 GMT
It was originally broadcast as part of Welcome to London, tx. 3rd August 1958 (BBC Light Programme), described on the Mausoleum Club forum by Alan Hayes, who has restored the programme, as a a ‘gala performance to celebrate the successful conclusion of the 1958 Commonwealth Games’. The Hancock mini-episode is on this subject.
What’s even more exciting is that the whole Welcome to London programme has been recovered and, as Alan explains on the Mausoleum Club forum, features other gems like a Take It From Here mini-episode, Frankie Howerd, the Much Binding in the Marsh cast and a sketch featuring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques.
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Post by Andy Howells on Mar 12, 2009 8:54:08 GMT
This sounds like a great programme, how long was the complete show?
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 12, 2009 12:53:29 GMT
Thanks to Anthony Harvison for paraphrasing what I had previously said at The Mausoleum Club. I've been having the devil's own job logging into this forum from home (a problem which is still continuing - see below), and I wanted to reply to Greg's query, but couldn't.
What Anthony says is quite correct. The full programme is just under 90 minutes in duration, Andy.
Regarding my problem logging in from home, I notice that here at work IE7 reckons the site in in the 'Internet zone'. At home - also in IE7 - it's coming up as a 'Restricted site' and I suspect that is why whenever I try to log in there, it fails. I've checked in the Restricted Sites list in IE7 and there's no mention of 'missingepisodes' or 'proboards.com', so does anyone have any suggestions regarding how I might solve this issue, please?
Thanks.
Alan
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Mar 12, 2009 15:00:34 GMT
It was a beautiful vignette.
Short but sweet.
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Post by Greg H on Mar 12, 2009 16:56:38 GMT
Thanks to Anthony Harvison for paraphrasing what I had previously said at The Mausoleum Club. I've been having the devil's own job logging into this forum from home (a problem which is still continuing - see below), and I wanted to reply to Greg's query, but couldn't. What Anthony says is quite correct. The full programme is just under 90 minutes in duration, Andy. Regarding my problem logging in from home, I notice that here at work IE7 reckons the site in in the 'Internet zone'. At home - also in IE7 - it's coming up as a 'Restricted site' and I suspect that is why whenever I try to log in there, it fails. I've checked in the Restricted Sites list in IE7 and there's no mention of 'missingepisodes' or 'proboards.com', so does anyone have any suggestions regarding how I might solve this issue, please? Thanks. Alan Hi there Alan, re your internet troubles, I would try a free download of mozilla firefox. It seems to be a bit more reliable for internet activities in general. It may or may not solve the problem in question. Definitely worth a go though. In all, this sounds like an excellent recovery! Having the original sketch in its original context is absolutely great! I hope I get to hear the whole thing at some point. Good work guys |
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Post by Alan Hayes on Mar 12, 2009 23:04:42 GMT
Thanks for the advice, Greg. I've used Firefox before and didn't like it at all, so thought I'd try Safari instead --- and here I am at home, logged in - so thank you!
'Welcome to London' is a really nice find. The Hancock bit is simply the icing on the cake.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 12, 2009 23:56:10 GMT
Thanks for the advice, Greg. I've used Firefox before and didn't like it at all, so thought I'd try Safari instead --- and here I am at home, logged in - so thank you! 'Welcome to London' is a really nice find. The Hancock bit is simply the icing on the cake. Bob Monkhouse may not have been everybody's cup of tea but I always appreciated his sharp comedy brain. His "archive" looks like it will be a goldmine for missing TV/radio material and his memory, as an archivist, should be preserved. How do we suggest to the powers-that-be wrt MBW that there should be an annual "Monkhouse award" for archive recoveries ? |
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Post by Andy Howells on Mar 13, 2009 8:36:55 GMT
Thats a great idea John, would probably bring a bit more recognition to archive recoveries too and may give people who are hoarding items an incentive to return missing TV and radio, though I think the representatives from the BBC, ITV and the like should give it some support too. For instance you could have special "Archive Week's" on BBC 7 or even BBCFour highlighting recent recoveries...
Ah well, nice to dream!
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