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Hacock's Half Hour Collectibles Volume 2
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B07B4HJQCF
B07B4HJQCF
Volume 2 contains the following:
Hancock’s Half Hour:
The New Secretary - remastered with the latest technology.
The Stolen Petrol and Anna and the King of Siam - a composite version using existing off-air recordings and newly discovered off-air recordings with additional material.
The Expresso Bar - a composite version using the existing Sound Archive version and newly discovered extended off-air recording.
Calling All Forces- extracts from 2 programmes featuring Tony and Charlie Chester as joint programme hosts.
The Budgie Sketch - from Christmas Night with the Stars from 1958.
Documentaries: Phillip Oakes, Tony Bilbow and Barry Cryer present documentaries from 1971, 1978 and 2003 (What Happened to Hancock, Heroes for A Time and Six Characters in Search of an Answer, respectively) plus two editions of The Essay from 2015 about Tony Hancock and Sid James’s film career
Interview: with Freddie Ross Hancock from 1979.
Each CD set comes with detailed programme notes written by the THAS, featuring previously unseen photos from the BBC archives, which tell the story behind each recording. A copy of the sleeve notes for Volume 2 can be downloaded here.
You can order a copy from Amazon here.
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