If you would like to receive the new magazines as soon as they are published, join us by clicking here. We also have extensive archives containing scripts, photographs, press cuttings, magazine articles, Film Fun comic strips, production stills from The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man and other material related to his life and career. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. The audio CD library (available to all Member's to borrow CDs for a small charge) has been expanded. The Society has copies of all of its past magazines as well as the archive magazines from sister Society, The Tony Hancock Society. 6 talking about this. The final The Missing Hancocks are being recorded this Friday and Sunday 11/1 and 13/1. Academic & Science » Societies. Radio 4 will be presenting an Afternoon Drama at 2:15 on 29/10/14 entitled 'Hancock's Ashes'. Subliminal Girls. The July Edition of The Missing Page has now been published. A release date has been planned for the fourth and final series of The Missing Hancocks on CD. Hancock's Half Hour achieves second place in the 40 best radio comedies poll. Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.The final television series, renamed simply Hancock… Roger Ley has just published his new book: ' A Horse in the Morning'. New shows added for Bedford and Bath. The Real Comedy Controllers to be broadcast on 18th March on BBC Radio 4 Extra at 9:00. Read on to see THAS's review of the performance. James Hurn adds 2 more dates to his tour in March 2017. Just For Fun. This September, the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham will be staging 'Seriously Funny'; a play about Tony Hancock and Kenneth Williams. Hancock's Half Hour Collectibles Vol 2 is released on 5th April 2018. Subliminal Girls. The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society has 2,952 members. Just For Fun. Artist. Public Figure. The Missing Hancock episodes are scheduled for a December 18th release date on CD; also Hancock's Half Hour Series 3 is scheduled for release on April 16th 2015. Also, we are pleased to announce that we have secured guests for next year's Bournemouth Reunion. For further details or to join THAS, contact the president Dan Peat, 426 Romford Road, Forest Gate, London E7 8DF (Please enclose an S.A.E.) Dan Peat of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society said of the poll: "It's fantastic news. A new play about Tony Hancock, which has already been performed at the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe is about to go on tour. And boy, could he comede’’ On the edition of Mastermind on 20th October, one of the specialist subjects is the life and work of Tony Hancock. 1 / 1. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. And boy, could he comede’’, ‘Alan Partridge comes from a lineage stretching back to Tony Hancock’’. Network DVD have announced that a remastered edition of The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man will be released in September. 2020 Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Award winners. THAS - Tony Hancock Appreciation Society. Hambledon Productions are proud to present two of the original "lost" episodes from the ground-breaking BBC sitcom Hancock's Half Hour. James Hurn is back on tour with his one man Hancock show. The THAS reunion dinner will be held on Sunday 24th May 2020. Copies of these are available on this site in our members' section. Mary Kalemkerian, Head of Programmes for BBC 7, commented: "Classic comedians such as Taxi Service. Great news, the PayPal link for new members is now up and running and there's a new Merchandise section for Members. Round the Horne Nostalgia. This quarter's magazine The Missing Page has now been published. Ken Dodd's Diddy Men. The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society has 2,952 members. Round the Horne Nostalgia. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. Close. The show Seriously Funny is being performed at the National Star College Cheltenham on 24th and 26th February 2015. The Missing Hancocks Series 3 were recorded on the 2nd and 3rd December. James Hurn has added new dates to his one man show throughout 2018 and into 2019. The Lord Chamberpots Men, will be staging three episodes from Hancock's Half Hour and Hancock in October, 2014. From the Archive - A second podcast featuring more rare recordings of Tony plus a lost episode of Comedy Playhouse and new material from Steptoe & Son. The East Cheam Cultural Progressive Society needs you. Sad news that Ray Galton has passed away. There's brilliant news that there are a good number of programmes on the BBC over this Christmas period, starting with The Missing Hancocks on 6/12. Just For Fun. A new interview with Ray Galton & Alan Simpson will be broadcast as part of the G&S 60th Anniversary with the BBC. The event, organised by the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, runs from 11am to 6pm and features memorabilia, film footage and a talk from Phil Glass on his specialist subject, Steptoe & Son. The Latest Edition of The Missing Page magazine has now been published and is availble to view in the Member's section of the website. Hancock's Half Hour. The BBC has announced the receipient of the first Galton & Simpson Bursary Award. Featuring Hancock’s Half Hour classic ‘The Bedsitter’ by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and Heathcote William’s piece ‘Hancock’s Last Half Hour’. The exhibition includes a section on 50's radio comedy which includes Tony Hancock. Very exciting news just before Christmas of a new Hancock CD release. The BBC has announced the broadcast Date of new Hancock's Half Hour which is 8th September at 9pm on BBC 4. James is seeking to crowd fun the filming of his shows. The fantastic It's All In The Mind: The Life and Legacy of Larry Stephens was published on 16th April. TONY HANCOCK VHS VIDEO TAPE, APPRECIATION SOCIETY TONY HANCOCK VHS VIDEO TAPE, APPRECIATION SOCIETY. BBC Transcription Services. Hancock on CD Part 6 2020 onwards. Ben Miller: My Hero Tony Hancock will be broadcast at 22:35 on Tuesday 27th August at 10:35pm (11:35pm in Scotland). 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