4 years since this thread was visited 
so:-
My favourite radio shows:-
Sunday Afternoon at Home
If you want to know what the late 1950s in Britain was like on a Sunday afternoon, then this will give you a flavour of it. Showing my age now, but it brings back many memories for me and so I love it.
Cyrano De Hancock
Sid falls in love with Hancock's "secretary" Grizelda Pugh and goes to Hancock for advice, and Hancock can't contain himself when Sid pours his heart out to him - a bit that never fails to have me laughing out loud.
Almost A Gentleman
Hancock once again is missed out for an OBE, which Bill Kerr reckons he has got - Hancock "You?? OBE - Bill, you were ordered out of the British Empire".
Hancock decides he needs a bit of polishing up to get him into society and so goes to Sid's agency (Debs brought out). Knocks on door - Sid "Hit with yer boot it ain't locked" Hancock "Hit it with yer boot? Hit it with yer shoe it ain't locked - Gentlemen don't wear boots.......at least not those with the tabs hanging out the back"
And at the society ball that Sid has wangled for Hancock to attend - Hattie Jacques as the posh host, when the music starts up "Oh, can you do Sir Roger de Coverley?" Hancock "Why, has he upset you? I'll have him outside if he has"
The Last of the McHancocks
Hancock is left an inheritance in Scotland and goes to claim it, but Seamus McNasty (James Robertson Justice) has other ideas, especially when he thought he had got rid of the last of the McHancocks, and Sid sees and opportunity to part Hancock from his money etc. when he turns up as Bonnie Prince Sidney.
The Poetry Society
Hancock joins a new avante-garde group at the local coffee house. But when he holds an abstract poetry reading evening at 23 Railway Cuttings, Bill and Sid become the new "discoveries", much to the dismay of Hancock of course.
Here's Sid's offering that takes the group by storm:
'Limbo.' by Sidney.
Mauve world, green me,
Black him, purple her,
Yellow us, pink you...
Lead pipes, fortune made,
Six-to-four, come in second,
Green country, blue Haringey,
And White City.
Hick. Hack. Hock.
The Childhood Sweetheart
Hancock remembers that he had a tryst to meet his childhood sweetheart Olive and goes to see if she will turn up, even after 25 years! MUCH has changed...............
The Gourmet
Sid measures Hancock's cake-hole and decides he is on a cert for Hancock to win the "gourmet" event of an eating competition where money is on offer, of course.
My favourite TV shows with half of the old radio crew:-
The Economy Drive
Hancock and Sid return from holiday to discover that Sid has failed to cancel any deliveries and has left every electrical appliance in the house on! The washing machine is still whirring away with just two shirt buttons clinking in the drum............
Twelve Angry Men
Sid joins the jury when he discovers how much money can be made, but Hancock is the foreman - as mentioned elsewhere, I won't spoil the Magna Carta joke when Hancock gives his closing speech.
The Missing Page
Hancock discovers that the last page in a murder mystery is a Charles Atlas advert because someone has torn out the page where the detective reveals who the murderer is. Hancock needs to know who it was!! And so tries to track down the author.
The Reunion Party
Hancock decides to hold a reunion with his wartime pals, but they have all changed. Rare appearance of Cardew "The Cad" Robinson also Clive Dunn. The drinks order he puts in at the local off licence is way over the top.
Favourite TV shows when Hancock was without Sid:-
The Bedsitter (a.k.a. Hancock Alone)
Leaving 23, Railway Cuttings, East Cheam - Hancock is alone in an Earl's Court bed-sit. Great solo effort.
The Radio Ham
Hancock has bought himself a radio transmitter / receiver "Friends all over the world! None in this country but......". Discussing the weather with a man in Japan "It is ah, not raining here also" But when Hancock receives a 'Mayday' call he has to contend with the landlady's husband., and trying to find a shilling for the electric meter.
The Lift
Hancock is the ninth passenger in a lift design to take 8. When the lift sticks he tries to raise every-body's spirits but manages to annoy all of the other passengers. Great exchanges between him and Hugh Lloyd.
The Blood Donor
Hancock decides to give a pint of blood. So, many great lines in this and I especially like his banter with the nurse (June Whitfield), and his discussing how much he has given to charity compared to another blood donor played by Frank Thornton.
My Favourite Film:-
The Punch and Judy Man
With John Le Mes (my what a tangled web of a love life he, Hattie Jacques, his second wife Joan Malin and Hancock had!!) and a regular comedy extra I always had a soft spot for - Mario Fabrizi, this for me is a gentle English comedy that again evokes childhood memories of the seaside.
Difference is in The Missing Page the writer's name was Darcy Sarto and in The Bedsitter the author is Darcy Clinto. 'Lady Don't Fall Backwards' was also name of book by John Le Mesurier's widow Joan in which she wrote about her relationship with Hancock.
