Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson

Alan Simpson

  • English
  • Writer

Press clippings

Missing Hancock's Half Hour with Harry Secombe discovered

The only episode of Hancock's Half Hour featuring both the eponymous star and Harry Secombe has been located by radio enthusiast Richard Harrison.

British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2023

Live tour of Hancock's Half Hour radio re-enactments

A touring stage show recreating lost radio episodes of Hancock's Half Hour has been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2023

Big Finish Comedy Playhouse competition launched

The Big Finish Comedy Playhouse Script Writing Competition, which is endorsed by the estate of legendary comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, is in search of "hilarious scripts which are suitable for a pilot episode of an audio production".

British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2023

BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants launched

The BBC has launched the BBC Comedy Collective, a collection of bursary schemes for writers, producers and directors. It has also announced BBC Comedy Grants, funding to increase access opportunity in comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2022

The Wrong Arm Of The Law, Blu-ray review

The restoration for Blu-ray is stunning, with an incredibly crisp and sharp black and white print belying its six decades of age.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 30th April 2022

Classic sitcom documentary coming to DVD

A 1970 Dutch TV documentary about British sitcoms is to be released on DVD. The programme goes behind-the-scenes on comedies including Steptoe And Son, Hark At Barker and Please Sir!.

British Comedy Guide, 28th April 2022

Tony Hancock sketch show to be released on DVD

Tony Hancock's first television series, a sketch show from early 1956 unseen since its original broadcast, is to be released on DVD next month.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2022

BBC announces Galton & Simpson Bursary

The BBC has announced a new Comedy Writing bursary in the names of celebrated sitcom supremos Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The Galton & Simpson Bursary for Comedy Writing will award a £5,500 development fund.

British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2020

Newly restored Tony Hancock films and special cinema screening

Tony Hancock's celebrated early-1960s feature films have been restored for new Blu-ray releases, with a cinema screening planned for the acclaimed comedy classic The Rebel.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2019

Steptoe and Son was a genius creation

The flair of Ray Galton, who died last week, lives on in a series of tragicomic characters.

Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Observer, 7th October 2018