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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 2023BBC 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 2022Eric Sykes, Spike Milligan and the house with comedy value
The birthplace of Doctor Who's Daleks, The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour is on the market for £6.5 million.
Emma Wells, The Spectator, 16th November 2022New book to shine a light on creation of 1970s sitcoms
Raising Laughter, a new book due to be published in September, will take a look at the creation of 1970s sitcoms. Writer Robert Sellers has interviewed a number of those involved in the shows.
British Comedy Guide, 17th June 2021BBC 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 2020BAFTA TV Award Winners 2016
Michaela Coel, Peter Kay, Leigh Francis, Have I Got News For You and Car Share have won at the BAFTA Television Awards 2016. Meanwhile Galton & Simpson and Lenny Henry picked up special prizes.
British Comedy Guide, 8th May 2016Galton & Simpson get BAFTA Fellowship
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, writers of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son, are to be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship on Sunday.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2016Galton & Simpson - Our favourite Hancock: Part 2
A look at the episode "Twelve Angry Men".
British Classic Comedy, 17th November 2014Galton & Simpson - Our favourite Hancock: Part 1
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are presenting a very special series of posts, in which they share their personal favourite episodes from their work on TV and Radio with Tony Hancock.
British Classic Comedy, 10th November 2014Anyone casually inferring that the title of this 90-minute documentary might shed light on the inner workings of knowing music-hall surrealist Frankie Howerd is likely to be mildly disappointed. The Lost Tapes is far more interested in his stage-and-screen career than his occasionally tumultuous private life. That said, the plethora of footage unearthed here is an absolute treat for any fan of British comedy. Bruce Forsyth, Tim Vine, Ross Noble, Roy Hudd, Galton & Simpson and the eternally youthful Barry Cryer guide us through clips ranging from Frankie's stint at Peter Cook's Establishment Club to his scenes - sadly left on the cutting-room floor - with Wendy Richard and Paul McCartney in The Beatles' Help! to footage of another musical misfire in his role opposite The Bee Gees in the regrettable promotional movie that accompanied their Cucumber Castle LP. Other nuggets include clips from 1973 Up Pompeii! rehash Whoops Baghdad and a 1976 sitcom made for Canadian TV.
Adam Lee Davies, Time Out, 1st January 2013