Hancock: The Best Of - Volume 1 (1961) (DVD)

This collection of Hancock's finest half-hours brings together the greatest moments from a much loved comic master - the lad himself. Contains the episodes: The Bedsitter, The Bowmans, The Radio Ham, The Lift and - of course - The Blood Donor. See a genius at work! The Bedsitter - It's a dull day, with Hancock endlessly picking up and setting down 'improving' books and failing to watch television. But then the phone rings, and Svengali swings into action. The Bowmans - When Old Joshua Merryweather is unceremoniously asked from an Archers - style radio spoof, the station is bombarded with protest letters and so the appalling Joshua is re-instated - leaving Hancock hell - bent on revenge. The Radio Ham - 'Mayday! Mayday!' A radio ham in England - the lad himself, picks up the desperate messages from a stricken vessel off the coast of Sierra Leone. The Lift - 'Eight Persons is eight persons - you'll have to get out', insists the attendant as Hancock barges into a crowed lift. But he Won't budge and neither will the lift. The Blood Donor - 'A pint, why that's nearly an armful!' protests our public spirited hero when he decides 'to give so that others may live.' But a deposit can all too quickly be followed by a sudden withdrawal.

Interview with writers Simpson and Galton (20 mins)
Tony Hancock Profile
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