Tony Hancock Memorial Statue Old Square Birmingham
A tribute to Birmingham born Comedian Tony Hancock 1924-1968
Hancock statue is not a half hour job
A modern art sculpture of Tony Hancock is being restored in Birmingham to mark the 50th anniversary of his death later this month. The sculpture has been vandalised and covered in graffiti in recent years, so the city council is funding a makeover. The comedian was born in the Birmingham suburb of Hall Green in 1924, and millions tuned in to his Hancock’s Half Hour programme in the 1950s.
(2 of 3) Tony Hancock: Where Are We Going?
Tony precedes Ewan by a good three decades and arrives at a similar conclusion...
Hancock's Half Hour Tony Hancock in Egg advert 2
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In 1965, Hancock made a series of 11 TV adverts for the Egg Marketing Board. Hancock starred in the adverts with Patricia Hayes as the character Mrs Cravatte in an attempt to revive the Galton and Simpson style of scripts.
Here is Egg Marketing Board advert number 2
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Go to work on an egg was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s as part of more than £12 million it spent on advertising, including a series of television adverts starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes in 1965. The commercials were created by British director, Len Fulford. The proposition was that having an egg for breakfast was the best way to start the working day. Author Fay Weldon helped to create the campaign.
Tony Hancock
Fans celebrated what would have been Tony Hancock's 90th birthday by recreating the radio ham sketch outside the house where he was born in Birmingham.
Premiere Of 'the Rebel' (1961)
Unissued / Unused material.
Premiere of 'The Rebel'. Plaza, Haymarket, London.
CU's Mr and Mrs Tony Hancock outside Plaza. MS neon sign advertising 'The Rebel' pan down to the Plaza Cinema entrance.
Various shots people arriving by car and taxi including: J P Wallace, Vera Lynn, Lew Lewis, Robert Day and W H Whittaker.
Various shots people entering foyer including: Richard Hearne, Mr and Mrs Stanley Black, Bill Cartlidge, Ronnie Carroll and Millicent Martin, Tony and Mrs Hancock, Vera Lynn and husband Harry Lewis, Margit Saad, Lord Boothby, Yolande Donlan and Val Guest, C J Latta, Paul Massey, Lord Morrison and wife, Sidney James, Charlie Drake, Avril Angers, Terry-Thomas, Hattie Jacques, George Baker, Rita Tracey.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
(ESL) Beatnik Stereotypes -- The Rebel Set (1959)
Tony Hancock - Interview 1961
A slightly inebriated Hancock gives a brief interview for TWW
Les Darcy Memorial Statue
This is in recognition of Australia's boxing champion taken so early.
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Stone me, what a life...the late, great Tony Hancock....
Tony Hancock On ITV Central News - 26th October 1998
Tony Hancock On ITV Central News - 26th October 1998
Video courtesy of tonyhancockarchives.org.uk
The Lost Hancocks: Vacant Lot
Birmingham Comedy Festival proudly presents the premiere of two long lost and never before performed BBC radio scripts written for Tony Hancock by Larry Stephens in 1952.
Starring James Hurn as Hancock.
A rising comedy writer during the 1950s, Larry Stephens was instrumental in the success of The Goon Show and penned episodes of The Army Game. He also wrote much of Hancock's stage, radio and TV material.
The Lost Hancocks: Vacant Lot can be seen at The Light House, Wolverhampton, on 4 November 2017.
A Birmingham Comedy Festival production for Funny Things.
Tony Hancock's Sunday afternoon at home
Miming (lip-sync) to famous HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR radio episode in which Tony, Sid, Bill and Miss Pugh endure a boring day at 23 Railway Cuttings East Cheam!
Tony Hancock has his equivalent of a twitter conversation...
From the Wild Man of the Woods...
Secombe's Baby (1967)
No title - Harry Secombe shows off his fourth child - Katherine Sian. St. Helier's hospital. Carshalton, Surrey.
C/U Harry Secombe's new baby Katherine Sian. C/U name label tied to cot. M/S inside hospital ward, the door opens and Harry Secombe walks in and stands beside cot. His daughter Jennifer lifts baby from cot and hands it to Harry. He then hands the baby to his wife Myra who is in bed, he pulls faces and mugs for camera. C/U Harry Secombe and daughter Jennifer looking at baby. C/U Myra smiling, pan down to baby. M/S Harry, Jennifer, Myra and Katherine. Harry compares his two daughters. C/U as Katherine yawns.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Classic 1960s eggs ad starring Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock goes on holiday to La Belle France... but has to have his British eggs! Part of a classic series of ads created in 1957 to 1965 for the UK Egg Marketing Board.
Tony's Life In 10 Minutes
Tony Hancock's Life In 10 Minutes
Hancock's Promo for Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Promo for Hancock's Half Hour Unkown Date....
Question - with Tony Hancock
I recorded this in less than 2 hours in it's entirety, then spent a lifetime on cubase adding 5 samples (i'm learning)
Recorded on a 4 track, 1 take only for each part
3 parts -
2 x Guitar
1 x Bass
Drums from a hip hop loop set, added samples on Cubase and made one edit..
Tony Hancock Interview
Baptism Video
Hancock Goes to Hell Tony Hancock in Slasher Psycho flick
Tony Hancock was always desperate to crack America, from his failed Disney
project to attempts to internationalize his image which inexplicably led to The Punch and Judy Man. Here's a trailer for a seldom talked-about suspense project, a collaboration with Israeli film wheeler/dealers Golan and Globus...
(Program 2 Material - words and music improvised by Andre Perkowski - footage from Waxworks, Patricia Hayes via Egg Commercials.)