The radio series of Hancock s Half Hour was first released on cassette by the BBC as part of their Radio Collection series of audio cassettes in the late 1980s. The first three volumes were re-issues of the five LPs from the 1980s plus the LP of television soundtracks from 1976. Because only 10 volumes were made with four episodes each, and because a number of episodes were later returned. Tony Hancock stars with Sid James and Kenneth Williams in the legendary BBC Radio comedy series. Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in 1954, Hancock’s Half Hour was the radio vehicle that made Tony Hancock a household name. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of “the lad imself”. Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises The Income Tax Demand · Sid James · Tony Hancock Hancock s Half Hour Radio. Series 4, Episode 4: The Income Tax Demand ℗ 2015 SC Entertainment. Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC Radio series Hancock s Half Hour: Sid James s Dad (28 October 1956) and The Diet (7 December 1955). Broadcast live, these rare recordings are made available for the first Sid James Tony Hancock. Most of the radio episodes were recorded between one day and three weeks in advance of broadcast, except for Series 6 which was mostly recorded during a three-week period in June 1959 in order to avoid clashing with the recording of Series 5 of the television. Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson s comedy classic, Hancock s Half Hour. The first modern sitcom, it made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Galton Simpson as one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic BBC Radio series Hancock s Half Hour: Sid James s Dad (28 October 1956) and The Diet (7 December 1955). Broadcast live, these rare recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years. In Sid James s Dad, Sid is expecting. Tony Hancock stars in two long-lost episodes from the classic radio series: Series 3 episode 8, The Diet (7 December 1955) Series 4 episode 3, Sid James s Dad (28 October 1956) With the BBC s master copies long wiped, these rare home recordings are made available for the first time in over fifty years. In Sid James s Dad, Sid is expecting. Provided to YouTube by Music Video Distributors Inc. Sid James s Dad · Tony Hancock Hancock s Half Hour 60th Anniversary Season 4 Ep 3 4 ℗ Vintage Brits. Hancock the lost radio episodes sid james.