Hancock's Happy Christmas: Four Original BBC Radio Episodes (BBC Radio Collection)

Having heard all of these shows previously on the radio & having just bought the cd version to play in the car. I can only say that if you really want to celebrate this is the way to do it.

Although the plots are somewhat dated the pathos that runs through the shows remains relevant today. Truely masterful performances by Hancock, James, Williams ably supported by Jacques & Kerr.

Sit back, enjoy and maybe cry a little - with laughter of course.


Christmas with Hancock   October 20, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

The episodes on this tape are - without exception - excellent. Hancock is gloomy, miserly and hilarious in each of them. He says in one of them "Christmas is going to be just like any other day in this house - dead miserable", and it's lovely hearing Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Sid James having a relatively good time themselves whilst pushing Hancock deeper into the gloom he predicts.

In one episode a mishap leaves him without his Christmas club money (beautifully timed response from the person who gets it), puts up with some insulting orphans, reviews his year in the realms of fantasy and - the best - tries to make up for breaking Bill Kerr's faith in Santa Claus. They're lovely plots - and it's a surprise Galton and Simpson could come up with such diverse ones each year. Seven series of the radio series I believe they wrote - and yet the later episodes haven't worn thin.

It's a great tape - buy it.