Tony Hancock

Author : Nigel Freestone
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1908752777
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tony Hancock Quiz Book written by Nigel Freestone and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you remember Hancock's Half Hour? Was this iconic radio show and later TV series appointment listening and viewing in your house when you were growing up? Were you a fan of the lad? If so, you are certain to enjoy The Tony Hancock Quiz Book. On what BBC radio show did Tony Hancock first appear on 9 January 1949? At which theatre, in front of a live audience, was the first Hancock's Half Hour recorded? How old was Tony Hancock when he died? The answers to these questions and more can all be found in this book. This tribute to one of the best-loved comedians of the 1950s and ‘60s covers all aspects of Tony Hancock’s life and includes many personal and behind the scenes details. With 250 questions, not only about the lad himself, but also the cast, characters and storylines that helped to make Hancock’s Half Hour into one of Britain’s best-loved comedy shows of all-time, this book will take you on a trip down memory lane. A nostalgic, must-have read for Hancock fans of all ages.

Author : John Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007266784
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tony Hancock written by John Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies and Autobiographies.

Author : Philip Oakes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tony Hancock written by Philip Oakes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1975 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patti Boulaye
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326615998
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Faith of a Child written by Patti Boulaye and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable, moving and exciting autobiography of an African child through wealth, poverty, civil war to Show business Stardom. An inspiration for all those with faith.

Author : John Fisher
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000728778X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tony Hancock: The Definitive Biography written by John Fisher and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Hancock was regarded as the best radio and television comic of his era. A man whose star burned brightly in the eyes and ears of millions before his untimely death. This is the first fully authorised account of his life.

Author : Cliff Goodwin
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099609414
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Wind Changed written by Cliff Goodwin and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2000 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Hancock reigned for fifteen years as the undisputed king of comedy. In this relatively short timespan he managed to leave an astonishing legacy of hilarious radio and television, including the enduring classic HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR. When he committed suicide at the age of 44, comedy fans the world over mourned his loss. Now, in this definitive new biography, Cliff Goodwin reveals at last the man behind the myth. Using a wealth of previously unpublished new material, he is able to fully explore the tensions between Hancock's status as comic genius and his personal battles with drink and drugs. He also examines in detail for the first time the reason for Hancock's depression and suicide. Hancock inspired such tremendous love and devotion in his public that they felt they were entitled to a part of his private life: Spike Milligan summed up Hancock's response: 'One by one he shut the door on all the people he knew; then he shut the door on himself. ' In this major new biography, Cliff Goodwin opens the door to reveal Tony Hancock the fans never saw.

Author : Horace Newcomb
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135194793
Total Pages : 2800 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television written by Horace Newcomb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 2800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.

Author : Philip Gillett
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443891851
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten British Film written by Philip Gillett and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some films are remembered long after they are released; others are soon forgotten, but do they deserve oblivion? Are factors other than quality involved? This book exhumes some of the films released in Britain over the last seventy years from Daybreak (1948) to 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), and considers the reasons for their neglect. As well as exploring the contributions of those involved in making the films, the book examines such issues as marketing and the response of critics and audiences. Films are grouped loosely into categories such as “B” films and television films. Some works were little seen when they were first released and have stayed that way; others were popular in their day, but have slipped into obscurity. In some cases, social change has overtaken them, making the attitudes or subjects they depict seem dated. Even being released as a DVD does not guarantee that a title will be rehabilitated. In addition, how significant is the American market? This book should appeal to lovers of British film, as well as to film studies students and everybody curious about the vagaries of success and failure in the arts.

Author : Roy Smiles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786825201
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lad Himself written by Roy Smiles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arriving in Limbo after his lonely end in Australia, Tony Hancock finds himself in a hospital waiting room very much like the waiting room in 'The Blood Donor'. There he is met with the red tape and bureaucracy that drove him mad in life; a Galton and Simpson-esque tribute to possibly the greatest comedian of his generation.

Author : David K. Frasier
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476608075
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suicide in the Entertainment Industry written by David K. Frasier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers 840 intentional suicide cases initially reported in Daily Variety (the entertainment industry's trade journal), but also drawing attention from mainstream news media. These cases are taken from the ranks of vaudeville, film, theatre, dance, music, literature (writers with direct connections to film), and other allied fields in the entertainment industry from 1905 through 2000. Accidentally self-inflicted deaths are omitted, except for a few controversial cases. It includes the suicides of well-known personalities such as actress Peg Entwistle, who is the only person to ever commit suicide by jumping from the top of the Hollywood Sign, Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge, who are believed to have overdosed on drugs, and Richard Farnsworth and Brian Keith, who shot themselves to end the misery of terminal cancer. Also mentioned, but in less detail, are the suicides of unknown and lesser-known members of the entertainment industry. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers the person’s personal and professional background, method of suicide, and, in some instances, includes actual statements taken from the suicide note.