Tony Hancock Quiz Book

Nigel Freestone

Description

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.

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 08 octobre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781908752772
• Langue: English

Extrait

Title Page
THE TONY HANCOCK QUIZ BOOK
Nigel Freestone



Publisher Information
First Published in 2013
This revised edition published in 2014 by
Apex Publishing Ltd.
12A St. John’s Road, Clacton on Sea, Essex
CO15 4BP, United Kingdom
www.apexpublishing.co.uk
Digital edition converted and distributed by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
Copyright © 2013, 2014 Nigel Freestone
The right of Nigel Freestone to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998
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Introduction
Tony Hancock was the best radio and TV comic of his era. Working with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson scripts, Tony Hancock’s star burned bright for over a decade, becoming the first British comedian to earn £1,000 a week. Hancock’s Half Hour would clear the streets as whole families tuned in to listen or watch Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock stumble through life. Behind Tony Hancock’s success, however, hid the self-destructive behaviour fuelled by alcohol, bouts of depression and violence, that culminated in him tragically taking his own life. More than 40 years after his death Hancock’s Half Hour continues to enjoy enormous widespread appeal and has become the benchmark by which all subsequent sitcoms have been judged.
This quiz book pays tribute to ‘the lad’, with 250 questions covering the cast, storylines and characters of Hancock’s Half Hour as well as Tony Hancock’s private life and career.



The Lad In what year was Tony Hancock born? In what Birmingham suburb was Tony Hancock born? What are the first names of Tony Hancock’s mother and father? At the age of two, Tony Hancock moved with his family to which south coast town? What was the profession of Tony’s father? In 1942 Tony Hancock volunteered to join which of the armed services? After being rejected by ENSA Tony Hancock joined whose ‘Gang’ that toured war zones entertaining the troops? Tony Hancock made his first appearance on radio on 6 June 1941 on what programme? Hancock’s first real break after World War II was a six week spell in 1948 as a comedian at which theatre famous for its nude tableaux vivants? On what BBC radio show did Tony Hancock first appear on 9 January 1949? Name the comedy series that, although doomed to failure, first brought Tony Hancock into contact with Bill Kerr? Name Tony Hancock’s first wife? Hancock’s success in Educating Archie persuaded the BBC to give him a prominent part in which show that eventually brought him into contact with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson? Name the British-born, New York-based, entertainment industry marketing consultant and the founder of the East Coast branch of the British Academy of Film and TV who married Tony Hancock in 1965. Tony Hancock had a well-documented affair with the wife of which comedy actor?



The Lad - Answers 1924 (12 May) Hall Green Lily and Jack Bournemouth Semi-professional entertainer at smoking concerts and masonics RAF Ralph Reader A La Carte Windmill Variety Bandbox Happy Go Lucky Cicely Forces All Star Bill Freddie Ross John Le Mesurier



Educating Archie Tony Hancock was selected to take over from Robert Moreton as Archie Andrews’ tutor in Educating Archie in 1951. In what year was Educating Archie first broadcast? How much did Peter Brough pay figure-maker Len Insull for Archie’s dummy’s head? True or False: Educating Archie at its peak averaged 15 million listeners weekly? Educating Archie’s writing team included Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, who would hit the big time in the 1960s and 1970s with which hit TV show? How tall was Archie? When asked ‘why a ventriloquist on the radio?’ Peter Bough always answered by saying? What was Tony Hancock’s catchphrase in Educating Archie? On his way to make his first TV show, Brough lost Archie. The trunk Archie was in had mysteriously disappeared. Brough offered a reward of £10,000 for the figure. But no one claimed the reward. Instead, Brough received an anonymous note stating that Archie could be found at which mainline London station lost property office? True or false: Arthur (father of Peter) Bough’s dummy ‘Tim’ was used in the film Dead of Night, where Michael Redgrave’s plays a ventriloquist whose dummy takes possession of him?