Tony Hancock

Tony: Brilliant! Right ladies and gentlemen, if you'd all be good enough to adjust your dark goggles, the Air Marshall here will step forward with is oxy acetylene cutter and have us out of here in no time! You beribboned buffoon!

#TheLift

Bill: I got mine on alright, no trouble at all

Tony: Well, I don't understand it, how can anybody as stupid as you put a bow tie on. I've known you have trouble putting your trousers on!

#TheGrapplingGame

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Tony: Harry, do us a favour will you? Nip round to my mother's place and ask her to make a tray of bread pudding. Oh, and tell my mother, sugar on the bread pudding. Roger and out.

#TheRadioHam

Thank you!

Something for the weekend? Catch up with our latest Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful. We're joined by comedy historian @RobertWRossEsq to talk about Hancock and Sellers. Mates from RAF days, Sellers made films with Hancock as well as appearing in a Hancock's Half Hour

Drinka-pinta-milka day!

🎵Coughs and sneezes spread diseases

Catch them in your handkerchief 🎵

#FridayNightWasHancockNight

Kenneth: Really sir, I didn't realise you were an old war horse

Tony: Yes, young fella, me lad, I saw it all. France, North Africa, Italy, Tripoli, Japan, Malaya, Singapore, I saw it all.

Miss Pugh: He was the projectionist at the camp newsreel theatre!

#TheUnexplodedBomb

Tony: Oh really, this is most exasperating

Hugh: We're doing all we can, sir

Tony: You should know what's wrong with the TV by now, you've been here five minutes

Hugh: Have you been kicking it?

Tony: Of course I've been kicking it. How else do you think I change the channels!

Bill: How can we run our own railway?

Sid:  Easy.  All we need is an engine...a few coaches...

Tony:  What do you mean “easy”?  You can’t just walk into a shop and ask for an engine and half a dozen coaches.  You’ll probably have to order them!

#TheRailStrike

It turns out Hancock mentioned Tommy Steele when referencing Rock Around The Caveman in The Wild Man of the Woods. But I'm sure I heard another reference too, possibly by Sid, but I might be making this up as I was dropping off to sleep at the time!

Sid: Everybody gets colds

Tony: Not like I get them. Samples, that's all they get. Me, I get the full output of the entire germ kingdom. Millions of them, all those big indestructible ones, flags waving, on the march, straight up me 'ooter!

#TheCold

Miss Pugh:  Oh look, it’s started raining.

Tony:  That’s all we wanted.  You watch, it’ll go dark in a minute, and we’ll have to switch the lights on.  I think I’ll go to bed.

Miss Pugh:  You’ve only been up an hour!

#SundayAfternoonAtHome

Yes, I was listening to an episode last week and Tommy was mentioned. It wasn't alongside Rock With The Caveman, I think it was an episode from the first series. Will go back and check for the next podcast.

Tony: Well, I think he's innocent

Juror: Good heavens, why man? Why do you persist in saying he's innocent? In the light of all the evidence against him. Caught red- handed. Identified. Why? Why?

Tony: Well, he's got such a nice face!

#12AngryMen

It's out now! The summer special Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful is on the usual platforms. We are joined by comedy historian @RobertWRossEsq to talk about Hancock and Sellers. Mates from RAF days, Sellers appeared in Hancock's Half Hour and the pair made films together

Sid: This little bit of rubbish shouldn't take very long, then with a bit of luck we'll all get some kip.......

#FridayNightWasHancockNight
#Masterclass
#SidJames

What a miserable trip this is, and think of all the money it's costing me. 120 quid Istanbul and back. I've been dragged out here under false pretences.Birds you promised me and birds I have not seen. Every night I leave my cabin door open and nothing comes in except the draught!

Tony: This is us, look. "A man's job"

Bill: Sounds like hard work

Tony: No, no, its the police force. "If you are between 19-30, 5ft 9 or over in good health, why not join the police force"!

Bill: I'll tell you why not. We're over 30, under 5ft 9 and your back's playing up!

There's been Hancocks in England since 1066. Came over on the Mayflower they did. Nine hundred years of faithful service to the Crown, that's our record. And we still haven't been elevated to the aristocracy!

#TheEmigrant

Sid: Look, you asked me what I thought about your 'ooter and I told you, it's a rotten one

Tony: Oh is it? Well, yours isn't exactly a gem of architectural beauty. Look at it, throbbing away there!

Sid: Are you asking for a punch up the bracket?

#TheNewNose

Sid: Oh cor blimey, I don't understand you people. What's the point of worrying about money. Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we snuff it. You know my philosophy, if you've got it, spend it, if you haven't got it, get it!

#TheEconomyDrive

Coming soon, a summer special of the official Tony Hancock podcast, Very Nearly An Armful! We join up with special guest the legendary and hugely entertaining comedy expert @RobertWRossEsq to talk about RAF and comedy mates, Hancock and Sellers. What a combination!

Bill: It was a great show Tub, boy I've never heard such laughs from an audience before

Tony: No show on the air gets bigger laughs than we got. Genuine laughter tonight, no prompting, genuine honest to goodness laughter

Bill: Yeah, well put your trousers on, let's go home!

Tony:  Why didn't you confide in me?

Sid: No, it would have been too embarrassing, you'd only laugh.

Tony: I wouldn't laugh, what sort of person do you think I am.......

#FridayNightWasHancockNight

.........mush!

Kenneth: Dr Clanger told me I was to be your fag

Tony: What form are you in?

Kenneth: I'm in the first form

Tony: How old are you?

Kenneth: 27

Tony: How long have you been in the first form?

Kenneth: 16 years. Between you and me I'm not very bright!

#TheOldSchoolReunion

Tony: I can't pass the test! I've been up 73 times and they keep failing me. I just can't get the hang of it. Me feet are too big, that's the trouble. They overlap. I put my foot on the brake, half of it goes on the accelerator as well, and we're off again!

#HancocksCar

Kenneth (vicar): I do enjoy the personal contacts with my parishioners, I try and visit them in their homes at least once a year.

Tony: And why not! Must cut down on the ol' grub bills at home, I always say!

#TheUnexplodedBomb

Nurse: Have you ever given blood before?

Tony: Given, no, spilt, yes! There's a good few drops on the battlefields of Europe!

#TheBloodDonor