Very Nearly an Armful - A Tony Hancock Podcast

S3 E3 - Very Nearly an Armful - The Poetry Society


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In this episode, James, Tim, Jon and Martin join the beatnik movement to review the brilliant radio episode The Poetry Society, from the final radio series.The team consider the extra dynamic that using guest actors such as Warren Mitchell and Fenella Fielding bring to the episode and how this episode which is a satire on modern art, the coffee bar culture and Hancock’s own passion of philosophy, paved the way for Hancock’s first film The Rebel.  They also review in detail the avant garde poems featured in the episode and carefully consider whether turquoise vibrations are the ideal colour.The podcast also includes a rarely heard recording of Hancock’s friend Damaris Hayman’s reading of Plato which was intended for Hancock to take to Australia with him.The four musketeers, of course, get distracted and this time discuss how the early episodes of Steptoe and Son feature many of the same cast as Hancock’s Half Hour and consider the only appearance of the infamous Dolly Clackett on screen.  In Hancock updates, the team reveal the fantastic news that his 1963 series is scheduled for a DVD release in the Summer 2022.Don’t forget to rate us and subscribe to the podcast. And, if you haven’t done so already, why not join the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society - full details of how to join are at Tonyhancock.org.uk. We’ll be back in two weeks when we will be looking at something completely different – the final episode of Hancock’s 1956 television series The Tony Hancock Show which is out now on DVD - hope to see you then!


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