DescriptionLong absent from the BBC archives, the classic Hancock's Half Hour radio episodes "The New Secretary" (original version) and "The Blackboard Jungle" were recently rediscovered as "off-air" recordings. They have now been digitally remastered, and are presented here for the very first time, along with two bonus archive features: "In Conversation With...Galton & Simpson", in which the writers talk about Hancock and their other comedy hits, and "Six Characters in Search of an Answer" which looks at the character of Hancock in detail.
DescriptionWritten in a style familiar to his millions of listeners, rich with warmth and irony, Terry Wogan introduces his post-Emergency Ireland, his chain-smoking maiden aunts, his quick-witted mother and hard-working father, and the (not so) Christian Fathers who tried to knock his hands off. He also explains how exactly he's managed to avoid a hard day's work from childhood to Knighthood. As never before, Terry discusses his life with the BBC, what he really does at the Eurovision every year, and where he learnt to break-dance so brilliantly. This is the autobiography his fans and TOGs (Terry's Old Geezers) have been waiting for: fresh, honest, and a real craic .
DescriptionFour classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese. A Touch of Class Basil's dream of attracting a classy clientele comes true when Lord Melbury arrives. There's nothing Basil won't do for his Lordship, but titles can be deceiving. The Anniversary Basil's plans for a surprise party go horribly wrong when Sybil thinks he's forgotten their 15th wedding anniversary nad leave. Basil is left to clear up the mess. The Psychiatrist Sybil's interest is piqued by a young 'yobbo' staying at the hotel, while a visiting psychiatrist finds enough material for a conference when he encounters Basil Fawlty. The Wedding Party Prudish Basil is outraged by the apparent promiscuity going on in the hotel, but it's the guests who end up shocked when they find Basil and Manuel in a compromising position.
DescriptionFour classic BBC TV episodes featuring a newly-added interview with John Cleese. Communication Problems Basil has to contend with Mrs. Richards, a deaf battle-axe who leaves her hearing aid 'off' to conserve batteries. But even his whispers a…
DescriptionIn 2002, Lynne Truss presented Cutting a Dash, a well-received BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation, which led to the writing of the UK number-one best seller Eats, Shoots & Leaves . Presented here for the first time in America is the original landmark BBC Radio 4 program in its entirety. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now "txt msgs", we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are.
