Lord Potts
Striker
They often run his old radio shows on BBC Radio 4 Extra. I enjoyed Hancock on TV as a kid and can claim to have seen the Blood Donor & the Radio Ham on their first showings on Friday evenings back in 1961. My other favorites were "The Football Pools" "Poison Pen Letters" and the "Missing Page" (Which I always remember as "Lady Don't Fall Backwards")
Hancock was certainly gifted as were his writers Galton & Simpson but he was desperately insecure and feared that Sid James & Kenneth Williams where receiving too much attention. He had them ditched from his later TV shows. His career hit a bit of a slow stage by the mid 1960's because of his alcholism but he was still very popular with the public his problem was with the show producers who couldn't cope with his drinking.
He was only 44 when he took his own life - very sad and so unnecessary. Had he survived his demons its hard to say if he would have had a long career. Unlike Frankie Howard I couldn't see him working with and bringing in lots of new and unknown comedy writers and keeping in the flow of things.
Hancock was certainly gifted as were his writers Galton & Simpson but he was desperately insecure and feared that Sid James & Kenneth Williams where receiving too much attention. He had them ditched from his later TV shows. His career hit a bit of a slow stage by the mid 1960's because of his alcholism but he was still very popular with the public his problem was with the show producers who couldn't cope with his drinking.
He was only 44 when he took his own life - very sad and so unnecessary. Had he survived his demons its hard to say if he would have had a long career. Unlike Frankie Howard I couldn't see him working with and bringing in lots of new and unknown comedy writers and keeping in the flow of things.