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It's Hancock

Britain of the 1950’s was in an austere post-war mood and in desperate need of a laugh.

It's Hancock

Britain of the 1950’s was in an austere post-war mood and in desperate need of a laugh. Rationing had only recently ended and the birth of Skiffle and Rock and Roll was looming on the horizon, as if cueing a period of social and economic change. As Britain teetered on the verge of these new horizons, a comic performer entered the hearts of a radio (and later television) audience that would eventually number a third of the adult population of the UK. When “Hancock’s Half Hour” was broadcast, theatre managers and pub landlords would claim that attendances of their establishments would be seriously reduced, such was the popularity of Tony Hancock. Tony Hancock - It’s Hancock

Kenneth Williams - Interestin' Facts

Of all the many talented performers who first graced the British air waves and the cinema screens in the 1950’s and 1960’s, Kenneth Williams was, and remains, perhaps one of the most outstanding and instantly recognisable. His ready and cutting wit, combined with a flamboyant acting style was to earn him legions of fans in his lifetime and perhaps even greater adulation after his untimely death in April 1988. In a new century the work of Kenneth Williams continues to enjoy popularity. Thanks to the television screenings of the best of the “Carry On” films and the recordings of such classic radio shows as “Hancock’s Half Hour” and “Round the Horne”, his star shows no sign of waning. The recordings featured in this compilation demonstrate the art of Williams as a performer at the beginning of his rise to stardom and are a fitting tribute to him and the flowering script writing genius of Peter Cook, and that’s an interestin’ fact. Kenneth Williams - Interesting Facts

Denis Leary - Lock 'n' Load

Motormouth live repartee from the clever and precise Denis Leary whose ranting style and prominent use of the F word made his 1990’s shows a confrontational examination of everything from coffee and beer to the inadequacy of Christmas, the Catholic church, the US government and anything else that was passing fair game for his satirical wit and cutting rhetoric.

Denis Leary - Lock ‘n’ Load