S2 E6 - Christmas Special - Very Nearly an Armful - The Christmas Club
In this final episode in the second series, we are pleased to join in with the Christmas festivities and look at the final radio episode to be recorded: The Christmas Club. In James’s absence, Tim, Jon and Martin discuss the realism provided by the supporting cast in this episode and consider how much the final series delivered the realistic settings envisaged by Hancock as well as Galton & Simpson when the series first started. Ray and Alan were always generous with their time in undertaking interviews and the team are pleased to introduce extracts from unbroadcast interviews undertaken by the Society and others over the years. In addition, Tim solves the problem of which episode the Kenneth Williams character first appeared in whilst the team get sidetracked by Monty Python’s Book Shop sketch and try to track down a copy of Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying. 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 the Spring with a new series when we will be looking at the TV episode Twelve Angry Men - Hope to see you then! In the meantime, we wish our listeners a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Enjoy your turkey feet and chips!