Hancock: The Very Best of

A compilation of five of the best episodes from "Hancock's Half Hour". "The Bedsitter" - It's a dull day, with Hancock endlessly picking up and setting down "improving books" and failing to watch television. But then the phone rings, and Svengali swings into action... "The Bowmans" - When Old Joshua Merryweather is unceremoniously sacked from an Archers-style radio spoof, the station is bombarded with protest letters and so the appalling Joshua is re-instated - leaving Hancock hell-bent on revenge. "The Radio Ham" - "Mayday! Mayday!" A radio ham in England - the Lad himself, picks up the desperate messages from a stricken vessel off the coast of Sierra Leone. "The Lift" - "Eight persons is eight persons - you'll have to get out", insists the attendant as Hancock barges into a crowded lift. But he won't budge, and neither will the lift. "The Blood Donor" - "A pint, why that's very nearly an armful!" protests our public spirited hero when he decides "to give so that others may live". But a deposit can all too quickly be followed by a sudden withdrawal.