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The Blood Donor: Pye's Re-recording

The Lad sparks hospital havoc. Classic BBC TV episode recreated with an audience in 1961. Stars Tony Hancock and June Whitfield.

The Lad creates havoc in hospital.

Starring Tony Hancock

The classic BBC TV episode of 'Hancock', re-created before an invited audience in Pye Records' London studio in October 1961.

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Hancock …. Tony Hancock
Nurse …. June Whitfield
Mr Johnson …. Frank Thornton
Mrs Forsythe/Second Nurse …. Annie Leake
Dr McTaggart …. Patrick Cargill
Mr Thomas …. Hugh Lloyd
Doctor in Casualty …. John Bluthal

Originally broadcast on BBC TV in June 1961.

Re-recording first released on Pye Records in 1961.

First radio broadcast on BBC 7 in June 2008.

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