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by 692 1614 days ago
absolutely, I'm also guessing not many people did listen to these new format versions of these shows either.

the only time I've ever heard the Goon show or Hancock's Half Hour, has always been whilst listening to the radio (typically 2 or 4) that makes a reference to the shows and plays a few seconds clip

Within my limited field of family and friends I would say that people have heard about them, but have not really listened to them

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An older relative (must be in his 80s now) had Hancock's Half Hour on cassette tape, and I listened to them while visiting.

The funniest one I remember is "The Blood Doner", which turns out was a TV episode (most were just radio).

"The Radio Ham" is also good.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Donor / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEUvyaNu0uw

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Radio_Ham