being convinced they had to bring in somebody from overseas because we weren't strong enough people to carry the show ourselves." Angell also featured in one of the last events in the career of British comedian Tony Hancock. Hancock's career had declined since his ill-advised 1961 split with longtime writing team Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (a move Hancock himself had later described as "professional suicide"). He was becoming increasingly affected by drugs and alcohol, as evidenced by his shambolic stage appearances in Melbourne in October 1967; at the time of his Australian visit he was in the process of divorcing his second wife. Nevertheless, he was still a major star, and in March 1968 Seven brought him to Australia to star in a locally made series, Hancock Down Under. To help publicise the project, the station arranged for him to make a guest appearance on Mavis and Angell was chosen to appear with him because, she later recalled, "they had wanted someone who was not easily throwable, because he was terribly easily throwable and very unsure of himself". On the day of the taping, Angell spent the morning at his hotel going through the sketch with Hancock, trying to reassure and relax him, then she left for the studio. Hancock arrived at the studio during rehearsals, but when it came time for his final camera rehearsal, he had disappeared and he remained missing for four days; in the event he had to be hastily replaced by actor Johnny Lockwood. Several months after his aborted Mavis appearance, Hancock took his own life in his Sydney apartment. The Mavis Bramston Show was cancelled during 1968 and replaced by a short-lived variety revue show called Anything Goes. In 1971 Seven produced a one-hour reunion special, Mavis's Back, which brought together many of the original cast including Chater, Frazer, Salter and Lockwood Awards The show and its cast won the following Logie Awards: 1965 Winner of the Logie award for the Best New Show 1966 Winner of the Logie award for the Best Live Show Winner of the Gold Logie award for the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television — (Gordon Chater – The Mavis Bramston Show) Winner of the Logie award for the Best Female Personality — (Carol Raye – The Mavis Bramston Show) Preservation Unlike many contemporary Australian TV shows, a significant portion of The Mavis Bramston Show has survived to