remains a thriving industry. There have also been numerous VHS releases of the BBC television series. While five separate Region 2 DVDs were previously issued, some of the surviving episodes were unavailable until The Tony Hancock BBC Collection (eight DVDs) appeared in 2007. Episodes of the radio series are often broadcast on the digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra. Film appearances Biographies David Nathan and Freddie Hancock Hancock, (1969 [1996]), William Kimber, BBC Consumer Publishing, Roger Wilmut Tony Hancock: 'Artiste', A Tony Hancock Companion, 1978, Eyre Methuen - with full details of Hancock's stage, radio, TV and film appearances. Edward Joffe Hancock's Last Stand: The Series That Never Was, June 1998, foreword by June Whitfield, Book Guild Ltd Publishing, - an account of Hancock's final days, written by the man who found Hancock's body after his suicide. Cliff Goodwin When the Wind Changed: The Life and Death of Tony Hancock, 2000, Arrow - an extended, comprehensive biography. John Fisher Tony Hancock: The Definitive Biography, 2008, Harper, Film biographies Omnibus: Hancock (1985): a BBC documentary which seriously looked at Hancock's life and work, and his legacy. With contributions by Beryl Vertue, Galton & Simpson, Bill Kerr and producers Dennis Main Wilson and Duncan Wood. Hancock (1991): a Screen One production, broadcast on BBC One and starring Alfred Molina Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006): a BBC Four drama about Kenneth Williams, featuring Martin Trenaman as Hancock Hancock and Joan (2008): a BBC Four drama, starring Ken Stott. References External links Tony Hancock Archives website Tony Hancock Appreciation Society The Original Tony Hancock website Tony Hancock profiled at British Classic Comedy Hancock in Birmingham Photo of Tony Hancock, Durlston Court Ray Galton and Alan Simpson; Official website Hancock's Half Hour radio show on Radio 4 Extra (listen again available) The Cream of Philosophical Chat - Tony Hancock on the Radio 1924 births 1968 suicides Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands Drug-related suicides in Australia English expatriates in Australia Barbiturates-related deaths British male comedy actors English male film actors English male comedians English male radio actors English male television actors People educated at Bradfield College Actors from Bournemouth Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Suicides in New South Wales 20th-century English male actors Royal Air Force Regiment 20th-century English comedians