The Bowmans - Revision history

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	"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[~~w:BBC\|~~BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[~~w:retronym\|~~retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.		"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.

	==Outline and background==		==Outline and background==
	Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a [[~~w:parody\|~~parody]] of the real BBC radio programme ''[[~~w:The Archers\|~~The Archers]]''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer [[Wally Stott]] of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "[[~~w:Barwick Green\|~~Barwick Green]]". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character, only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first programme, a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock).		Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a [[parody]] of the real BBC radio programme ''[[The Archers]]''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer [[Wally Stott]] of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "[[Barwick Green]]". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character, only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first programme, a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock).

	The supporting cast includes [[Patrick Cargill]] as the producer, [[Peter Glaze]] as an animal impersonator and [[~~w:Brian Oulton\|~~Brian Oulton]] as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family.		The supporting cast includes [[Patrick Cargill]] as the producer, [[Peter Glaze]] as an animal impersonator and [[Brian Oulton]] as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family.

	The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character [[~~w:Grace Archer\|~~Grace Archer]] in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.		The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character [[Grace Archer]] in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.

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	* [[Bruno Barnarbe]] as a BBC Official		* [[Bruno Barnarbe]] as a BBC Official
	* William Sherwood as Julian Court		* William Sherwood as Julian Court
	* [[~~w:Brian Oulton\|~~Brian Oulton]] as "Dan Bowman"		* [[Brian Oulton]] as "Dan Bowman"
	* [[Constance Chapman]] as "Gladys Bowman"		* [[Constance Chapman]] as "Gladys Bowman"
	* Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman"		* Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman"

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	"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.		"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[w:retronym\|retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.

	==Outline and background==		==Outline and background==
	Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a [[parody]] of the real BBC radio programme ''[[The Archers]]''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer [[Wally Stott]] of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "[[Barwick Green]]". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character, only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first programme, a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock).		Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a [[w:parody\|parody]] of the real BBC radio programme ''[[w:The Archers\|The Archers]]''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer [[Wally Stott]] of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "[[w:Barwick Green\|Barwick Green]]". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character, only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first programme, a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock).

	The supporting cast includes [[Patrick Cargill]] as the producer, [[Peter Glaze]] as an animal impersonator and [[Brian Oulton]] as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family.		The supporting cast includes [[Patrick Cargill]] as the producer, [[Peter Glaze]] as an animal impersonator and [[w:Brian Oulton\|Brian Oulton]] as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family.

	The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character [[Grace Archer]] in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.		The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character [[w:Grace Archer\|Grace Archer]] in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.

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	* [[Bruno Barnarbe]] as a BBC Official		* [[Bruno Barnarbe]] as a BBC Official
	* William Sherwood as Julian Court		* William Sherwood as Julian Court
	* [[Brian Oulton]] as "Dan Bowman"		* [[w:Brian Oulton\|Brian Oulton]] as "Dan Bowman"
	* [[Constance Chapman]] as "Gladys Bowman"		* [[Constance Chapman]] as "Gladys Bowman"
	* Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman"		* Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman"
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	"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour~~\|Hancock~~]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.		"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson\|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson\|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.

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"'''The Bowmans'''" is an episode of the [[BBC]] television situation comedy programme ''[[Hancock's Half Hour|Hancock]]'', the final BBC series featuring [[Tony Hancock]], first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by [[Galton and Simpson|Ray Galton]] and [[Galton and Simpson|Alan Simpson]]. The title is a [[retronym]]; the episodes were not originally identified individually.

==Outline and background==
Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a [[parody]] of the real BBC radio programme ''[[The Archers]]''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer [[Wally Stott]] of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "[[Barwick Green]]". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character, only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first programme, a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock).

The supporting cast includes [[Patrick Cargill]] as the producer, [[Peter Glaze]] as an animal impersonator and [[Brian Oulton]] as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family.

The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character [[Grace Archer]] in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.

==Cast==
* [[Tony Hancock]] as Anthony Hancock
* [[Patrick Cargill]] as the Producer
* [[Dennis Chinnery]] as the Reporter
* Victor Platt as the Postman
* [[Hugh Lloyd]] as the Florist
* [[Bruno Barnarbe]] as a BBC Official
* William Sherwood as Julian Court
* [[Brian Oulton]] as "Dan Bowman"
* [[Constance Chapman]] as "Gladys Bowman"
* Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman"
* [[Alec Bregonzi]] as "Fred"
* [[Peter Glaze]] as "Harold"
* [[Ralph Wilson]] as "The Doctor"

==External links==
*{{IMDb episode|0595642|The Bowmans}}
*[http://www.tv.com/hancocks-half-hour/the-bowmans/episode/71648/summary.html Summary of the episode] on [[tv.com]]

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