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Hancock's Half Hour

Jul 06, 1956 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jul 06, 1956
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Hancock's Half Hour
  • Release
    Jul 06, 1956
  • en
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Overview

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season

Season 1 ( 1956-07-06)

Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently, none of these episodes survive. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Fridays at 2130 (except no. 1 at 2045). There were no repeats.

The First TV Show

Episode: 1

The Artist

Episode: 2

The Dancer

Episode: 3

The Bequest

Episode: 4

The Radio Show

Episode: 5

The Chef That Died of Shame

Episode: 6

Season 2 ( 1957-04-01)

Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. The BBC did record the first episode of this series for training purposes and this is the only episode of this series that survives. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Mondays at 2000. There were no repeats.

The Alpine Holiday

Episode: 1

Lady Chatterley's Revenge

Episode: 2

The Russian Prince

Episode: 3

The New Neighbour

Episode: 4

The Pianist

Episode: 5

The Auction

Episode: 6

Season 3 ( 1957-09-30)

Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadcast live of which episodes 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives. The series was broadcast weekly on Mondays at 2002. There were no repeats during the run.

The Continental Holiday

Episode: 1

The Great Detective

Episode: 2

The Amusement Arcade

Episode: 3

A Holiday in Scotland

Episode: 4

Air Steward Hancock - The Last of the Many

Episode: 5

The Regimental Reunion

Episode: 6

The Adopted Family

Episode: 7

The Elocution Teacher

Episode: 8

The Lawyer - The Crown vs Sidney James

Episode: 9

Competitions - How to Win Money and Influence People

Episode: 10

There's An Airfield At the Bottom of My Garden

Episode: 11

Hancock's 43 Minutes - The East Cheam Repertory Company

Episode: 12

Season 4 ( 1958-12-26)

Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were recorded and the remainder were broadcast live. Episodes 1, 3, 4, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives whilst off-air audio recordings exist of episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2105 (episodes 1 - 3) and Fridays 1930 (episodes 4 - 13). There were no repeats during the run other than a repeat of the third episode between episodes 9 and 10 on 27th February 1959.

Ericsson the Viking

Episode: 1

Underpaid! or Grandad's SOS

Episode: 2

The Set That Failed

Episode: 3

The New Nose

Episode: 4

The Flight of the Red Shadow

Episode: 5

The Horror Serial

Episode: 6

The Italian Maid

Episode: 7

Matrimony - Almost

Episode: 8

The Beauty Contest

Episode: 9

The Wrong Man

Episode: 10

The Oak Tree

Episode: 11

The Knighthood

Episode: 12

The Servants

Episode: 13

Season 5 ( 1959-09-25)

Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episode 3 which was broadcast at 2045. There were no repeats during the run.

The Economy Drive

Episode: 1

The Two Murderers

Episode: 2

Lord Byron Lived Here

Episode: 3

Twelve Angry Men

Episode: 4

The Train Journey

Episode: 5

The Cruise

Episode: 6

The Big Night

Episode: 7

The Tycoon

Episode: 8

Spanish Interlude

Episode: 9

Football Pools

Episode: 10

Season 6 ( 1960-03-04)

Broadcast between 4th March 1960 and 6th May 1960, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episodes 8 - 10 on Fridays 1930. There were no repeats during the run.

The Cold

Episode: 1

The Missing Page

Episode: 2

The Emigrant

Episode: 3

The Reunion Party

Episode: 4

Sid in Love

Episode: 5

The Baby-Sitters

Episode: 6

The Ladies Man

Episode: 7

The Photographer

Episode: 8

The East Cheam Centenary

Episode: 9

The Poison Pen Letters

Episode: 10

Season 7 ( 1961-05-26)

Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2000 and each episode ran for 25 minutes rather than the half hour running time of episodes in the previous series. There were no repeats during the run.

The Bedsitter

Episode: 1

The Bowmans

Episode: 2

The Radio Ham

Episode: 3

The Lift

Episode: 4

The Blood Donor

Episode: 5

The Succession - Son and Heir

Episode: 6

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Hancock's Half Hour

Jul 06, 1956 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Jul 06, 1956
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato 75%
Original Title Hancock's Half Hour
en

Overview

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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