Tony Hancock
- English
- Actor and comedian
Press clippings Page 4
A selection of 12 comedians with blue plaques in London
Here's our guide to the 12 comics with blue plaques in London.
Chortle, 12th May 2016Tony Hancock - 20 great quotes
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know!"
The Telegraph, 8th November 2015Forgotten Hancock script rediscovered
A long-forgotten script for a sitcom that would have starred Tony Hancock has been rediscovered, predating Hancock's Half Hour by two years.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2015Top ten sitcoms - No. 5 - Hancock's Half Hour
Tony Hancock is the ultimate British sitcom character, almost the original on which all others are based.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 23rd July 2015Tony Hancock: 20 great quotes
The comedian died on 24 June 1968. Martin Chilton picks his finest lines.
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 24th June 2015Tony Hancock: 20 great quotes
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know!"
The Telegraph, 12th May 2015Galton & Simpson - Our favourite Hancock: Part 1
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of Hancock's Half Hour on BBC Radio, comedy scriptwriting legends Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are presenting a very special series of posts, in which they share their personal favourite episodes from their work on TV and Radio with Tony Hancock.
British Classic Comedy, 10th November 2014I had a real treat this week, meeting Kenneth Williams, or rather Robin Sebastian the man who plays him so superbly in the new Hancock's half Hours. Can any comic actor have given his audiences so much pleasure while obtaining so little for himself? I suppose I could be talking about either Kenneth Williams or Tony Hancock. They both suffered from deep depression and both died alone, having taken overdoses. Thank heaven many of their recordings have survived, and that where they haven't many of the scripts have. You can hear my interview with Robin Sebastian and the rest of the programme here.
Most of us are here today, gone tomorrow, but not Williams and Hancock. They are truly immortal, at least on radio.
Roger Bolton, BBC Blogs, 7th November 2014Sid James - in profile
Perhaps best known for his many appearances in the successful Carry On series and as long suffering Father in Bless This House. James initially made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in the radio series Hancock's Half Hour it would be the spring board to a hugely successful career spanning over twenty years until his untimely death aged just 62 in 1976.
British Classic Comedy, 6th November 2014You can never recapture the genius of Hancock
The Missing Hancocks was a valiant effort but failed to capture Tony Hancock's original magic.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 5th November 2014