British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)
Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Light Programme
  • 1954 - 1959
  • 107 episodes (6 series)

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition. Stars Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sid James, Moira Lister, Kenneth Williams and more.

  • Series 3, Episode 2 repeated tomorrow at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra

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Hancock's Half Hour features

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows left to right: Sidney Balmoral James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock). Credit: BBC

Hancock's Half Hour on the stage at 70

Ahead of comedian Tony Hancock's centenary and the 70th anniversary of sitcom Hancock's Half Hour on radio, actor and producer John Hewer discusses his new stage production of three scripts from lost television episodes.

Educating Archie. Peter Brough. Copyright: BBC

Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.

Hancock's Half Hour. Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock)

Stone me, what a legacy: Hancock's Half Hour

A tribute to the career of Tony Hancock and his legacy of work, including masterful sitcom Hancock's Half Hour.

The Undiscovered Tony Hancock. Tony Hancock. Copyright: Getty Images

Tony Hancock - From East Cheam to the Pop Charts

Tony Hancock's work is much-celebrated amongst comedy aficionados, but long before complete CD releases were ever dreamt of, a series of re-recorded episodes of his and Galton & Simpson's iconic series were released on vinyl.

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