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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 13 repeated Wednesday 15th January at 7:30am on Radio 4 Extra

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Hancock's Half Hour - The Collector's Edition: Series One

Hancock's Half Hour - The Collector's Edition: Series One

All ten surviving episodes from the first series of what is considered ot be the first British sitcom.

First released: Friday 1st October 1999

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