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
Hancock's Half Hour - The Marriage Bureau
The first ever publication of a long-lost episode of Hancock's Half Hour, featuring Peter Sellers - plus bonus material.
Legendary sitcom Hancock's Half Hour ran for 102 episodes on BBC radio between 1954 and 1959. Over 20 shows were subsequently lost - but now one of the funniest and most sought-after, The Marriage Bureau, has been rediscovered. The penultimate episode of Series 1, it features a unique appearance from Peter Sellers, standing in for Kenneth Williams. Available for the first time since its original broadcast in 1955, it sees Hancock looking for a job - and a wife...
Alongside it is a fascinating documentary, Raiders Of The Lost Archive, in which Keith Wickham - the Indiana Jones of archiving - and fellow treasure-hunters discuss the thrilling, complex work of locating and restoring missing radio classics. Plus, there's a surviving extract from the lost Hancock's Half Hour episode, The New Year Resolutions, and a previously unreleased documentary, H-H-H-Happy Birthday Hancock, in which Andrew Sachs presents an affectionate tribute to The Lad Himself with contributions from Denis Norden, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, John Freeman and Sid James.
First released: Thursday 1st June 2023
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 122
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- Distributor: BBC Physical Audio
- Minutes: 122
- Catalogue: 9781529900620
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