A Story Of Our Time: What Happened To Hancock?
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 4
- 1971
- 1 episode
Documentary about Tony Hancock, hearing from many of his colleagues and co-stars. Also features Phillip Oakes, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Ralph Reader, Duncan Wood and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 1971
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Phillip Oakes, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Ralph Reader, Duncan Wood, Sid James, Beryl Vertue, Sylvia Syms and more
- Writers
- Phillip Oakes
- Company
Throughout his career Tony Hancock was a perfectionist, searching for some indefinable and unattainable peak of 'pure' comedy. It was a search that brought him both triumph and disaster. He was still searching when he died tragically in Australia in June 1968.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 2nd February 1971 at 8:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 45 minutes