My Hero: Ben Miller On Tony Hancock
- TV documentary
- BBC One
- 2013
- 1 episode
Comedian Ben Miller explores the work of one of his greatest inspirations, sitcom legend Tony Hancock. Features Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, John Fisher, Zoe Bagley, Margaret Cooper and more.
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Using comedians to sing the praises of the performers who have inspired them has offered an interesting perspective to the usual documentary format and this occasional series ends tonight with a new tribute to Tony Hancock.
"His attitude to life infuses all of British comedy," says Ben Miller, which explains why the clips from Hancock's Half Hour, and Hancock which followed it, still have a timeless appeal.
To find out where that iconic character came from - the pompous, despondent failure - Ben meets Hancock's writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
And he revisits the various stages of his career: from the six shows a day in the London revue club where his act was just an interruption to the naked ladies, to his stab at serious drama in The Punch And Judy Man - by which time his drinking had gone beyond a joke.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 27th August 2013Review - My Hero: Ben Miller on Tony Hancock
Homage to a genius of yesteryear works despite flimsy telly tropes.
Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 27th August 2013