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

Hancock's Half Hour

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1956 - 1961
  • 63 episodes (7 series)

Tony Hancock stars in Galton & Simpson's comic masterpiece, with his delusions of grandeur and acquaintances at the root of his every downfall. Also features Sid James, Kenneth Williams, James Bulloch, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi and more.

  • Hancock, Episode 5 repeated Wednesday 1st January at 12:30am on U&Gold
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 4,524

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Hancock: The 'Lost' TV Episodes - The Flight Of The Red Shadow/The Wrong Man

Hancock: The 'Lost' TV Episodes - The Flight Of The Red Shadow/The Wrong Man

"Hancock: The 'Lost' TV Episodes: The Flight of The Red Shadow/The Wrong Man" is two of the long 'lost' Hancock TV Episodes recently discovered by the Hancock Appreciation Society. First broadcast in 1959 as part of "Tony Hancock's 4th BBC TV Series". The master recording tapes were then subsequently wiped as was routine for many TV and Radio broadcasts right up until the late 1970s. Fortunately fans made their own off air copies by a variety of methods including hot wiring their TV sets to reel to reel recorders.

2009 is the 60th Anniversary of the Galton and Simpson writing partnership. Some of the lost episodes feature Ray and Alan in walk on parts as well as stars like John Le Mesurier, Arthur Mullard, Rolf Harris, and of course the inimitable Sid James and Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock!

First released: Thursday 2nd July 2009

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