Hancock's Half Hour(1956)
Comedy
First Air Date: 1956-07-06
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.4
Votes: 9
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 63
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
Keywords
sitcom
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
The First TV Show
Air Date: 1956-07-06
Hancock has a broken leg but Sid insists that the show must go on and so the show is broadcast from Hancock's hospita...
E02
The Artist
Air Date: 1956-07-20
Hancock decides to become an artist and buys up some old canvases to paint over. However, one is a stolen Rembrandt a...
E03
The Dancer
Air Date: 1956-08-03
At last Hancock secures a film role... but only if he can dance. Sid provides lessons for Hancock and enters him into...
E04
The Bequest
Air Date: 1956-08-17
Uncle Obadiah leaves Hancock a fortune provided that he gets married. Hancock starts to look for his future wife with...
E05
The Radio Show
Air Date: 1956-08-31
Broadcast from the National Radio Show, Earl's Court, this episode comprised a number of sketches including the The R...
E06
The Chef That Died of Shame
Air Date: 1956-09-14
The cast play the parts in the story of 'Iggins, a cook who becomes a well respected chef but subsequently fails and ...
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