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Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

July. 06,1956
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7.5
| Comedy
Hancock's Half Hour, 1956, 7 Seasons

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television 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.

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Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

July. 06,1956   |  7.5
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6
5
4
3
2
1
Seasons 7 : 1961

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6 Episode

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Seasons 6 : 1960

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10 Episode

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Seasons 5 : 1959

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10 Episode

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Seasons 4 : 1958

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13 Episode

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Seasons 3 : 1957

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12 Episode

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Seasons 2 : 1957

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6 Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1956

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6 Episode

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Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television 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.

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Cast

Tony Hancock

Genre

Comedy

Director

Ray Galton

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