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Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

7,4 /10 (9 Votes)
1956 EN 7 Seasons

Overview

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.

First air date

06/07/1956

Votes

9

Popularity

7.1

Genres

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Ray Galton, Alan Simpson

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

1961-06-30

Episodes

63

Episode runtime

30 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk
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Season 1

6 episodes • 1956

Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast li…

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Season 2

6 episodes • 1957

Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. …

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Season 3

12 episodes • 1957

Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadca…

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Season 4

13 episodes • 1958

Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were re…

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Season 5

10 episodes • 1959

Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the B…

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