Hancock's Half Hour
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
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Popularity
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Season 1
Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast li…
Season 2
Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. …
Season 3
Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadca…
Season 4
Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were re…
Season 5
Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the B…
Season 6
Broadcast between 4th March 1960 and 6th May 1960, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive.…
Season 7
Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised…
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