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Hancock's Half Hour (1956 - 1961)

Scripted TV Show
Audience Score
75
Hancock's Half Hour
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.

All Seasons

Season 7

Season 7

May 26, 1961
Season 6

Season 6

Mar 4, 1960
Season 5

Season 5

Sep 25, 1959
Season 4

Season 4

Dec 26, 1958

TV Show Details

Air Date:July 6th, 1956

Last Air Date:June 30th, 1961

Network:BBC One
Status:Ended

Genres:Comedy

Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
Hancock's Half Hour on the Web:Official Website
TV Show Tags:
sitcom