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Hancock's Half Hour

TV series

Hancock's Half Hour

7.4/ 10· 9195630 min7 seasons · 63 episodes
Comedy

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.

Created by
Ray Galton

Seasons and episodes

7 seasons · 63 episodes

Ended
7

Season 7

6 episodesMay 26, 1961
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Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2000 and each episod

  1. 1
    S7 E1

    The Bedsitter

    May 26, 196130 min

    Hancock is alone in his Earl's Court bed-sit and tries to master a Bertrand Russell book, fails to get the TV to work and almost gets invited to a party.

  2. S7 E2

    The Bowmans

    Jun 2, 196130 min

    Hancock plays the part of Old Joshua Merryweather in the radio show The Bowmans (which sounds rather similar to The Archers). But his behaviour and the number of different dialects that he uses causes him to be thrown off the show. However

  3. 3
    S7 E3

    The Radio Ham

    Jun 9, 196130 min

    Hancock has bought himself a radio transmitter/receiver and he is able to converse with remote parts of the world, discussing the weather and playing games of Snakes & Ladders and Chess. But when he receives a 'Mayday' call he has to conten

  4. 4
    S7 E4

    The Lift

    Jun 16, 196130 min

    Hancock is the ninth passenger in a lift designed to take eight. When the lift sticks he tries to raise everybody's spirits, but only manages to annoy all of the other occupants.

  5. S7 E5

    The Blood Donor

    Jun 23, 196130 min

    Hancock decides to give a pint of blood. But he is alarmed when he discovers he has to give very nearly an armful, and he is determined to find out who it goes to.

  6. 6
    S7 E6

    The Succession - Son and Heir

    Jun 30, 196130 min

    Hancock decides that it's time to have children to 'carry on the line'. He selects three eligible girls and proposes to them all but is refused. Whilst he is still arguing with the third, the other two return having changed their minds.

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How many seasons of Hancock's Half Hour are there?
Hancock's Half Hour has 7 seasons and 63 episodes. Status: Ended.
Will there be a new season of Hancock's Half Hour?
Hancock's Half Hour has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on June 30, 1961.
Who stars in Hancock's Half Hour?
Hancock's Half Hour stars Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Hugh Lloyd, Alec Bregonzi.

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