Hancock's Half Hour

Series 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 15^th Apr 2009, 08:00 on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: Thu 22^nd Jun 2023, 03:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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The 1956 musical film release of 'The King and I' inspires the Lad's own unmusical and argumentative version.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1956. Show less