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Hancock's Half Hour

Comedy: Sitcoms

Classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 1: The Idol

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Tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide to teach him a lesson.

Tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide to teach him a lesson. Stars Tony Hancock. From November 1954.

Feeling tired of the Lad's big-headedness, Bill and Moira decide it's time to teach him a lesson. 

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

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Moira Lister
Bill Kerr
Sidney James

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

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

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson 

First broadcast on the  BBC Light Programme in November 1954

Hancock's Half Hour: Series 1

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Classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock, written by Galton and Simpson

A selection of episodes from Series 1 of the classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock  Written by Galton and Simpson.

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