Hancock's Half Hour

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BBC Radio 7

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 First Night Party

The First Night Party

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hancock's Half Hour, Series 1, The First Night Party

The Lad throws a launch party for his new series, but things don't quite go to plan.

The Lad throws a launch party for his new series, but things don't quite go to plan. Stars Tony Hancock. From November 1954.

The Lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour.

But things don't quite go to plan...  

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
Gerald Campion
Kenneth Williams.  

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. 

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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