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MCC chairman Sid makes the Lad England's cricket captain, but bets on Australia to win.

MCC chairman Sid makes the Lad England's cricket captain, but bets on Australia to win. Stars Tony Hancock. From February 1956.

MCC chairman Sid makes the Lad cricket captain for England, but places his bet on Australia to win! 

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

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Bill Kerr
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Andree Melly

Special guests: 

Colin Cowdrey
Frank Tyson
Godfrey Evans
John Arlott

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 February 1956.

Hancock's Half Hour: Series 3

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

A selection of episodes from Series 3 of the classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock. Written by Galton and Simpson.

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