Hancock's Half Hour

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

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Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4: Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hancock's Half Hour, Series 4, Anna and the King of Siam

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

‘The King and I’ inspires the Lad's own rather unmusical and belligerent version. Stars Tony Hancock. From November 1956.

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.

Hancock's Half Hour: Series 4

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

A selection of episodes from Series 4 of the classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock. Written by Galton and Simpson.

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