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: The Emigrant

The Emigrant

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hancock's Half Hour, Series 4, The Emigrant

The Lad decides to move abroad, but has big trouble finding a country to take him.

The Lad decides to move abroad, but has big trouble finding a country to take him. Stars Tony Hancock. From February 1957.

The Lad is keen to emigrate, but is met with refusals from other countries including Australia and Canada. 

Can Sid help him to leave Britain? 

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
Hattie Jacques
Kenneth Williams

Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.

Producer: Denis Main Wilson 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.

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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