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Hancock

Episode 4: The Lift

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 20^th Jan 1961, 22:00 on BBC One YorkshireLatest broadcast: Mon 21^st May 2012, 03:20 on BBC Four

Classic comedy. Hancock is the ninth passenger in a lift for eight people. When the lift sticks between floors, his attempts to cheer everybody up are not appreciated. Show more

Contributors

Anthony Aloysius Hancock:: Tony Hancock
Mr Humphries:: Charles Lloyd Pack
Mrs Humphries:: Diana King
The Producer:: Jack Watling
The Air Marshall:: John Le Mesurier
The Vicar:: Noel Howlett
Lift Assistant:: Hugh Lloyd
Writer:: Ray Galton
Writer:: Alan Simpson
Producer:: Duncan Wood

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Series

Source: BBC Online

Hancock's Half Hour

The Lawyer: The Crown v James S

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 2^nd Dec 1957, 20:02 on BBC TelevisionLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Jul 2023, 00:05 on BBC Four

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Hancock is a lawyer and defends Sid, who is accused of theft from a jewellery shop - and a further 57 charges to boot.

Contributors

Hancock:: Tony Hancock
Sidney Balmoral James :: Sidney James
Lord Chief Justice Williams :: John Le Mesurier
PC Trubshaw:: Arthur Mullard

Genres

ComedySitcoms

Series

Hancock's Half Hour

Source: BBC Online

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 28^th Dec 1977, 18:50 on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: Thu 16^th Apr 2020, 14:15 on BBC Two Wales HD

Comedy. A wealthy newspaper proprietor puts up a £10,000 prize for the fastest flight from London to Paris. His wager attracts a weird and eccentric collection of competitors. Show more

Contributors

Orvil Newton:: Stuart Whitman
Patricia Rawnsley:: Sarah Miles
Sir Percival Ware-Armitage:: Terry-Thomas
Colonel Manfred Von Holstein:: Gert Frobe
Pierre Dubois:: Jean-Pierre Cassel
Lord Rawnsley:: Robert Morley
Courtney:: Eric Sykes
Fire Chief Perkins:: Benny Hill
Richard Mays:: James Fox
Count Emilio Ponticelli:: Alberto Sordi
Brigitte/Ingrid/Marlene/Françoise/Yvette/Betty:: Irina Demick
Yamamoto:: Yujiro Ishihara
Mother Superior:: Flora Robson
Neanderthal Man/Birdman/Inventors/Pilot/Airline Passenger:: Red Skelton
Captain Rumpelstoss:: Karl Michael Vogler
George Gruber:: Sam Wanamaker
French Postman:: Eric Barker
Colonel:: Fred Emney
Jean:: Davy Kaye
Assistant Fire Chief:: Norman Rossington
Fireman:: Graham Stark
Harry Popperwell:: Tony Hancock
Trawler Skipper:: Maurice Denham
MacDougal:: Gordon Jackson
French Painter:: John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Parsons:: Jeremy Lloyd
Countess Sophia Ponticelli:: Zena Marshall
Airline Hostess:: Millicent Martin
Italian Mayor:: Eric Pohlman
Waitress:: Marjorie Rhodes
Tremayne Gascoyne:: William Rushton
Photographer:: Jimmy Thompson
Niven:: Michael Trubshawe
Narrator:: James Robertson Justice
Writer:: Jack Davies
Writer:: Ken Annakin
Director:: Ken Annakin
Producer:: Stan Margulies

Genres

DramaAction & Adventure

Formats

Films

Source: BBC Online

Desert Island Discs

Tony Hancock

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Aug 1957, 13:10 on BBC Home Service Basic

Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Tony Hancock. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest:: Tony Hancock

Genres

Brand

Desert Island Discs

Source: BBC Online

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