Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour was a famous BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock. Other regular cast members were Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Moira Lister and Andrée Melly appeared in some early episodes. The scriptwriters were Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and the show's distinctive tuba-based theme tune was by Wally Stott. Some episodes were wiped; the rest have been released on CD box sets from 2000 to 2003. See below for details.

Chronological listing of Hancock's radio and television broadcasts, 1954 - 1961

• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 1: November 2, 1954 - February 15, 1955
• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 2: April 17 - July 2, 1955
• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 3: October 10, 1955 - February 29, 1956
• The Tony Hancock Show, Series 1 (Associated-Rediffusion for ITV): April 4 - June 1, 1956
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 1: July 7 - September 14 1956
• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 4: October 14, 1956 - February 24, 1957
• The Tony Hancock Show, Series 2: November 16, 1956- January 25, 1957
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 2: April 1 - June 10 1957
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 3: September 9 - December 23, 1957
• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 5: January 1 - June 3, 1958
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 4: December 26, 1958 - March 27, 1959
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 5: September 25 - November 27, 1959
• Hancock's Half Hour, radio Series 6: September 29 - December 29, 1959
• Hancock's Half Hour, television Series 6: February 19 - May 6, 1960
• Hancock, television Series 7: May 26 - June 30, 1961

Information on series dates taken from the book Tony Hancock: Artiste (1978) by Roger Wilmut. Information on wiped radio episodes taken from the CD box sets (BBC Worldwide, 2000 - 2003).

Related Topics:
1978 - Wiped - 2000 - 2003

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