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Missing Hancock's Half Hour with Harry Secombe discovered

The only episode of Hancock's Half Hour featuring both the eponymous star and Harry Secombe has been located by radio enthusiast Richard Harrison.

British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2023

Live tour of Hancock's Half Hour radio re-enactments

A touring stage show recreating lost radio episodes of Hancock's Half Hour has been announced.

British Comedy Guide, 21st August 2023

Tony Hancock celebrated in graphic novel

Tony Hancock is the subject of a new graphic novel, which tells the story of the legendary comedian "with a few interruptions from The Lad Himself".

British Comedy Guide, 25th January 2023

The Tony Hancock we never knew - by his great-niece

Ahead of a film about the still-revered comedian, Lucy Hancock talks about his unique legacy and what she discovered in the family archive.

Lucy Hancock, The Telegraph, 30th December 2022

Tony Hancock's widow Freddie dies at 92

Publicist had a turbulent marriage to comedy legend.

Chortle, 1st December 2022

Gold to celebrate Tony Hancock with colourised episodes & documentary

Gold is celebrating Tony Hancock by colourising classic episodes, Twelve Angry Men and The Blood Donor, as well as airing a documentary on the late comedian fronted by Jack Dee.

British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2022

Unseen Tony Hancock ephemera to be published

A treasure trove of previously unseen Tony Hancock material is to be released in a hefty new book put together by the comedian's great-niece Lucy.

Chortle, 29th March 2022

Tony Hancock's infamous ITV sitcom to be released

Hancock, the infamous ITV sitcom Tony Hancock made with ATV after his split from writers Galton & Simpson and the BBC, is to be released on DVD for the first time this spring. The 13 episodes have not been seen in more than 50 years.

British Comedy Guide, 21st March 2022

Tony Hancock sketch show to be released on DVD

Tony Hancock's first television series, a sketch show from early 1956 unseen since its original broadcast, is to be released on DVD next month.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2022

The story of Joan Le Mesurier's love triangle

Married to one of television's best-known actors - John Le Mesurier, the beloved Sergeant Wilson of Dad's Army - Joan caused a scandal when she plunged into an affair with her husband's closest friend and Britain's most famous comic, Tony Hancock.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 20th July 2021

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