Tony Hancock
- English
- Actor and comedian
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What happened to the comedy trademark?
Comedians once embraced a signature quip or look, so why have such tropes fallen out of favour?
James Kettle, The Guardian, 7th August 2017Beryl Vertue: People don't give British comedy a chance
She represented Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock and Frankie Howerd. But Beryl Vertue refuses to believe that comedy's best days are behind us.
Ben Lawrence, The Telegraph, 16th March 2017How Radio 4 is bringing Tony Hancock back to life
The BBC is remaking lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour - thanks to Harry Secombe's son.
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 14th March 2017Tony Hancock is the Picasso of moaning
The BBC's Hancock revival is so good it sparked an epiphany. I've not laughed that much at a British sitcom in years. Nothing on TV is actually that funny anymore. It's not that there aren't shows I like and enjoy, it's just that I now realise I wasn't really laughing at them. I was only smiling wistfully. Or going "Ha."
Tim Stanley, The Telegraph, 8th September 2016New exhibit shows archive pictures of BBC comedians
Compton Verney exhibition charts 60 years of comedy, from Hancock's Half Hour to Miranda Hart.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 26th June 2016A selection of 12 comedians with blue plaques in London
Here's our guide to the 12 comics with blue plaques in London.
Chortle, 12th May 2016Tony Hancock - 20 great quotes
"I don't want any publicity - you get too many begging letters. If they're anything like the ones I send out I don't want to know!"
The Telegraph, 8th November 2015Forgotten Hancock script rediscovered
A long-forgotten script for a sitcom that would have starred Tony Hancock has been rediscovered, predating Hancock's Half Hour by two years.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2015Top ten sitcoms - No. 5 - Hancock's Half Hour
Tony Hancock is the ultimate British sitcom character, almost the original on which all others are based.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 23rd July 2015Tony Hancock: 20 great quotes
The comedian died on 24 June 1968. Martin Chilton picks his finest lines.
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 24th June 2015