Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)
Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Light Programme
  • 1954 - 1959
  • 107 episodes (6 series)

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition. Stars Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sid James, Moira Lister, Kenneth Williams and more.

  • Series 2, Episode 4 repeated at 6:15pm on Radio 4 Extra

Press clippings Page 2

2012 Olympics: Tony Hancock show to be re-broadcast

An episode of Hancock's Half Hour not heard since 1958 is to be broadcast on Radio 4 Extra on Sunday.

The Guardian, 27th July 2012

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