Hancock. Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock)
Hancock (1963)
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1963
- 13 episodes (1 series)
Tony Hancock stars in a series of comical misadventures often sparked by his observations people-watching on a street corner.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Shooting Star
Hancock. Image shows from L to R: Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock), Peter Dartford (Denholm Elliott), Diana Pride (Fanny Rowe)
Spotted by an avant-garde film director, Tony is plucked from obscurity and taken to star in his latest picture, a gritty drama about the stresses of a family with an argumentative husband/father.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 17th January 1963
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
- Recorded
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- Sunday 11th November 1962, 19:10 at ATV Elstree
Cast & crew
| Tony Hancock | Tony Hancock |
| Fanny Rowe (as Frances Rowe) | Diana Pride |
| Denholm Elliott | Peter Dartford |
| Robin Hunter | Billy Watts |
| Hilda Barry | Old Lady |
| Sally Anne Shaw | Lucille Frame |
| Stewart Guidotti | Clapper Boy |
| Alf Mangan | Prop Man |
| Tracy Vernon | Lady Passer-by |
| Irena Rodzianko | Continuity Girl |
| Donald Groves | Electrician |
| Bud Strait | Film Cameraman |
| Godfrey Harrison | Writer |
| Alan Tarrant | Director |
| Alan Tarrant | Producer |
| Tony Hancock | Executive Producer |
| Richard Lake | Production Designer |