Hancock. Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock)
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 6 - The Memory Test

Hancock. Image shows from L to R: Shaw Taylor (Bryan Lawrence), Tony Hancock (Tony Hancock), Wing Commander Bartlett (Edward Chapman)
Approached by a researcher for a television programme that tells interesting and prominent peoples' life stories, Tony is tasked with remembering a Wing Commander he served under during the war - for if he has a good tale to tell, he could appear on the screen himself!

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 7th February 1963
Time
8:30pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes
Recorded
  • Sunday 25th November 1962, 19:10 at ATV Elstree

Cast & crew

Cast
Tony Hancock Tony Hancock
Guest cast
Wilfrid Lawson Paper Man
Edward Chapman Wing Commander Bartlett
Bryan Lawrence (as Brian Lawrence) Shaw Taylor
Gerald Harper Peter Penrose
Maureen Pryor Mrs. Gregory
Anthony Sagar Reg Arnold
Toby Perkins Club Member
John Rutland Porter
Reginald Green Farmer Brown
Stella Maris Supporting Artist (Extra)
Alf Mangan Supporting Artist (Extra)
Cyril Cross Supporting Artist (Extra)
Alan Shire Supporting Artist (Extra)
Ernest Blyth Supporting Artist (Extra)
Sidney Woolf Supporting Artist (Extra)
Patrick Hagan Supporting Artist (Extra)
Donald McCallum Supporting Artist (Extra)
John Adams Supporting Artist (Extra)
John Priestman Supporting Artist (Extra)
Mark Bennett Supporting Artist (Extra)
John H Moore Supporting Artist (Extra)
Mary Denton Supporting Artist (Extra)
Writing team
Godfrey Harrison Writer
Production team
Alan Tarrant Director
Alan Tarrant Producer
Tony Hancock Executive Producer
Richard Lake Production Designer

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