Hancock's Half Hour
Total Seasons :7Total Episodes : 63
Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently, none of these episodes survive. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Fridays at 2130 (except no. 1 at 2045). There were no repeats.
Episodes(6)
1. The First TV Show
Hancock has a broken leg but Sid insists that the show must go on and so the show is broadcast from Hancock's hospital bed.
Air Date : 1956-07-06
2. The Artist
Hancock decides to become an artist and buys up some old canvases to paint over. However, one is a stolen Rembrandt and one of Sid's cronies is forced to buy up all of Hancock's paintings to retrieve it.
Air Date : 1956-07-20
3. The Dancer
At last Hancock secures a film role... but only if he can dance. Sid provides lessons for Hancock and enters him into a local dancing Championship Contest, but is forced to become his partner in the competition (in drag)!
Air Date : 1956-08-03
4. The Bequest
Uncle Obadiah leaves Hancock a fortune provided that he gets married. Hancock starts to look for his future wife with the help of the Sid James Marriage Bureau.
Air Date : 1956-08-17
5. The Radio Show
Broadcast from the National Radio Show, Earl's Court, this episode comprised a number of sketches including the The Red Army Choir... British style!
Air Date : 1956-08-31
6. The Chef That Died of Shame
The cast play the parts in the story of 'Iggins, a cook who becomes a well respected chef but subsequently fails and loses everything due to drink.
Air Date : 1956-09-14
Cast
Sidney James
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Tony Hancock
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Warren Mitchell
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Irene Handl
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Ivor Raymonde
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Fraser White
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Desmond Rayner
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Elisabeth Fraser
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Peter Haigh
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Ian MacNaughton
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Kim Corcoran
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James Bulloch
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Eleanor Fazan
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Frank Lonergan
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Alan Simpson
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Harold Goodwin
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Graham Leaman
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Chris Dreaper
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Frank Pemberton
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Patrick Milner
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Valentine Dyall
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Leslie Cooper
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Hermione Baddeley
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Lorrae Desmond
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Jessica Dent
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Michael Boudot
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Philip Casson
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Roslyn Ellis
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Kay Rose
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Harry Smith Hampshire
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Nina Hunt
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Melville E. Noelly
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Reginald Beckwith
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Rose Howlett
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Claude Bonser
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Totti Truman Taylor
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Gordon Phillott
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Eric Sykes
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Manville Tarrant
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Ray Galton
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George Crowther
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Roy Patrick
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Johnny Vyvyan
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Graham Stark
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Mario Fabrizi
(Ship's bandleader)
Peter Emms
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Terry Gilbert
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Leonard Martin
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Peter Brownlee
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David Hyme
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Spike Milligan
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Constance Wake
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Raymond Rollett
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Dennis Chinnery
(First Officer)
John Vere
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Margaret Flint
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Doreen Casey
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