Hancock's Half Hour - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
BBC Television Service, BBC TV
Episodes
63 (7 series)
Stars
Tony Hancock, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, James Bulloch, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi, John Vere, Hugh Lloyd and Mario Fabrizi
Writers
Director
Producer
Company
Welcome to 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, residence of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock - a down-at-heel comedian whose life never goes to plan.
Tony Hancock plays a fictionalised version of himself in this sitcom: a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, the scheming and devious Sidney Balmoral James (played by Sid James) or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.
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Additional details
Also known as
- Hancock (Series 7)
- Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Black and white
Soundtrack
Music by Wally Stott.
Website links
- BBC Comedy Guide
A guide to the series from the BBC. - Railway Cuttings
Fan site dedicated to the Lad 'imself. - BFI Screenonline
A further guide to the show from BFI. - Treasure Hunt
A list of the missing radio and television episodes. - British Comedy And Drama Website
Another guide to the world of Tony H-H-Hancock. - IMDb
- Wikipedia
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Friday 6th July 1956 at 8:45pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats
- Thursday 14th November 2024 at 3:25am on Gold - Series 5, Episode 4
- Sunday 10th November 2024 at 3:30am on Gold - Hancock, Episode 5
- Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 3:25am on Gold - Series 5, Episode 4
Recording details
BBC Lime Grove - Series 1 and some of Series 3, all broadcast live.
Riverside Studios - Series 2 and some of Series 3, broadcast live. Series 4 part live and part recorded. Series 5 and 6 pre-recorded.
BBC Television Theatre - Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes special.
BBC Television Centre - Series 7, pre-recorded.