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The show starred Hancock as "Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock", living in the shabby "23 Railway Cuttings" in East Cheam. Most episodes portrayed his everyday life as a struggling comedian with aspirations toward straight acting.
Tony Hancock. Actor: Call Me Genius. Tony Hancock was born in Birmingham, England, the son of John and Lillian Hancock. He was educated at Durlston Court, Swanage, and Bradfield College, Reading.
Hancock's Half Hour. Classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Episodes ( 80 Available) Series 6.
Tony Hancock. Actor: Call Me Genius. Tony Hancock was born in Birmingham, England, the son of John and Lillian Hancock. He was educated at Durlston Court, Swanage, and Bradfield College, Reading.
Jan 14, 2023 · ‘Tears of a clown’: The complicated life and genius of Tony Hancock. He brought great joy to many across the world but always struggled with himself. Then in 1968 he took his own life at just 44.
Jun 27, 2018 · Despite his demons, Tony Hancock deserves to be remembered 50 years later. His frustrations and pleasures were those of the British everyman then, now and forever.
Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.
On the 2 November 1954, a 30-year-old comedian named Tony Hancock embarked on his first starring vehicle for BBC radio, Hancock’s Half Hour, scripted by two writers aged only in their twenties,...
The time has come – the Lad Himself must get a job. Stars Tony Hancock. From 1955.
Radio 4 Extra celebrates what would have been comedian Tony Hancock’s 100th birthday - 12th May 2024 - with newly discovered Hancock archive, including: a fabled long lost 1955 episode of ...
