The Tony Hancock Show, ITV
Jack Hylton Presents: The Tony Hancock Show, 1956
Mention Tony Hancock and most people would think of those classic BBC shows on TV and radio. However Hancock's Half Hour was not Tony Hancock's first proper ...
Platinum Jubilee Comedy – 1960’s
The 1960's - The Classics Begin
To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee we're continuing our look back at some of the the highlights in British Comedy over the last 70 years. We have reached the 1960's.In t...
Platinum Jubilee Comedy – 1950’s
The 1950's - The Great British Sitcom Is Born
This year sees the platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. That's 70 years on the throne.We thought we'd flick back and look at some of the comedy hi...
Happy Christmas Tony Hancock Style
Hancock's Happy Christmas - 1956
For anyone who's had enough of Christmas here's a classic from the lad of East Cheam as he make is feelings towards the festive season quite clear.Taken from the fourth sea...
A History Of Christmas Specials
Where Did The Festive Favourite Start?
So did the Christmas Special start?We've done a fair bit of research on this and it's very difficult to place the first offerings. Concentrating just on TV, certainl...
Britain’s Unsung Comedy Heroes, Part 5
Britain's Unsung Comedy Heroes - Snide
Back in the 1950's when radio dominated comedy, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson created one of if not the greatest unsung comedy hero "Snide"Tony Hancock was ki...
Hancock’s Half Hour, The Radio Series
Hancock's Half Hour, The Radio Series, 1954
At a time when variety was the order of the day along came Tony Hancock, who had made a name for himself as a cast member of popular radio show Educating Archie in 1...
The Alpine Holiday
Hancock's Half Hour, The Alpine Holiday, 1957
The first episode of series two sees a change of cast. Sid James featured in the Hancock's Half Hour TV series but is absent in this episode.Instead Hancock s...
Hancock, 1961
Hancock, The Final BBC Series, 1961
Can you believe that 60 years have now passed since Tony Hancock made his final series for the BBC."And so exits the last of the Hancock's ,Good Night!" Hancock's final ...
Hancock’s Commercials
Hancock's Commercials, 1965
After his split with writers Galton and Simpson in 1961 Tony Hancock's career never really recovered. We've concentrated today's posts on some of the work he did after that split.
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