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TV series

Hancock's Half Hour

1956 · 7 seasons · 63 episodes

Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

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Synopsis

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.

About 31h 30m to watch every episode. An estimate: 63 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Tony Hancock
    63 episodes

  • Sidney James
    57 episodes

  • Johnny Vyvyan
    34 episodes

  • Hugh Lloyd
    Ship's Steward
    24 episodes

  • Alec Bregonzi
    22 episodes

  • Mario Fabrizi
    Ship's bandleader
    21 episodes

  • John Vere
    21 episodes

  • James Bulloch
    20 episodes

  • Robert Dorning
    18 episodes

  • Manville Tarrant
    15 episodes

  • Ivor Raymonde
    13 episodes

  • Patrick Milner
    13 episodes

  • Arthur Mullard
    13 episodes

  • Ann Marryott
    12 episodes

  • Herbert Nelson
    12 episodes

  • Evelyn Lund
    11 episodes

  • George Crowther
    10 episodes

  • Richard Statman
    10 episodes

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