Hancock's Half Hour

Name: Hancock's Half Hour
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Johnny Vyvyan, Alec Bregonzi, John Vere

★ 8.4 651 votes 1956–1960 6 seasons · 57 episodes Ended BBC One

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Starring

Tony HancockSidney JamesJohnny VyvyanAlec BregonziJohn VereHugh Lloyd

Starring

Tony HancockSidney JamesJohnny VyvyanAlec BregonziJohn VereHugh Lloyd

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	Avg	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	E8	E9	E10	E11	E12
S1
S2	7.4	7.4
S3	7.5					7.6				7.8	7.5	7.6	6.5
S4	7.5	7.5		8.1	7.2							7.4	7.1
S5	8.0	8.6	8.2	8.2	8.4	7.6	7.8	7.5	7.1	7.0	8.1
S6	7.9	7.7	8.8	7.4	8.3	7.9	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	8.2

About

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.

All Seasons

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Season 11956

—06

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.

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Season 21957

7.4606

Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. The BBC did record the first episode of this series for training purposes and this is the only episode of this series that survives. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Mondays at 2000. There were no repeats.

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Season 31957

7.5208121h

Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadcast live of which episodes 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives. The series was broadcast weekly on Mondays at 2002. There were no repeats during the run.

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Season 41958

7.51861330m

Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were recorded and the remainder were broadcast live. Episodes 1, 3, 4, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives whilst off-air audio recordings exist of episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2105 (episodes 1 - 3) and Fridays 1930 (episodes 4 - 13). There were no repeats during the run other than a repeat of the third episode between episodes 9 and 10 on 27th February 1959.

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Season 51959

8.0435101h 26m

Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episode 3 which was broadcast at 2045. There were no repeats during the run.

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Season 61960

7.9386101h 58m

Broadcast between 4th March 1960 and 6th May 1960, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episodes 8 - 10 on Fridays 1930. There were no repeats during the run.