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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.
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.
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Ray Galton
Alan Simpson
director
Sidney James
Kenneth Williams
Patricia Hayes
John Le Mesurier
Ship's Captain
Warren Mitchell
Irene Handl
Tony Hancock
Hattie Jacques
Amorous Lady
Ian MacNaughton
Desmond Rayner
Eleanor Fazan
Elisabeth Fraser
Reginald Beckwith
Totti Truman Taylor
Johnny Vyvyan
Mario Fabrizi
Ship's bandleader
John Vere
Richard Wattis
June Whitfield
Paddi Edwards
Girl
Ann Lancaster
Anne Reid
Bill Fraser
Michael Balfour
Alec Bregonzi
Cameron Hall
Terence Alexander
Pat Coombs
Dick Emery
Raymond Huntley
Doctor
Campbell Singer
Arthur Mullard
John Louis Mansi
Rolf Harris
Andrew Faulds
Hugh Lloyd
Ship's Steward
Sidney Vivian
Robert Dorning
Roger Avon
Ralph Nossek
Tom Clegg
Brian Oulton
Ship's Doctor
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