Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him so special - the surviving episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of Hancock's Half Hour, plus a Christmas special. Episodes include: "The Alpine Holiday", "Air Steward Hancock", "The Last Of The Many", "The Lawyer: The Crown vs Sidney James", "Competitions: How To Win Money And Influence People" and "There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden". The Christmas special is "Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company".
1957-12-16
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Cast
Tony Hancock as Tony Aloysius Hancock
Sidney James as Sidney Balmoral James
Richard Wattis as Hotelier
Kenneth Williams as East Dulwich Yodelling Champion
June Whitfield as Miss Duboir
John Vere as Passenger / Airline Official / Prosecuting Counsel / Mr. Pools / Vicar / Various
Liz Fraser as Autograph Hunter
Bill Fraser as Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant
Cameron Hall as Passenger / Colonel
Johnny Vyvyan as Man in Customs Queue / Barrister’s Clerk / Newspaper Boy / Bassist
Alec Bregonzi as Pilot on Plane / Court Official / ‘Tittle Tattle’ Man / Violinist
John Le Mesurier as Lord Chief Justice Williams
Arthur Mullard as PC Trubshaw
Hugh Lloyd as Clerk of the Court / ‘Picture Parade’ Man
Dick Emery as Postman / Surveyor
Campbell Singer as Policeman
Mario Fabrizi as Waiter / Mario Fabrizi
Burt Kwouk as Japanese Man
Paddi Edwards as Young Wife
Anne Reid as Secretary
John Gregson as Himself
Colette O'Neil as Jurywoman (uncredited)