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Alan Florence recalls working on the re-recording of two episodes from Hancock's Half Hour.

Tony ‘the lad himself’ Hancock was known as the hero of East Cheam. For eight years his army of 15 million fans tuned in to Hancock’s Half Hour every week between 1954 and 1962. In the summer of 1968, ...

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 ...

In 1954, Tony Hancock burst onto the airwaves of the BBC Light Programme with a comedy show unlike anything the British public had heard before. Playing a less successful version of himself and ...

Fans of comedy classics will adore this live version of radio sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour, which heads to Theatre Royal Winchester on Sunday 24 March. In 1954 Tony Hancock burst on to the airwaves ...

Five missing episodes from Hancock's Half Hour are to be re-recorded. Pirates of the Caribbean star Kevin McNally is to star as Tony Hancock in the new versions, to air on BBC Radio 4 later this year.

The show can be seen in the theatre’s McCarthy auditorium at 7.45pm on Monday 2 October and 1.45pm and 7.45pm on Tuesday 3 October. In 1954, Tony Hancock burst onto the airwaves of the BBC Light ...

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The Lad is longing to sample life in France.