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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.

Tony Hancock
Cast

Season 1
6 episodes
July 6, 1956


Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
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Season 2
6 episodes
April 1, 1957

Season 3
12 episodes
September 30, 1957

Season 4
13 episodes
December 26, 1958

Season 5
10 episodes
September 25, 1959

Season 6
10 episodes
March 4, 1960

Season 7
6 episodes
May 26, 1961

BBC
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