
Seasons and episodes
7
Season 7 May 26, 1961
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7 - 1The Bedsitter May 26, 1961
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7 - 2The Bowmans June 02, 1961
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7 - 3The Radio Ham June 09, 1961
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7 - 4The Lift June 16, 1961
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7 - 5The Blood Donor June 23, 1961
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7 - 6The Succession - Son and Heir June 30, 1961
6
Season 6 March 04, 1960
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6 - 1The Cold March 04, 1960
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6 - 2The Missing Page March 11, 1960
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6 - 3The Emigrant March 18, 1960
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6 - 4The Reunion Party March 25, 1960
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6 - 5Sid in Love April 01, 1960
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6 - 6The Baby-Sitters April 08, 1960
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6 - 7The Ladies Man April 15, 1960
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6 - 8The Photographer April 22, 1960
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6 - 9The East Cheam Centenary April 29, 1960
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6 - 10The Poison Pen Letters May 06, 1960
5
Season 5 September 25, 1959
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5 - 1The Economy Drive September 25, 1959
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5 - 2The Two Murderers October 02, 1959
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5 - 3Lord Byron Lived Here October 09, 1959
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5 - 4Twelve Angry Men October 16, 1959
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5 - 5The Train Journey October 23, 1959
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5 - 6The Cruise October 30, 1959
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5 - 7The Big Night November 06, 1959
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5 - 8The Tycoon November 13, 1959
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5 - 9Spanish Interlude November 20, 1959
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5 - 10Football Pools November 27, 1959
4
Season 4 December 26, 1958
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4 - 1Ericsson the Viking December 26, 1958
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4 - 2Underpaid! or Grandad's SOS January 02, 1959
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4 - 3The Set That Failed January 09, 1959
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4 - 4The New Nose January 16, 1959
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4 - 5The Flight of the Red Shadow January 23, 1959
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4 - 6The Horror Serial January 30, 1959
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4 - 7The Italian Maid February 06, 1959
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4 - 8Matrimony - Almost February 13, 1959
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4 - 9The Beauty Contest February 20, 1959
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4 - 10The Wrong Man March 06, 1959
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4 - 11The Oak Tree March 13, 1959
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4 - 12The Knighthood March 20, 1959
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4 - 13The Servants March 27, 1959
3
Season 3 September 30, 1957
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3 - 1The Continental Holiday September 30, 1957
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3 - 2The Great Detective October 07, 1957
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3 - 3The Amusement Arcade October 14, 1957
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3 - 4A Holiday in Scotland October 21, 1957
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3 - 5Air Steward Hancock - The Last of the Many October 28, 1957
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3 - 6The Regimental Reunion November 04, 1957
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3 - 7The Adopted Family November 11, 1957
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3 - 8The Elocution Teacher November 25, 1957
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3 - 9The Lawyer - The Crown vs Sidney James December 02, 1957
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3 - 10Competitions - How to Win Money and Influence People December 09, 1957
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3 - 11There's An Airfield At the Bottom of My Garden December 16, 1957
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3 - 12Hancock's 43 Minutes - The East Cheam Repertory Company December 23, 1957
2
Season 2 April 01, 1957
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2 - 1The Alpine Holiday April 01, 1957
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2 - 2Lady Chatterley's Revenge April 15, 1957
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2 - 3The Russian Prince April 29, 1957
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2 - 4The New Neighbour May 13, 1957
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2 - 5The Pianist May 27, 1957
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2 - 6The Auction June 10, 1957
1
Season 1 July 06, 1956
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1 - 1The First TV Show July 06, 1956
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1 - 2The Artist July 20, 1956
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1 - 3The Dancer August 03, 1956
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1 - 4The Bequest August 17, 1956
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1 - 5The Radio Show August 31, 1956
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1 - 6The Chef That Died of Shame September 14, 1956
Overview
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.