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IMDb
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Trakt
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Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1890 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

Season 1 (July 6, 1956, midnight)

Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently, none of these episodes survive. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Fridays at 2130 (except no. 1 at 2045). There were no repeats.

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Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

Season 1 (July 6, 1956, midnight)

Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently, none of these episodes survive. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Fridays at 2130 (except no. 1 at 2045). There were no repeats.

72
?
IMDb
8.4
/619/
Trakt
59
/12/
TMDb
75
/7/
Ray Galton
Ray Galton
Director
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
Director
Sid James
Sid James
John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier
Dick Emery
Dick Emery
Ballot Teller
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock
Johnny Vyvyan
Johnny Vyvyan
Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lloyd
Alec Bregonzi
Alec Bregonzi

July 6, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - The First TV Show

Hancock has a broken leg but Sid insists that the show must go on and so the show is broadcast from Hancock's hospital bed.
July 20, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - The Artist

Hancock decides to become an artist and buys up some old canvases to paint over. However, one is a stolen Rembrandt and one of Sid's cronies is forced to buy up all of Hancock's paintings to retrieve it.
Aug. 3, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E3 - The Dancer

At last Hancock secures a film role... but only if he can dance. Sid provides lessons for Hancock and enters him into a local dancing Championship Contest, but is forced to become his partner in the competition (in drag)!
Aug. 17, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E4 - The Bequest

Uncle Obadiah leaves Hancock a fortune provided that he gets married. Hancock starts to look for his future wife with the help of the Sid James Marriage Bureau.
Aug. 31, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E5 - The Radio Show

Broadcast from the National Radio Show, Earl's Court, this episode comprised a number of sketches including the The Red Army Choir... British style!
Sept. 14, 1956, midnight 0.0

S1E6 - The Chef That Died of Shame

The cast play the parts in the story of 'Iggins, a cook who becomes a well respected chef but subsequently fails and loses everything due to drink.
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1890 min.
Released: July 19, 1956
Last Air Date: June 30, 1961, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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