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IMDb
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/619/
Trakt
59
/12/
TMDb
75
/7/

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

Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

Season 7 (May 26, 1961, midnight)

Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2000 and each episode ran for 25 minutes rather than the half hour running time of episodes in the previous series. There were no repeats during the run.

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Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

Season 7 (May 26, 1961, midnight)

Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2000 and each episode ran for 25 minutes rather than the half hour running time of episodes in the previous series. There were no repeats during the run.

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

May 26, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E1 - The Bedsitter

Hancock is alone in his Earl's Court bed-sit and tries to master a Bertrand Russell book, fails to get the TV to work and almost gets invited to a party.
June 2, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E2 - The Bowmans

Hancock plays the part of Old Joshua Merryweather in the radio show The Bowmans (which sounds rather similar to The Archers). But his behaviour and the number of different dialects that he uses causes him to be thrown off the show. However public opinion demands his return - but he in turn demands a few changes.
June 9, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E3 - The Radio Ham

Hancock has bought himself a radio transmitter/receiver and he is able to converse with remote parts of the world, discussing the weather and playing games of Snakes & Ladders and Chess. But when he receives a 'Mayday' call he has to contend with the landlady's husband and uncooperative electricity meters.
June 16, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E4 - The Lift

Hancock is the ninth passenger in a lift designed to take eight. When the lift sticks he tries to raise everybody's spirits, but only manages to annoy all of the other occupants.
June 23, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E5 - The Blood Donor

Hancock decides to give a pint of blood. But he is alarmed when he discovers he has to give very nearly an armful, and he is determined to find out who it goes to.
June 30, 1961, midnight 0.0

S7E6 - The Succession - Son and Heir

Hancock decides that it's time to have children to 'carry on the line'. He selects three eligible girls and proposes to them all but is refused. Whilst he is still arguing with the third, the other two return having changed their minds.
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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