Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)
Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him so special - the surviving episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of Hancock's Half Hour, plus a Christmas special. Episodes include: "The Alpine Holiday", "Air Steward Hancock", "The Last Of The Many", "The Lawyer: The Crown vs Sidney James", "Competitions: How To Win Money And Influence People" and "There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden". The Christmas special is "Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company".
Release Date: 1957-12-16
- Language: en
- Runtime: 211
East Dulwich Yodelling Champion
Tony Aloysius Hancock
Sidney Balmoral James
Hotelier
Miss Duboir
Passenger / Airline Official / Prosecuting Counsel / Mr. Pools / Vicar / Various
Autograph Hunter
Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant
Passenger / Colonel
Man in Customs Queue / Barrister’s Clerk / Newspaper Boy / Bassist
Pilot on Plane / Court Official / ‘Tittle Tattle’ Man / Violinist
Lord Chief Justice Williams
PC Trubshaw
Clerk of the Court / ‘Picture Parade’ Man
Postman / Surveyor
Policeman
Waiter / Mario Fabrizi
Japanese Man
Young Wife
Secretary
Himself
Jurywoman (uncredited)
Sidney Balmoral James