Image: Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr and Sidney James in 1956. Hancock's Half-Hour started on 2 November 1954 with "The First Night Party". The series ran on radio and later on ...

A dinner has been hosted to celebrate 100 years since the birth of influential 1950s comedian Tony Hancock. He was best known for his BBC radio and TV series Hancock's Half Hour.

Much of the humour in Hancock’s Half Hour, which ran on the radio and then TV from 1954 to 1961, resides in the gulf between his aspirations and reality.. At one point in 1961’s “The Blood ...

I n 1954, Tony Hancock burst onto BBC radio with his comedy show in which Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams were among the cast. The series, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, proved just ...

Tony Hancock was best known for his BBC radio and TV series Hancock's Half Hour. A dinner has been hosted to celebrate 100 years since the birth of influential 1950s comedian Tony Hancock.

STUDIOCANAL is delighted to mark the centenary in 2024 of the birth of British comedy royalty, Tony Hancock, by announcing the release of THE PUNCH AND JUDY MAN on DVD and Blu-Ray on 3rd March 2025.

Paul Merton and Diane Morgan have recorded material for a new release of Tony Hancock’s big-screen ventures. The Rebel and The Punch And Judy Man are to be re-issued on DVD and Blu-ray on March 3, ...

John Hewer brings Hancock's Half Hour (The Lost TV Episodes) to The Hawth in Crawley on October 11. SussexWorld. Celebrating the late, great Tony Hancock - on the Crawley stage.

Image caption, Tony Hancock was best known for his BBC radio and TV series Hancock's Half Hour Article Information. Author, Eleanor Lawson; Role, BBC News, West Midlands; 16 September 2024.