Tony Hancock
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Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor.
Hancock c. 1963
Statue in Old Square, Birmingham
Commemorative plaque at the foot of the Birmingham statue
Hancock's Half Hour
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Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone.
Titlescreen of the 1957 series 2 TV episode "The Alpine Holiday", featuring a diagramatic illustration of the show's title; the "Hancock" musical motif (composed by Wally Stott), a cartoon of the tuba player, Tony Hancock reading the script and a broadcast clock showing the start and length of the episode.
Tony Hancock (right) and Sid James