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The Tony Hancock Show

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Genre
  
Sketch show

No. of episodes
  
12

Running time
  
30 minutes

Final episode date
  
25 January 1957

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Producer(s)
  
Associated-Rediffusion

First episode date
  
27 April 1956

Network
  
ITV

Starring
  
Tony Hancock June Whitfield John Vere Clive Dunn Dick Emery Sam Kydd Hattie Jacques Eric Sykes

Cast
  
Tony Hancock, Eric Sykes, Clive Dunn, June Whitfield, Hattie Jacques

The Tony Hancock Show is a black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock and was broadcast on ITV by the franchise contractor Associated-Rediffusion for two series in 1956 and 1957, either side of the first television series of Hancock's Half Hour. It was written by Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens, John Jose and (for the few last episodes) Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. All the episodes were broadcast live.

Contents

Cast

  • Tony Hancock
  • June Whitfield
  • John Vere
  • Clive Dunn
  • Dick Emery
  • Sam Kydd
  • Hattie Jacques
  • Eric Sykes
  • Sid James

    • Series One (1956)

    1. Episode One (27 April 1956)
    2. Episode Two (4 May 1956)
    3. Episode Three (11 May 1956)
    4. Episode Four (18 May 1956)
    5. Episode Five (25 May 1956)
    6. Episode Six (1 June 1956)

    Series Two (1956–57)

    1. "Hancock - The Man of the Moment" (16 November 1956)
    2. "Honneur Et Fidelité" (30 November 1956)
    3. "The Further Adventures of Hancock" (14 December 1956)
    4. "Weather or Not" (28 December 1956)
    5. "Napoleon and Josephine" (11 January 1957)
    6. "The Odd Job Man" (25 January 1957)

    Missing episodes

    All episodes of the second series are thought to no longer exist.

    References

    The Tony Hancock Show Wikipedia
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