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Tony Hancock - what members say

Hancock: The Best Of Hancock review by A customer from Devon

great comedy moments 26 January 2005
... Tony Hancock plays himself , that is a middle aged nobody whose insecurity shows in his outrageous pomposity. In The Blood Donor he is told his blood group is very rare ... Read customer review

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1 review by from Derbyshire

One to watch 27 October 2004
...The only down side to this dvd is the poor picture quality. Tony Hancock is timeless. This dvd has some of his lesser known episodes but they are full of excellent lines... Read customer review

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3 review by from Bolton, Lancashire

Stone me, this is good! 7 May 2006
...For any admirer of Tony Hancock this is a must-buy. It is in fact the whole of the fifth series including two episodes never before released on tape or disc. The series has... Read customer review

Tony Hancock - filmography

BBC Great Comedy Moments on DVD (2001)
Starring: David Jason, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett
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This compilation DVD brings together nearly two hours of the funniest comedy scenes from the many classic BBC programmes. Includes clips from the likes of Blackadder, Morecambe and Wise, Only Fools And Horses, Porridge, Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em, Steptoe and Son and more.

63% from 541 members

The Wrong Box on DVD (1966)
Starring: Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
Director: Bryan Forbes
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Years before the story proper in THE WRONG BOX gets under way, a 'tontine' is drawn up on behalf several young British boys. Each of the boys' parents had placed £1,000 in a pool, to be invested and expanded upon. The resultant fortune will go to the last surviving member of the tontine. A series ..read more »

63% from 323 members

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 4 (2 discs) on DVD (1960)
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, hattie Jacques
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Featuring every episode from the sixth series of Hancock's Half Hour, broadcast from March - May 1960. These episodes comprised the last Half Hour series and would be the last to star Tony Hancock's long-time comedy partner, Sid James.

76% from 528 members

The Rebel / The Punch And Judy Man (2 discs) on DVD (1960)
Starring: Tony Hancock, George Sanders, Paul Massie
Director: Robert Day, Jeremy Summers
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In 'The Rebel' a bored city clerk has ambitions of becoming an artist in France. 'The Punch And Judy Man' tells the story of a melancholy man who is trying to establish himself as an important citizen in the seaside town where he works. When his snobbish wife is taught a lesson at an important ..read more »

67% from 787 members

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1 on DVD (1957)
Starring: Tony Hancock, Dick Emery, Sid James
Director: Duncan Wood
Certificate:
Tony Hancock has been voted Britain's best ever comedy performer thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968. Contains the remaining episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 plus a Christmas Special. Episodes from Series 2: 'The Alpine Holiday'. Episodes from Series 3: 'Air Steward Hancock, The ..read more »

71% from 1,254 member

Orders Are Orders on DVD (1954)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock
Director: David Paltenghi
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A sleepy army barracks is about to be overrun by a film company shooting a science fiction caper - much to the annoyance of the Divisional Commander who decides to make a surprise inspection.

54% from 249 members

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 2 - The Best Of on DVD
Starring: Tony Hancock
Certificate:
These five classic Hancock episodes are drawn from the fourth series of Hancock's Half Hour, from Boxing Day 1958 through to May 1959. Featuring: Ericson the Vicking, The Set that Failed, The New Nose, The Oak Tree, The Knighthood.

72% from 778 members

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3 (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James
Certificate:
Features all ten episodes from the fifth series of 'Hancock's Half Hour' first broadcast in 1959.

70% from 788 members

Hancock: The Best Of Hancock on DVD
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James
Director: Duncan Wood
Certificate:
This Tony Hancock collection features the comic great in many of his funniest moments. Episodes include "The Bedsitter," "The Radio Ham," "The Lift," and more.

71% from 1,140 member

Tony Hancock facts

5 most recent films

BBC Great Comedy Moments - 3.0 stars
The Wrong Box - 3.0 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 4 - 4.0 stars
The Rebel / The Punch And Judy Man - 3.5 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 4 - 4.0 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 2 - The Best Of - 3.5 stars
Hancock: The Best Of Hancock - 3.5 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3 - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Orders Are Orders - 2.5 stars
BBC Great Comedy Moments - 3.0 stars
The Wrong Box - 3.0 stars
The Rebel / The Punch And Judy Man - 3.5 stars
Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 3 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sid James - 7 times - show films
Kenneth Williams - 4 times - show films
Nanette Newman - 4 times - show films
Barbara Murray - 3 times - show films
Liz Fraser - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 6 times - show films
Jeremy Summers - 3 times - show films
Robert Day - 3 times - show films
Duncan Wood - 2 times - show films
David Paltenghi - 1 times - show films