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Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1 Details

1957

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Starring	Tony Hancock, Dick Emery, Sid James, Kenneth Williams
Director	Duncan Wood
Genres	Comedy

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Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1

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 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: 'Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company: The Christmas Special'.

Starring	Tony Hancock, Dick Emery, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, June Whitfield
Director	Duncan Wood
Studio	2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 3 hrs 13 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	Production year: 1957 To Rent: DVD: 13 Sep 2004

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  One to watch
  
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - sara
  - Derbyshire
  - 27 Oct 2004 at 11:17
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  One for the fans
  
  ... of whom I count myself one. If like me you have heard every surviving radio recording so many times you can recite the scripts; and if you've already ... read more »
  
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- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 154 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 12 Jan 2011 at 16:24
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  Shame he is gone
  
  Raw TV filmed live, mistakes included. A sadly missed talent.
  
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- - LeighC
  - 4 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 30 Jun 2008 at 21:05
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  enjoyable but not quite a classic
  
  Some very early episodes that survived and give a glimpse of humour in the 60's, being filmed live means that there are all sorts of mistakes made and ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Apr 2008 at 09:00
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- Hancock's Half Hour - Vol. 1
  
  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 ...