Tony Hancock
High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series Hancock's Half Hour, first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with comic actor Sid James. Although Hancock's decision to cease working with James when it became known in early 1960 disappointed many at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work ("The Blood Donor"). After breaking with his scriptwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson later that year, his career took a downward course.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as Harry PopperwellIn order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers...
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The Wrong Box
as DetectiveIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...
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Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self (Archival Footage)Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from...
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The Punch and Judy Man
as Walter PinnerWalter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of...
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The Rebel
as Anthony HancockAnthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of...
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Tony Hancock: From East Cheam to Earls Court
as Self (Archive)Ex-colleagues reflect on the comic genius and sometimes difficult character of Tony Hancock.
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Orders Are Orders
as Lt. Wilfred CartroadAn American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as...
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Hancock at the Royal Festival Hall
as SelfA one-off special performance by Tony Hancock of his stand-up comedy act (which rarely changed),...
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Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as uncreditedThirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever...
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To See Such Fun
as uncreditedCompilation of classic British comedy moments
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Face to Face: Tony Hancock
as SelfTony Hancock engages in self-reflection, looking back at his childhood, his need to work, his...
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Hancock Down Under
as Tony HancockHancock, (who was voted Britain's best-ever comic 35 years after his death) leaves his home in...
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The Government Inspector
as uncreditedGogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political...
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Hancock's Half Hour
as uncreditedHancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...
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Christmas Night with the Stars
as uncreditedA gala programme broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 and also revived in...
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