Hancock's Half Hour
BBC (ended 1960)
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Season 8
- Ep 13The Escort3/28/63
- Ep 12The Writer3/21/63
- Ep 11The Reporter3/14/63
- Ep 10The Politician3/7/63
- Ep 9The Night Out2/28/63
- Ep 8The Craftsman2/21/63
- Ep 7The Early Call2/14/63
- Ep 6The Memory Test2/7/63
- Ep 5The Man on the Corner1/31/63
- Ep 4The Girl1/24/63
- Ep 3Shooting Star1/17/63
- Ep 2The Eye-Witness1/10/63
- Ep 1The Assistant1/3/63
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Season 7
- Ep 6The Succession-Son and Heir6/30/61
Hancock is looking for a girl to marry, so he can produce a son and heir. After meeting a succession of women, he decides to stay single. - Ep 5The Blood Donor6/23/61
Hancock decides to become a blood donor but he doesn't understand how much he has to give When the doctor explains Hancock refuses until he is told that he has a very rare group After he has given the blood he is insistent on knowing where and to whom it has been given.moreless - Ep 4The Lift6/16/61
Hancock gets caught up in a lift that is stuck between floors. After several attempts to free themselves they are rescued by the BBC officials. - Ep 3The Radio Ham6/9/61
Hancock becomes a radio ham and talks to people all over the world One night he picks up an S.O.S. from a sailor but Hancock is so inept that it takes him all night but he still cannot locate the sailor's position The sailor gives up and another radio ham hears the call and the sailor is rescued.moreless - Ep 2The Bowmans6/6/61
Hancock plays a 'Walter Gabriel' type character in a radio show called 'The Bowmans' His role is to be killed off due to falling ratings but thanks to public demand the character is to resurrected. - Ep 1The Bedsitter5/26/61
Hancock receives a phone call from a lady who invites him to a party. The episode shows a day in the life of Tony Hancock.
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Season 6
- Ep 10The Poison Pen Letters5/6/60
Hancock receives some hate mail in the post only to learn that they come from an unexpected source. - Ep 9The East Cheam Centenary4/29/60
The local council decide to stage a pageant to celebrate 100 years of East Cheam Sid James sells the rights to the BBC while the mayor has sold the same rights to ITV. - Ep 8The Photographer4/22/60
Hancock takes up photography with old out of date equipment Then he decides to buy £1000 worth of brand new equipment but still finds he can't take a good photo. - Ep 7The Ladies Man4/15/60
After seeing Sid have another success with a girl Hancock enrolls in a night school class to learn how to succeed with the ladies. - Ep 6The Baby-Sitters4/8/60
Hancock and Sid babysit for a local couple but fall asleep and while they dose burglars break in and steal all the furniture The couple call the police, and Sid and Hancock are suspects in the robbery. - Ep 5Sid in Love4/1/60
Sid falls in love with a clippie on the local bus route but can't bring himself to ask her out So he asks Hancock to help on his behalf but it turns out that she is married to the driver. - Ep 4The Reunion Party3/25/60
Hancock holds a reunion get together for his old army buddies but it has been so long since he has seen them that they have all changed and not for the better. - Ep 3The Emigrant3/18/60
Hancock decides to emigrate but to his astonishment finds that no country will accept him so in desperation he turns to Sid and asks him to smuggle him out, but Sid has other ideas. - Ep 2The Missing Page3/11/60
When Hancock finds the last page of a book (Lady Don't Fall Backwards) missing he starts a search for a copy of the book with the last page intact. After several fruitless attempts, Sid suggests the author would know the ending but when they find his house, a surprise is in store.moreless - Ep 1The Cold3/4/60
Hancock has caught a cold and after trying all sorts of cures finds that nothing works. Finally he goes to the doctor only to find that the doctor has the cold as well. In the end Sid takes him on a training run and he ends up fit again but is being fit and healthy all what it is cracked up to be?moreless
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Season 5
- Ep 10Football Pools11/27/59
While checking his pools coupon Hancock realizes that he has got 7 draws and has to wait for a late kickoff for the final result Unable to wait They both go to the match to cheer for a draw - Ep 9Spanish Interlude11/20/59
Unable to find work in England Sid persuades Hancock to go to Spain until they realize they don't speak Spanish. Then, when the local bullfighter quits, Hancock gets the job - Ep 8The Tycoon11/13/59
Hancock goes to a shareholders meeting, and dreams that he is a financial wizard. He plays cards with the richest man in the world and Sid to control the world's money. Sid wins, but it was all a dream. - Ep 7The Big Night11/6/59
Sid and Hancock are looking forward to a good Saturday night out. They start to get ready, only to find that they don't have any clean clothes to wear out. So Hancock heads off to the laundrette for the first time. - Ep 6The Cruise10/30/59
Hancock and Sid go on a cruise on the meditaranean to meet a few birds. But because it is October and Hancock is certain that the weather in October is the same all over the world, he dresses as if it is winter even though it is very hot.''''Hancock gets the idea that the boat is sinking, partly due to the weather and that he had been reading about sea mysteries. He warns the other passengers and gets everyone worried but because it is in his imagination he just ends up getting himself into a great deal of trouble.moreless - Ep 5The Train Journey10/23/59
Sid as Hancock's agent gets him a job in a Shakespearean play in a remote theatre in Yorkshire They travel up by train but meet such a boring bunch of fellow travellers they decide to come back by coach only to meet the same people that they met on the way upmoreless - Ep 4Twelve Angry Men10/16/59
Hancock is the foreman of a jury who disagree on the verdict of the defendant Hancock thinks he is innocent when all the other jurors including Sid James think he is guilty After convincing them to change their votes Hancock suddenly switches to a guilty decision. - Ep 3Lord Byron Lived Here10/9/59
23 Railway Cuttings is in desperate need of repairs. Hancock and Sid, who are trying to find a cheap solution to this problem, decide to try and search for an important previous owner of the house, so they can get the repairs done for free. After much searching they come up empty handed, but Sid who read something about Lord Byron being in the area, decides to write poems on the walls. Hancock believes they are genuine, and tries to get the house repaired, but he is turned down. So Hancock decides to open his home as a stately home, offering a tour and a chance to buy souvenirs at the end of the tour, to help finance the repairs. But not everything goes to plan.moreless - Ep 2The Two Murderers10/2/59
Sid asks for a loan from Hancock, to turn Mabel's Fish and Chip Parlour into ''El Fish and Chippo, but Hancock refuses. Sid tells Hancock that he will get the money somehow, which Hancock takes as a threat. Hancock believes that Sid is going to kill him for his money and because Hancock is acting so strangely towards Sid, Sid also thinks that Hancock wants to kill him, to steal his idea for El Fish and Chippo.moreless - Ep 1The Economy Drive9/25/59
After a holiday abroad Tony and Sid return home to find that Sid had forgotten to turn off the gas and electricity cancel the milk and papers and has left the TV on Appalled at the waste Hancock decides to go on an economy drive much to Sid's discomfort but the result is not what Hancock wantedmoreless
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Season 4
- Ep 13The Servants3/27/59
- Ep 12The Knighthood3/20/59
Hancock decides to give up comedy and get into straight acting so he can gain a knighthood He applies to the Old Vic but the job they have in mind is not what Hancock envisaged - Ep 11The Oak Tree3/13/59
When Hancock learns that the old oak tree in his garden is to be chopped down, he starts a campaign to save it, only to change his mind when he is made an offer he can't refuse. - Ep 10The Wrong Man3/6/59
- Ep 9The Beauty Contest2/20/59
- Ep 8Matrimony - Almost2/13/59
Coming Soon - Ep 7The Italian Maid2/6/59
- Ep 6The Horror Serial1/30/59
- Ep 5The Flight of the Red Shadow1/23/59
- Ep 4The New Nose1/16/59
Hancock's date makes fun of his nose so he goes into hospital for an operation Then the girl on his first date after the op finds something else to laugh at - Ep 3The Set That Failed1/9/59
Hancock's TV breaks down and he feels lost without it. He goes to all lengths to see another set even calling on relatives that he hasn't seen for years, and joining another family pretending to be their son. - Ep 2Underpaid, Or Grandad's SOS1/2/59
- Ep 1Ericsson the Viking12/26/58
Hancock is worrying that his career as a comedian may be over, after Sid talked Hancock into making a low budget television series with Hancock playing Ericsson the King of the Vikings. With costumes by Mrs Cravatte, a support cast which didn't suite their roles and didn't know their lines, a sound man who can't hold up the microphone, and some interesting editing techniques by Sid, the series was doomed and Hancock knew it. When aired by the BBC the show was cut off about 3 minutes in.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 12Hancock's 43 Minutes12/23/57
Hancock gets a Christmas variety show on television. Unfortunately, Sid James has hired the talent. - Ep 11There's An Airfield At the Bottom of My Garden12/16/57
Hancock has bought a new house from Sid James, estate agent. When the noise of the nearby aerodrome sabotages his efforts to make an impression on local dignitaries, he wants to get rid of the house. As Sid's offer is too low, Tony tries to sell it directly to some interested parties.moreless - Ep 10How To Win Money and Influence People12/9/57
Hancock has quit his job and now for the last six months is a professional competition enterer. But in those six months he has only won six bob. Hancock however eventually wins, not just one competition but a whole series of competitions, which makes him a millionaire. However, Sid tricks Hancock to go into business with him, which sees Sid live the high life, while Hancock doesn't have a penny to his name. Sid through some dodgy deals squanders all of the money and they are back to square one.moreless - Ep 9The Lawyer, The Crown V James, S12/2/57
Hancock defends Sid James on a charge of robbing a jewel shop. After a brilliant speech by Hancock, Sid is found not guilty, but Hancock is implicated, and gets sent down. - Ep 8The Elocution Teacher11/25/57
- Ep 7The Adopted Family11/11/57
- Ep 6The Regimental Reunion11/4/57
- Ep 5Air Steward Hancock10/28/57
Hancock takes a job as an Air Steward but he soon learns that he is afraid to fly On his first flight he meets Sid James who blackmails him into smuggling money out of the country - Ep 4A Holiday in Scotland10/21/57
- Ep 3The Amusement Arcade10/14/57
- Ep 2The Great Detective10/7/57
- Ep 1The Continental Holiday9/30/57
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Season 2
- Ep 6The Auction6/10/57
- Ep 5The Pianist5/27/57
- Ep 4The New Neighbour5/13/57
- Ep 3The Russian Prince4/29/57
- Ep 2Lady Chatterley's Revenge4/15/57
- Ep 1The Alpine Holiday4/1/57
Hancock goes on a skiing holiday and after a mix up ends up sharing a room and a police cell with Kenneth Williams
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Season 1
- Ep 6The Chef That Died of Shame9/14/56
- Ep 5The Radio Show8/31/56
Coming Soon - Ep 4The Bequest8/17/56
Coming Soon - Ep 3The Dancer8/3/56
Coming Soon - Ep 2The Artist7/20/56
Up-and-coming artist Hancock buys some old canvases to paint over, little realizing that one of them is a stolen Rembrandt. - Ep 1The First TV Show7/6/56
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