The Tony Hancock Show

The Tony Hancock Show
Genre	Sketch show
Starring	Tony Hancock June Whitfield John Vere Clive Dunn Dick Emery Sam Kydd Hattie Jacques Eric Sykes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer(s)	Associated-Rediffusion
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	27 April 1956 – 25 January 1957

The Tony Hancock Show is a black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock that was broadcast for two series from 1956 to 1957. It was written by Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens, John Jose and (for the few last episodes) Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.^[1] All the episodes were broadcast live.

Cast

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

Episodes

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.^[2]

References

1. Lewisohn, Mark (2003). "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy". BBC.
2. "The Tony Hancock Show A-R, 1956". The British TV Missing Episodes Index. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007.

External links

• The Tony Hancock Show at the Internet Movie Database