Hancock's Half Hour

Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him so special - the surviving episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of Hancock's Half Hour, plus a Christmas special. Episodes include: "The Alpine Holiday", "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 is "Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company".

Hancock's Half-Hour is the yardstick against which all subsequent British sitcoms have been measured, the vast majority failing to reach its extremely high standards. Based on his famous radio show of the same name, the TV series consolidated Tony Hancock's standing as Britain's leading comic of the day, the entertainer providing ample proof that his wonderfully flexible face could be as expressive as his dextrous radio voice.
This DVD contains the episodes "Ericson the Viking", "The Set that Failed", "The Oak Tree" and "The Knighthood".

Features all ten episodes from the fifth series of 'Hancock's Half Hour' first broadcast in 1959.

Featuring every episode from the sixth series of Hancock's Half-Hour, first broadcast between March and May 1960. These were the last episodes to star Hancock's long-time comedy partner, Sid James.