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The Gourmet

The Lad fancies himself a food connoisseur, so Sid enters him for an eating competition. Stars Tony Hancock. From October 1959.

The Lad thinks he's a connoisseur of food, so Sid decides to enter him in an eating competition.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Warren Mitchell
Hugh Morton

Special guest star: BBC sports commentator, Ray Glendenning.

Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.

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30 minutes

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Thu 18 Dec 202502:30

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