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The Elopement

With Bill suffering heartache, can The Lad and Sid smooth the path to true love? Stars Tony Hancock. From November 1959.

With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love?

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
Lillian Grasson
Wilfred Babbage
Fraser Kerr
Lee Crutchley

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 November 1959.

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