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The Bolshoi Ballet

The Lad's hopes of seeing a night of dance at Covent Garden don't quite go to plan. Stars Tony Hancock. From October 1956.

The Lad's hopes for a night of dance at London's Covent Garden don't quite go to plan.

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
Kenneth Williams

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956.

30 minutes

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