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The Foreign Legion

Hancock's Half HourSeries 5
Episode 13 of 20

The Lad is set to entertain troops in Malta, but he gets duped into a frontline appearance. Stars Tony Hancock. From April 1958.

The Lad is set to entertain troops in Malta.

But he gets duped into making an appearance on the frontline.

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
Hattie Jacques

Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958.

30 minutes

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