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The Picnic

The Lad, Bill and Sid eat al fresco to impress their dates from the local Palais. Stars Tony Hancock. From October 1959.

Bill, Sid and The Lad Himself eat al fresco to impress their dates from the local Palais.

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
Patricia Hayes
Ann Lancaster
Elizabeth Fraser
Wilfred Babbage

Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 11 Dec 202502:30

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