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Radio 4 Extra,27 Oct 1959,30 mins

SeriesSeries 6

The Gourmet

Hancock's Half Hour

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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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