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Radio 4 Extra,08 Dec 1959,30 mins

SeriesSeries 6

The Poetry Society

Hancock's Half Hour

Available for 23 days

The Lad's new avant garde friends produce some poetical gems - with a little help from Sid and Bill. 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 Fenella Fielding Warren Mitchell Fraser Kerr Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott. Producer: Tom Ronald First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959.

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