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Radio 4 Extra,25 Dec 1958,30 mins

Bill and Father Christmas

Hancock's Half Hour

Available for 12 days

It's a far from festive season as Bill gets a shock from overhearing the blabbermouth Lad. 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 Hattie Jacques Warren Mitchell Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Producer: Tom Ronald First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1958.

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