Tony's Radio Shows

"Hancock's Half Hour" - Second Series

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Second Radio Series : April - July 1955
Episode No.Broadcast DateEpisode Title
*1*19-4-55A Holiday In France
*2* 26-4-55The Crown Jewels
*3* 3-5-55The Racehorse
*4* 10-5-55A Visit To Swansea
5 17-5-55 The Holiday Camp
6 24-5-55 The Chef That Died Of Shame
*7* 31-5-55 Prime Minister Hancock
8 7-6-55 The Rail Strike
9 14-6-55 The Television Set
*10* 21-6-55 The Three Sons
11 28-6-55 The Marrow Contest
*12* 5-7-55 The Matador


Transmission: Tuesdays at 2130 (except no. 2, at 2000), BBC Light Programme.

Repeated: Sundays at 1500 (except no. 10, which was replaced by a further repeat of no. 7, because of an unfortunate topical connotation), BBC Light Programme.

Programmes 1-5 were recorded two days earlier, (Sunday); Programmes 6-11 were recorded the previous day (Monday). The last in the series, no. 12, was recorded the previous Saturday.

Regular Cast: Tony Hancock (except nos. 1-3, replaced by Harry Secombe), Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andrée Melly, Kenneth Williams and Alan Simpson (except no. 10).

Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.

BBC Radio


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