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Hancock's Half Hour (Radio) Third Series - Programme 11 |
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A new production of the 10th programme of the 1st Radio Series. Hancock, forced to do the house-work by Bill, and forbidden to go to the National Film Ball, manages to go in disguise - as Sheikh Aly Aga Khancock - in a costume rented only until midnight.
| Cast | ||
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| Tony Hancock | ||
| Bill Kerr | ||
| Sidney James | ||
| Kenneth Williams | ||
| Andrée Melly | ||
| Alan Simpson | ||
| Dora Bryan | ||
Programme Guide
This is a new reading of the tenth show in the First Radio Series, with Andrée Melly replacing Moira Lister.
Hancock is cast in the Cinderella mould. He finally gets to the Ball as
Sheikh Ali Aga Khancock and, once there, encounters an over-amorous lady, Dora Bryan, playing a kind of female Snide.
Dora: "Oh, he's nice, isn't he?"
Hancock: "Goodnight."
Dora: "I want to dance."
Hancock: "Course you do. There's Boris Karloff over there. Go frighten him."
Dora: "What's the matter, Princey, don't you like me?"
Hancock: "It's not .... it ... ah .... er .... no."
Dora: "Oh, come on, let's dance. I've never danced Sheikh to Sheikh before."
Hancock: "Steady girl!"
In true pantomime fashion, Hancock disappears at midnight and, the next day, a flunkey (Kenneth Williams) comes round, asking all to try on the shoe.
Hancock (trying it on): "It fits."
Williams: "Oh good. You're under arrest."
Hancock: "But why?"
Williams: "The owner of these boots deserted 7 years ago."
Transmitted: Wednesday December 28th,1955 at 2000, BBC Light Programme.
Repeated: Sunday January 1st, 1956 at 1700, BBC Light Programme
Recorded: Sunday, December 18th,1955 (the same day as "The Trial Of Father Christmas" - Series 3 / Programme 10)
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Music by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.
BBC Radio.
Go to next show "The New Year Resolutions" (Series 3 / Programme 12).
Go back to Third Radio Series index page.
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