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Hancock's Half Hour (Radio) Third Series - Programme 17 |
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Hancock takes over the running of the family newspaper "The Sentinel", with Sid as the crime reporter - reporting the crimes before they happen.
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| Tony Hancock | ||
| Bill Kerr | ||
| Sidney James | ||
| Kenneth Williams | ||
| Andrée Melly | ||
| Alan Simpson | ||
Programme Guide
Running your own newspaper is no easy task, be it "The East Cheam Gazette" or "The Surrey Advertiser", or - as in Hancock's case - "The Sentinel". Hancock's main concern is what to do when there is no news to report. Should he do what any self-respecting newspaper editor does in that situation and make up the news himself?
This would be no problem, were it not for the fact that Hancock's crime reporter is one Sidney Balmoral James - a man who possesses an unerring talent for both creating all manner of crimes and then reporting them.
Transmitted: Wednesday February 8th,1956 at 2000, BBC Light Programme.
Repeated: Sunday February 12th, 1956 at 1700, BBC Light Programme
Recorded: the previous Sunday, February 5th, 1956
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Music by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.
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