Tony's Radio Shows

"Hancock's Half Hour" - Third Series

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Third Radio Series : October 1955 - February 1956
Episode No.Broadcast DateEpisode Title
119-10-55The Pet Dog
226-10-55The Jewel Robbery
32-11-55 The Bequest
*4*9-11-55 The New Neighbour
*5* 16-11-55 The Winter Holiday
6 23-11-55 The Blackboard Jungle
*7* 30-11-55 The Red Planet
*8* 7-12-55 The Diet
*9* 14-12-55 A Visit to Russia
*10* 21-12-55 The Trial of Father Christmas
*11* 28-12-55 Cinderella Hancock
*12* 4-1-56 The New Year Resolutions
13 11-1-56 Hancock's Hair
14 18-1-56 The Student Prince
*15* 25-1-56 The Breakfast Cereal
*16* 1-2-56 How Hancock Won the War
*17* 8-2-56 The Newspaper
18 15-2-56 The Greyhound Track
19 22-2-56 The Conjurer
20 29-2-56 The Test Match


Transmission: Wednesdays at 2000, BBC Light Programme.

Repeated: Sundays at 1700, BBC Light Programme.

Regular Cast: Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Andrée Melly and Alan Simpson.

Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.

BBC Radio


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