Tony's Radio Shows

"Hancock's Half Hour" - Fourth Series


* denotes episodes which are known to be lost.

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Fourth Radio Series : October 1956 - February 1957
Episode No.Broadcast DateEpisode Title
114-10-56 Back From Holiday
2 21-10-56 The Bolshoi Ballet
*3* 28-10-56 Sid James's Dad
4 4-11-56 The Income Tax Demand
5 11-11-56 The New Secretary
6 18-11-56 Michelangelo 'Ancock
7 25-11-56 Anna And The King Of Siam
8 2-12-56 Cyrano De Hancock
9 9-12-56 The Stolen Petrol
10 16-12-56 The Expresso Bar
11 23-12-56 Hancock's Happy Christmas
12 30-12-56 The Diary
13 6-1-57 The 13th Of The Series
14 13-1-57 Almost A Gentleman
15 20-1-57 The Old School Re-Union
16 27-1-57 The Wild Man Of The Woods
17 3-2-57 Agricultural 'Ancock
18 10-2-57 Hancock In The Police
19 17-2-57 The Emigrant
20 24-2-57 The Last Of The McHancocks


Transmission: Sundays at 1600, BBC Light Programme.

Repeated: Tuesdays at 2000 (except no. 11, repeated 24-12-56 at 2130), BBC Light Programme.

Recorded: Nos. 1-16 were recorded 7 days earlier, on the previous Sunday; No. 17 was recorded 8 days previously, a Saturday; Nos. 18-20 were recorded 3 days earlier, on a Thursday.

Regular Cast: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques (No. 5 onwards). Click on the title of each episode to see additional cast members.

Produced by Dennis Main Wilson.

BBC Radio


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