Tony's Radio Shows

"Hancock's Half Hour" - Fifth Series

All episodes from this series exist and are held in the THAS Sound Archive.

Click here for a complete listing of all missing Hancock's Half Hour radio episodes.

Fifth Radio Series : January - June 1958
Episode No.	Broadcast Date	Episode Title
1	21-1-58	The New Radio Series
2	28-1-58	The Scandal Magazine
3	4-2-58	The Male Suffragettes
4	11-2-58	The Insurance Policy
5	18-2-58	The Publicity Photograph
6	25-2-58	The Unexploded Bomb
7	4-3-58	Hancock's School
8	11-3-58	Around the World in Eighty Days
9	18-3-58	The Americans Hit Town
10	25-3-58	The Election Candidate
11	1-4-58	Hancock's Car
12	8-4-58	The East Cheam Drama Festival
13	15-4-58	The Foreign Legion
14	22-4-58	Sunday Afternoon at Home
15	29-4-58	The Grappling Game
16	6-5-58	The Junk Man
17	13-5-58	Hancock's War
18	20-5-58	The Prize Money
19	27-5-58	The Threatening Letters
20	3-6-58	The Sleepless Night

Transmission: Tuesdays at 2000 (except nos. 10,12,and 14 at 2031), BBC Light Programme.

Repeated: Thursdays at 2100, BBC Light Programme.

Recorded: Episodes were recorded the previous Sunday (except no. 4, recorded on Monday, 10-2-58; no. 12 recorded 6 weeks earlier, on 23-2-58; and no. 13 recorded 9 days earlier, 6-4-58;).

Regular Cast: Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams.

Produced by Tom Ronald (except no. 1, produced by Pat Dixon).

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