Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him so special - the surviving episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of Hancock's Half Hour, plus a Christmas special. Episodes include: "The Alpine Holiday", "Air Steward Hancock", "The Last Of The Many", "The Lawyer: The Crown vs Sidney James", "Competitions: How To Win Money And Influence People" and "There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden". The Christmas special is "Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company".

Tony Hancock

(Tony Aloysius Hancock)

Sidney James

(Sidney Balmoral James)

Richard Wattis

(Hotelier)

Kenneth Williams

(East Dulwich Yodelling Champion)

June Whitfield

(Miss Duboir)

John Vere

(Passenger / Airline Official / Prosecuting Counsel / Mr. Pools / Vicar / Various)

Peggy Ann Clifford

(Air Hostess)

Dennis Chinnery

(Pilot)

Liz Fraser

(Autograph Hunter)

Rose Howlett

(Hotel Guest / Passenger)

Clinton Ffrench

(Passenger)

Manville Tarrant

(Porter / Police Sergeant / Police Constable / Fireman / Guest)

Bill Fraser

(Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant)

Dave Freeman

(Police Constable)

Peter Allenby

(Customs Officer)

Leslie Smith

(Pilot / Magazine Man / Young Husband)

Richard Statman

(Pilot)

Stuart Hillier

(Pilot)

Philip Carr

(Pilot / Magazine Man)

Cameron Hall

(Passenger / Colonel)

Johnny Vyvyan

(Man in Customs Queue / Barrister’s Clerk / Newspaper Boy / Bassist)

James Bulloch

(Passport Officer)

Alec Bregonzi

(Pilot on Plane / Court Official / ‘Tittle Tattle’ Man / Violinist)

Harry Drew

(Passenger)

Ann Marryott

(Tannoy Girl / Policewoman)

Basil Beale

(Constable / Assistant)

Evelyn Lund

(Passenger / Violist)

Stella Kemball

(Passenger)

Charles Julian

(Passenger)

Con Courtney

(Passenger)

George Crowther

(Passenger)

Susan Cox

(Passenger)

John Le Mesurier

(Lord Chief Justice Williams)

Raymond Rollett

(Barrister)

Arthur Mullard

(PC Trubshaw)

Hugh Lloyd

(Clerk of the Court / ‘Picture Parade’ Man)

Anthony Shirvell

(Jury Foreman / Magazine Man)

Dick Emery

(Postman / Surveyor)

Campbell Singer

(Policeman)

Mario Fabrizi

(Waiter / Mario Fabrizi)

Bruce Wightman

(Mr. Perkins)

Burt Kwouk

(Japanese Man)

Gordon Phillott

(Emily’s Husband)

Nancy Roberts

(Emily)

Paddi Edwards

(Young Wife)

Elizabeth Gott

(Guest)

Anne Reid

(Secretary)

Claude Bonser

(Defendant / Henry)

Brenda Duncan

(Mrs. Farley)

Esther McPherson

(Surveyor’s Wife)

Patrick Milner

(Swiss Gendarme / Court Usher /Guest)

Max Geldray

(Himself)

John Gregson

(Himself)

The Keynotes

(Themselves)

Bert Allison

(Juryman (uncredited))

Alistair Audsley

(Juryman (uncredited))

Victor Bryant

(Swiss Gendarme (uncredited))

Joyce Hemson

(Jurywoman (uncredited))

John Herrington

(Juryman (uncredited))

Colette O'Neil

(Jurywoman (uncredited))

Roger Ostime

(Police Constable (uncredited))