1. PREMIERED 1956

    Hancock's Half Hour

    BBC Light Programme, from 1956

1956

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series
  2. PREMIERED
    July 6, 195670 years ago
  3. NETWORKS
    BBC Light Programme, BBC One
  4. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  5. LANGUAGE
    British English
  6. GENRE
    Comedy television series
  7. STARRING
    Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams, Andrée Melly
  8. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 71 on July 6, 2027, in 246 days
  9. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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