
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".
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Cast

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
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