Image: Gordon Phillott as the librarian, Tony Hancock and Sid James in the series 6 episode 'The Missing Page' (TX 11 March 1960). When Hancock's Half-Hour appeared on BBC television, on 6 July ...

A dinner has been hosted to celebrate 100 years since the birth of influential 1950s comedian Tony Hancock. He was best known for his BBC radio and TV series Hancock's Half Hour. The Tony Hancock ...

In 1954, Tony Hancock burst onto BBC radio with his comedy show in which Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams were among the cast. The series, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, proved just as ...

It comes in the year that Tony Hancock would have turned 100 – and also 70 years after the first Hancock's Half Hour aired. It also comes at a time when Hancock's influence remains strong.

Tony Hancock’s famous hat and coat is held in the archive at De Montfort University. Show more Leicester’s De Montfort University is home to a collection of treasures which span the career of ...

Image: Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr and Sidney James in 1956. Hancock's Half-Hour started on 2 November 1954 with "The First Night Party". The series ran on radio and later on ...