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 Aloysius Hancock
Sidney Balmoral James
Hotelier
East Dulwich Yodelling Champion
Miss Duboir
Passenger / Airline Official / Prosecuting Counsel / Mr. Pools / Vicar / Various
Air Hostess
Pilot
Autograph Hunter
Hotel Guest / Passenger
Passenger
Porter / Police Sergeant / Police Constable / Fireman / Guest
Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant
Police Constable
Customs Officer
Pilot / Magazine Man / Young Husband
Pilot
Pilot
Pilot / Magazine Man
Passenger / Colonel
Man in Customs Queue / Barrister’s Clerk / Newspaper Boy / Bassist
Passport Officer
Pilot on Plane / Court Official / ‘Tittle Tattle’ Man / Violinist
Passenger
Tannoy Girl / Policewoman
Constable / Assistant
Passenger / Violist
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Lord Chief Justice Williams
Barrister
PC Trubshaw
Clerk of the Court / ‘Picture Parade’ Man
Jury Foreman / Magazine Man
Postman / Surveyor
Policeman
Waiter / Mario Fabrizi
Mr. Perkins
Japanese Man
Emily’s Husband
Emily
Young Wife
Guest
Secretary
Defendant / Henry
Mrs. Farley
Surveyor’s Wife
Swiss Gendarme / Court Usher /Guest
Himself
Himself
Themselves
Juryman (uncredited)
Juryman (uncredited)
Swiss Gendarme (uncredited)
Jurywoman (uncredited)
Juryman (uncredited)
Jurywoman (uncredited)
Police Constable (uncredited)