Hancock's Half Hour

Season 2

6 episodes · Apr 1, 1957

Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. The BBC did record the first episode of this series for training purposes and this is the only episode of this series that survives. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Mondays at 2000. There were no repeats.

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  • The Alpine Holiday
    S2E1

    The Alpine Holiday

    Apr 1, 195730m

    Hancock upsets his fellow passengers on a flight to Switzerland and then discovers that he has to share his room at the hotel. Initially he thinks that he is sharing with an attractive French girl only to discover that it is really a yodeller and Alpine Horn player.

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  • S2E2

    Lady Chatterley's Revenge

    Apr 15, 195730m

    Hancock is given a small part in the East Cheam Repertory Company's production of 'Moon Over Tahiti' but then they forget to tell him when the play is changed to 'Lady Chatterley's Revenge'.

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  • S2E3

    The Russian Prince

    Apr 29, 195730m

    Hancock bumps his head and suffers from temporary amnesia. Whilst he is unable to remember who he is, Sid persuades Hancock that he is Prince Nicolai, the last heir to the Russian Royal Family's fortune... but there are others making the same claim.

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  • S2E4

    The New Neighbour

    May 13, 195730m

    Hancock is worried by his new neighbour who seems to keep bringing in bodies and dumping them in an incinerator in the back garden. Hancock decides to investigate.

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  • S2E5

    The Pianist

    May 27, 195730m

    Hancock dreams that he has a job as a night club pianist and he falls in love with a foreign baroness. But she is engaged and Hancock is challenged to a duel with her fiancé.

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  • S2E6

    The Auction

    Jun 10, 195730m

    Sid and Hancock decide to auction off their property to pay for a trip to Monte Carlo to try out Sid's infallible roulette system. But they discover that Hancock's stuffed eagle had been stuffed with banknotes.

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