Hancock's Half Hour - Season 4 - Eps 2: Underpaid! or Grandad's SOS
Hancock discovers that his extremely rich grandfather is very ill in hospital in Australia. Sid, expecting a large bequest, hurries to Australia masquerading as Hancock, but the old man has no money left. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Sid's grandfather falls dangerously ill in prison.
About Hancock's Half Hour
Title: Hancock's Half Hour
First Air Date: 1956-07-06
Last Air Date: 1961-06-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 63
Network: BBC One
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
Cast
Tony Hancock
