Hancock's Half Hour - Season 5 - Eps 1: The Economy Drive
Hancock and Sid return from holiday to discover that Sid has failed to cancel any deliveries and has left every electrical appliance in the house on. Hancock decides that in order to make ends meet he and Sid must go on an economy drive. But Hancock soon encounters difficulties in the local self service café, and the stairs at home prove problematic as well.
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
