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The Tony Hancock Show (1956)

The Tony Hancock Show poster
Genre
sketch comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tony Hancock stars in a black-and-white sketch comedy series. Each episode presents a series of comedic sketches performed live on British television.

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What happens

The Tony Hancock Show is a black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock and was broadcast on ITV by the franchise contractor Associated-Rediffusion for two series in 1956 and 1957, either side of the first television series of Hancock's Half Hour. Episodes were written by Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens, John Jose, or (for the few last episodes) Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. All the episodes were broadcast live. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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