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Hancock's Half Hour (1956)

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
8.4 (649 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 3 (1957)

7.38 avg 5 episodes 7.5 → 6.5

Ep 5: 7.5 · 37 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 52 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 43 votesEp 11: 7.6 · 36 votesEp 12: 6.5 · 29 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
5Air Steward Hancock7.537
9The Lawyer: The Crown v James S.7.852
10How to Win Money and Influence People7.543
11There's an Airfield at the Bottom of My Garden7.636
12Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes6.529

Season 4 (1958)

7.48 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 7.1 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 32 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 42 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 35 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 41 votesEp 12: 7.1 · 32 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ericson the Viking7.632
3The Set That Failed8.142
4The New Nose7.235
11The Oak Tree7.441
12The Knighthood7.132

Season 5 (1959)

7.86 avg 10 episodes 8.6 → 8.1 29 min avg

Ep 1: 8.6 · 52 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 45 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 49 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 72 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 34 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 44 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 34 votesEp 8: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 9: 7.0 · 32 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 37 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Economy Drive8.652
2The Two Murderers8.245
3Lord Byron Lived Here8.249
4Twelve Angry Men8.472
5The Train Journey7.634
6The Cruise7.844
7The Big Night7.634
8The Tycoon7.134
9Spanish Interlude7.032
10Football Pools8.137

Season 6 (1960)

7.82 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 30 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 47 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 58 votesEp 3: 7.4 · 31 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 45 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 31 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 32 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 35 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 39 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 32 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 35 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Cold7.747
2The Missing Page8.858
3The Emigrant7.431
4The Reunion Party8.345
5Sid in Love7.931
6The Baby Sitters7.432
7The Ladies' Man7.535
8The Photographer7.539
9The East Cheam Centenary7.532
10The Poison Pen Letters8.235