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June 29, 2026

MARION McMULLEN celebrates the launch on BBC TV of classic comedy Hancock's Half Hour 70 years ago

- MARION McMULLEN

THE comedy of Hancock’s Half Hour is still proving a tonic 70 years after it first launched on the BBC.

Tony Hancock's character Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock lived at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, and cut a distinctive figure in his black homburg hat and an overcoat almost as long as his face.

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It ain't half funny

MARION McMULLEN celebrates the launch on BBC TV of classic comedy Hancock's Half Hour 70 years ago

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June 29, 2026

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