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Radio 4 Extra,03 Nov 1959,30 mins

Series Series 6

The Elopement

Hancock's Half Hour

Available for 27 days

With Bill suffering heartache, can Sid and The Lad Himself smooth the path to true love? Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. Starring Tony Hancock. With: Sidney James Bill Kerr Lillian Grasson Wilfred Babbage Fraser Kerr Lee Crutchley Special guest star: BBC sports commentator, Ray Glendenning. Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott. Producer: Tom Ronald First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1959.

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