Hancock's Half Hour
Season 2
April 1, 1957
6Episodes
Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. The BBC did record the first episode of this series for training purposes and this is the only episode of this series that survives. The series was broadcast fortnightly on Mondays at 2000. There were no repeats.
Episodes
1. The Alpine Holiday
April 1, 1957
30 min
Hancock upsets his fellow passengers on a flight to Switzerland and then discovers that he has to share his room at the hotel. Initially he thinks that he is sharing with an attractive French girl only to discover that it is really a yodeller and Alpine Horn player.
Guest Stars:
Patrick Milner, Elisabeth Fraser, Rose Howlett, Manville Tarrant, Dennis Chinnery
2. Lady Chatterley's Revenge
April 15, 1957
30 min
Hancock is given a small part in the East Cheam Repertory Company's production of 'Moon Over Tahiti' but then they forget to tell him when the play is changed to 'Lady Chatterley's Revenge'.
Guest Stars:
Warren Mitchell, Desmond Rayner, Alan Simpson, Rose Howlett, Claude Bonser
3. The Russian Prince
April 29, 1957
30 min
Hancock bumps his head and suffers from temporary amnesia. Whilst he is unable to remember who he is, Sid persuades Hancock that he is Prince Nicolai, the last heir to the Russian Royal Family's fortune... but there are others making the same claim.
Guest Stars:
Ian MacNaughton, Frank Pemberton, Fraser White, Gordon Phillott, Mario Fabrizi
4. The New Neighbour
May 13, 1957
30 min
Hancock is worried by his new neighbour who seems to keep bringing in bodies and dumping them in an incinerator in the back garden. Hancock decides to investigate.
Guest Stars:
Mario Fabrizi, John Vere, Bill Fraser
5. The Pianist
May 27, 1957
30 min
Hancock dreams that he has a job as a night club pianist and he falls in love with a foreign baroness. But she is engaged and Hancock is challenged to a duel with her fiancé.
Guest Stars:
Graham Leaman, James Bulloch, Ivor Raymonde, Claude Bonser, Manville Tarrant
6. The Auction
June 10, 1957
30 min
Sid and Hancock decide to auction off their property to pay for a trip to Monte Carlo to try out Sid's infallible roulette system. But they discover that Hancock's stuffed eagle had been stuffed with banknotes.
Guest Stars:
Gordon Phillott, Manville Tarrant, George Crowther, Mario Fabrizi, Harry Lane
