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Radio 4 Extra,02 Nov 1954,30 mins

SeriesSeries 1

The First Night Party

Hancock's Half Hour

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The Lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour. But things don't quite go to plan... Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. Starring Tony Hancock. With: Moira Lister Bill Kerr Sidney James Gerald Campion Kenneth Williams. Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Music recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Producer: Dennis Main Wilson First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.

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