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Hancock's Half Hour: Season 6

Broadcast between 29th September 1959 and 29th December 1959, this series comprised 14 episodes all of which survive in the archive. The series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 20:00 and repeated on Sundays at 18:30. Episode 13 was also repeated at 13:10 on Friday 29th December 1959.


Cast comprised Tony Hancock, Sidney James and Bill Kerr (except episode 13). This series was the first to feature a significant number of guest performers, all of which are detailed below.

1

The Smugglers

Tuesday, 29 September 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock, Bill and Sid are on a cross channel ferry returning from a holiday in Europe when Sid persuades Hancock and Bill to smuggle some watches into the country for him.

2

The Childhood Sweetheart

Tuesday, 6 October 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

It's 25 years since Hancock bade farewell to his childhood sweetheart and now is the time that they agreed to meet again. Hancock takes Bill and Sid with him to their agreed meeting place but which one is Olive?

3

The Last Bus Home

Tuesday, 13 October 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock, Bill and Sid have been to the cinema but are unable to get on the last bus home. They decide to walk just as it starts to rain. But Bill knows a short cut...

4

The Picnic

Tuesday, 20 October 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock, Bill and Sid go out for a picnic with three girls they picked up at the Palais the previous evening. But the girls have rather different plans for the day than the boys!

5

The Gourmet

Tuesday, 27 October 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock believes that he is a gourmet but things go awry when Sid enters him for an eating competition.

6

The Elopement

Tuesday, 3 November 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Bill has fallen in love with a rich girl whose father has forbidden him to marry her. So Sid and Hancock arrange for an elopement to Gretna Green.

7

Fred's Pie Stall

Tuesday, 10 November 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock's regular eating place is Fred's Pie Stall in Cheam High Street. When it is threatened with closure by the Council, Hancock sets out to save it.

8

The Waxwork

Tuesday, 17 November 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock is honoured when Madam Tussuad's want to make a waxwork of him. But Sid believes that it would be better if they set up their own waxworks with Hancock as the star model.

9

Sid's Mystery Tours

Tuesday, 24 November 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock sees Sid's advert in the paper for local mystery tours and goes along to see what Sid is up to. But Sid persuades Hancock to become a director of the Company and then Hancock discovers that it doesn't even own a coach.

10

The Fete

Tuesday, 1 December 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock is a member of the organising Committee for the local fete. But when all his ideas are ignored he desperately suggests that he can get Sir Laurence Olivier to open the fete but when Sir Laurence is unavailable, Hancock comes up with an alternative!

11

The Poetry Society

Tuesday, 8 December 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock joins a new avante-garde group at the local coffee house. But when he holds the abstract poetry reading evening at 23 Railway Cuttings, there are unexpected results!

12

Hancock in Hospital

Tuesday, 15 December 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock is in hospital with a broken leg...and no visitors. But then Sid and Bill arrive and Hancock wishes that they had stayed at home!

13

The Christmas Club

Tuesday, 22 December 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock has been putting money into the slate club at the Hand and Racquet pub to ensure that he has the best Christmas ever. But when Sid accidentally gives all of the savings to the Police Benevolent Fund collection, they face a Christmas without food.

14

The Impersonator

Tuesday, 29 December 1959 at 20:00:00 UTC

Hancock has become a success as a serious actor. But when an impression of Hancock is used in a cornflake advert, his career is ruined. So Hancock sues.

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