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The Worst Episodes of Hancock's Half Hour

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The Worst Episodes of Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony...

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  1. Background image for The First TV Show
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    #1 - The First TV Show

    S1:E1

    Hancock has a broken leg but Sid insists that the show must go on and so the show is broadcast from Hancock's hospital bed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - The Artist

    S1:E2

    Hancock decides to become an artist and buys up some old canvases to paint over. However, one is a stolen Rembrandt and one of Sid's cronies is forced to buy up all of Hancock's paintings to retrieve it.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - The Dancer

    S1:E3

    At last Hancock secures a film role... but only if he can dance. Sid provides lessons for Hancock and enters him into a local dancing Championship Contest, but is forced to become his partner in the competition (in drag)!

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - The Bequest

    S1:E4

    Uncle Obadiah leaves Hancock a fortune provided that he gets married. Hancock starts to look for his future wife with the help of the Sid James Marriage Bureau.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #5 - The Radio Show

    S1:E5

    Broadcast from the National Radio Show, Earl's Court, this episode comprised a number of sketches including the The Red Army Choir... British style!

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - The Chef That Died of Shame

    S1:E6

    The cast play the parts in the story of 'Iggins, a cook who becomes a well respected chef but subsequently fails and loses everything due to drink.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - The Alpine Holiday

    S2:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Lady Chatterley's Revenge

    S2:E2

    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'.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Russian Prince

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - The New Neighbour

    S2:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - The Pianist

    S2:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - The Auction

    S2:E6

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - The Continental Holiday

    S3:E1

    Hancock has been on holiday abroad and he tells Sid of his exploits in which he foiled an international gang of smugglers.

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    #14 - The Great Detective

    S3:E2

    Hancock dreams of becoming the great detective 'Sexton Hancock' and proceeds to unravel a complicated murder plot.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - The Amusement Arcade

    S3:E3

    Sid has set up an amusement arcade, but when Hancock finds out he leads a campaign to have it closed down. Meanwhile, Hancock seeks election to the Council but when Sid's arcade is closed down he moves it to Hancock's house.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - A Holiday in Scotland

    S3:E4

    Hancock is told by the doctor he must get fit. But when Hancock takes an unwilling Sid on a hunting holiday to Scotland, they get snowed in.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #17 - Air Steward Hancock - The Last of the Many

    S3:E5

    Hancock takes on a new job as an air steward. But one of the passengers on his first flight is Sid who is on the run from the police, and the other passengers include four police officers looking for a bank robber.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - The Regimental Reunion

    S3:E6

    Hancock, a junior clerk in a City office for 19 years, receives a promotion when his army friends, who met at a reunion, place large orders with the firm. However, they are all fraudulent orders and Sid has the takings.

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    #19 - The Adopted Family

    S3:E7

    Hancock needs to get to the top of the waiting list for a council house but to do this he needs a wife and four children. So he adopts Sid and four of his mates, but then he can't get rid of them.

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    #20 - The Elocution Teacher

    S3:E8

    Famous actor Jack Hawkins takes elocution lessons with Hancock and is reduced to being the leader of a rock-and-roll group.

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    #21 - The Lawyer - The Crown vs Sidney James

    S3:E9

    Hancock becomes a lawyer but when he defends an obviously guilty Sid James in court he finds himself the subject of a guilty verdict.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #22 - Competitions - How to Win Money and Influence People

    S3:E10

    Hancock takes up entering newspaper competitions as a full time job. When he wins a few competitions, he is foolish enough to trust Sid to look after the money.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #23 - There's An Airfield At the Bottom of My Garden

    S3:E11

    Hancock buys a house from Sid but discovers that there's an airfield at the bottom of his garden. Returning to Sid dissatisfied, he is forced to try to sell the house himself but he has considerable difficulties.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #24 - Hancock's 43 Minutes - The East Cheam Repertory Company

    S3:E12

    Hancock presents his own variety show from the Television Theatre - but he has asked Sid to provide all the acts.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #25 - Ericsson the Viking

    S4:E1

    Sid has persuaded Hancock to make a dramatic film which the BBC have agreed to broadcast. But Hancock is worried; after all, when shooting started Sid's production company didn't even have a movie camera.

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    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The First TV Show" is the worst rated episode of "Hancock's Half Hour". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/6/1956. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Artist".