Fifty Years Of Hancock's Half Hour

The first biography of one of Britain's best-loved comedy shows.
Many people consider Tony Hancock to be the finest comic actor of them all. November 2004 saw the 50th anniversary of his best-loved work, Hancock's Half-Hour, which began as a radio series, penned by the writers Galton and Simpson. Two years later, the first of 58 TV instalments had been screened, and Hancock's genius, coupled with Galton and Simpson's brilliant scripts, ensured that the show soon became a yardstick against which