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Hancock's Half Hour

(1956)

Seasons

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Season 1 (1956)

with 6 episodes premiered on July 6, 1956

Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently,…

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Season 2 (1957)

with 6 episodes premiered on April 1, 1957

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 t…

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Season 3 (1957)

with 12 episodes premiered on September 30, 1957

Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadcast live of which episodes 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives. The …

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Season 4 (1958)

with 13 episodes premiered on December 26, 1958

Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were recorded and the remainder were broadcast live. Episodes 1, 3, 4, 11 and 12 survi…

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Season 5 (1959)

with 10 episodes premiered on September 25, 1959

Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episode 3…

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Season 6 (1960)

with 10 episodes premiered on March 4, 1960

Broadcast between 4th March 1960 and 6th May 1960, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episodes 8 - 10 on F…

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Season 7 (1961)

with 6 episodes premiered on May 26, 1961

Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast …