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HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR (RADIO)

  • Series 1
    • 09.11.1954 The Diamond Ring (missing)
    • 30.11.1954 The Hancock Festival (missing)
    • 14.12.1954 The Department Store Santa (missing)
    • 21.12.1954 Christmas at Aldershot (missing)
    • 28.12.1954 The Christmas Eve Party (missing)
  • Series 2
    • 17.04.1955 A Holiday in France (missing)
    • 26.04.1955 The Crown Jewels (missing)
    • 03.05.1955 The Racehorse (missing)
    • 31.05.1955 Prime Minister Hancock (missing)
    • 21.06.1955 The Three Sons (missing)
    • 05.07.1955 The Matador (missing)
  • Series 3
    • 09.11.1955 The New Neighbour (missing)
    • 16.11.1955 The Winter Holiday (missing)
    • 30.11.1955 The Red Planet (missing)
    • 07.12.1955 The Diet
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
    • 14.12.1955 Visit to Russia (missing)
    • 21.12.1955 The Trial of Father Christmas (missing)
    • 28.12.1955 Cinderella Hancock [remake] (missing)
    • 04.01.1956 New Year Resolutions (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 25.01.1956 The Breakfast Cereal (missing)
    • 01.02.1956 How Hancock Won the War (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 08.02.1956 The Newspaper (missing)
  • Series 4
    • 28.10.1956 Sid James' Dad
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.

    • THE LAUGHTERMAKERS (RADIO)

  • Series 1
    • 20.07.1956 The Art of Tony Hancock (missing)

    • MAN BEHIND THE STAR

    • 17.12.1965 With Ian Wallace, Tony Hancock (missing)

    • PERSONAL APPEARANCE

    • 29.10.1965 With Tony Hancock (missing)

    • CALL MY BLUFF

  • Series 1
    • 19.12.1965 With Robert Morley, Denise Robins, James Fox, Frank Muir, Sheila Hancock (missing)

    • DESERT ISLAND DISCS (RADIO)

    • 05.08.1957 Tony Hancock (missing)

    • LATE SHOW LONDON

    • 28.01.1966 With Benny Green, Leo McKern, Sheila Hancock, James Laver, Talitha Pol (missing)

    • DEE TIME

    • 13.01.1968 With Allan Sherman, Sheila Hancock, Tony Blackburn, Herman's Hermits, The Morgan James Duo (missing)

    • BUT SERIOUSLY- IT'S SHEILA HANCOCK

    • 03.12.1972 The Woman's Place (missing)
    • 10.12.1972 Music (missing)
    • 17.12.1972 Survival in the Face of Other People's Brilliance! (missing)
    • 31.12.1972 Art for Whose Sake? (missing)
    • 07.01.1973 Episode No. 5 (missing)
    • 14.01.1973 Episode No. 6 (missing)

    • HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR

  • Series 1
    • 06.07.1956 The First TV Show (missing)
    • 20.07.1956 The Artist (missing)
    • 03.08.1956 The Dancer (missing)
    • 17.08.1956 The Bequest (missing)
    • 31.08.1956 The Radio Show (missing)
    • 14.09.1956 The Chef That Died of Shame (missing)
  • Series 2
    • 15.04.1957 Lady Chatterley's Revenge (missing)
    • 29.04.1957 The Russian Prince (missing)
    • 13.05.1957 The New Neighbour (missing)
    • 27.05.1957 The Pianist (missing)
    • 10.06.1957 The Auction (missing)
  • Series 3
    • 30.09.1957 The Continental Holiday (missing)
    • 07.10.1957 The Great Detective (missing)
    • 14.10.1957 The Amusement Arcade (missing)
    • 21.10.1957 A Holiday in Scotland (missing)
    • 04.11.1957 The Regimental Reunion (missing)
    • 11.11.1957 The Adopted Family (missing)
    • 25.11.1957 The Elocution Teacher (missing)
  • Series 4
    • 02.01.1959 Underpaid! Or Grandad's SOS (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 23.01.1959 The Flight of the Red Shadow
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
    • 30.01.1959 The Horror Serial
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
    • 06.02.1959 The Italian Maid
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
    • 13.02.1959 Matrimony – Almost (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 20.02.1959 The Beauty Contest (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 06.03.1959 The Wrong Man
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
    • 27.03.1959 The Servants (missing)

    • HANCOCK'S

    • 13.06.1967 Episode No. 1 (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 20.06.1967 Episode No. 2
      A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
      One or more sequences exist from a recording on a domestic video format (e.g. VHS, Beta, Philips 1500), but the complete programme is lost.
    • 27.06.1967 Episode No. 3 (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 04.07.1967 Episode No. 4 (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 10.07.1967 Episode No. 5 (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 17.07.1967 Episode No. 6 (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)

    • THE BLACKPOOL SHOW

  • Series 1
    • 19.06.1966 With Matt Monro, Tony Hancock, Hope and Keen, Marian Montgomery, Ray Alan (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)
    • 26.06.1966 With Kathy Kirby, Tony Hancock, Arthur Askey, The Dallas Boys, Lee Allan (missing)
    • 03.07.1966 With Tony Hancock, The Bachelors, Alllen Sherman, Tony Cawley, Barbara Law (missing)
    • 10.07.1966 With Tony Hancock, Frankie Howerd, The Kaye Sisters, Terry Hall, John Junkin (missing)
    • 17.07.1966 With Tony Hancock, Mike and Bernie Winters, Roy Castle, Arthur Worsley, Elaine Taylor (missing)

    • THE EAMONN ANDREWS SHOW

  • Series 2
    • 17.10.1965 With Imogene Coca, Julie Felix, Marquis of Bath, Tony Hancock, Bob Monkhouse (missing)
  • Series 4
    • 14.01.1968 With Eamonn Andrews, Tony Hancock, Engelbert Humperdinck (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)

    • CILLA

  • Series 2
    • 29.01.1969 With Cilla Black, The Irving Davies Dancers, The Breakaways, Sheila Hancock (missing)

    • DON'T SAY A WORD

  • Series 1
    • 22.08.1963 With Libby Morris, Kenneth Connor, Una Stubbs, Glen Mason, Harry Fowler (missing)

    • THE FROST PROGRAMME

  • Series 1
    • 19.01.1967 With Tony Hancock (missing)

    • (JACK HYLTON PRESENTS) THE TONY HANCOCK SHOW

  • Series 2
    • 16.11.1956 Hancock – The Man of the Moment (missing)
    • 30.11.1956 Honneur et Fidèlité (missing)
    • 14.12.1956 The Further Adventures of Hancock (missing)
    • 28.12.1956 Weather or Not (missing)
    • 11.01.1957 Napoleon and Josephine (missing)
    • 25.01.1957 The Odd Job Man (missing)

    • SECOMBE AND FRIENDS

    • 13.11.1966 With Tony Hancock, Michael Bentine, Danny La Rue, Adele Leigh, Jeremy Lloyd (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)

    • SIX FIFTY FIVE SPECIAL

  • Six Fifty-Five
    • 16.08.1983 With Sheila Hancock, Gerard Kenny, Jeff Banks
      The only known complete copy was recorded on a domestic video format (e.g. VHS, Beta, Philips 1500).

    • THE VAL DOONICAN SHOW

  • Series 2
    • 05.11.1966 With The Adam Singers, The Gojos, Sheila Hancock, Lonnie Donegan, Freddy Davies (missing)

    • BE MY GUEST (RADIO)

  • Series 6
    • 02.08.1974 Sheila Hancock (missing)

    • VAL PARNELL'S SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM

  • Series 10
    • 15.11.1964 With Jack Parnell and his Orchestra, Norman Vaughan, Tony Hancock, The Travellers, Topo Gigio (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)

    • SHOW OF THE WEEK

    • 07.07.1968 Sheila Hancock in Simply Sheila (a domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself is missing)

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