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The Winter Holiday

Tony takes a break from his job as a lift attendant and decides to head to the seaside for a fortnight in Brighton... in winter!

The Missing Hancocks recreates those episodes of the classic Hancock's Half Hour that have been wiped or lost from the archive.

The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Ray Galton and Alan Simpson as one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show were missing from the 成人论坛 archives. Now, after three highly successful series, another batch of those episodes have been lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at the 成人论坛 Radio Theatre.

Tonight's episode: The Winter Holiday. Tony Hancock takes a break from his job as a lift attendant and decides to head to the seaside for a fortnight in Brighton...in winter!

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic score re-recorded by the 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra, the show stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Winter Holiday was first broadcast on the 16th November, 1955.

Produced by Neil Pearson & Paul Sheehan.

Written by Ray Galton & Simpson

Music recorded by the 成人论坛 Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.

A 成人论坛 Studios Production.

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Nov 2022 19:00

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