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Department Store Santa

Hancock and Kerr are forced to stop claiming unemployment benefits by the Ministry Of Labour, so the Lad Himself takes on a job as Santa in Sid's department store.

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: Hancock and Kerr are forced to stop claiming unemployment benefits by the Ministry Of Labour, so the Lad Himself takes on a job as Santa in Sid's department store.

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 Margaret Cabourn-Smith. The Department Store Santa was first broadcast on the 14th December, 1954.

Produced by Neil Pearson & Paul Sheehan.

Written by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson

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

A 成人论坛 Studios Production.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

New Year's Day 2021 05:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Dec 2018 18:30
  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 07:30
  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 17:30
  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 22:00
  • Fri 21 Dec 2018 05:30
  • Christmas Eve 2020 18:30
  • Thu 31 Dec 2020 07:30
  • Thu 31 Dec 2020 17:30
  • Thu 31 Dec 2020 22:00
  • New Year's Day 2021 05:30

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