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Christmas at Aldershot

Hancock is looking forward to Christmas, but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James....

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 four highly successful series, the final 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 is looking forward to Christmas, but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James.....

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. Christmas At Aldershot was first broadcast on the 21st December, 1954.

Produced by Neil Pearson & Hayley Sterling.

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.

This programme was first broadcast on Christmas Day, 2019.

Available now

28 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 2019 18:30
  • New Year's Day 2020 07:30
  • New Year's Day 2020 17:30
  • New Year's Day 2020 22:00
  • Thu 2 Jan 2020 05:30
  • Monday 23:00

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