Hancocks Last Half Hour

Ian Burns directed by Barry McKenna in Heathcote Williams play

Tony Hancock was a British comedian and actor. His radio and then TV show, Hancock’s Half Hour, started in 1955 and ran for years. He became such an iconic figure that even in 2002, BBC radio listeners voted him best British comedian.

Danes may remember a Norwegian TV show based on scripts from Hancock's Half Hour. It was called Fleksnes Fataliteter and it aired in 1972 for the first time. The show became trilingual, as it usually starred Norwegian, Swedish and Danish actors.