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Radio 4 Extra,24 May 1955,30 mins

SeriesSeries 2

The Chef That Died of Shame

Hancock's Half Hour

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The regular Hancock cast play different characters - in the rise and fall saga of a pie-stall cook, Percy Higgins. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. Starring Tony Hancock. With: Bill Kerr Sidney James Kenneth Williams Andree Melly Announcer: Kenneth Williams Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Music recorded by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Producer: Dennis Main Wilson First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955.

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