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* ADayInTheLimelight: The unused script "The Counterfeiter" would have been one for Bill Kerr.
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* ActorAllusion: "The Student Prince" mentions Bill Kerr's appearance in Film/TheDamBusters the year before.
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* ActorAllusion: "The Student Prince" mentions Bill Kerr's appearance in Film/TheDamBusters ''Film/TheDamBusters'' the year before.
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* DenserAndWackier: Inverted. It began as a narrative-based sitcom, with a ZanyScheme every episode, surreal storylines, MediumAwareness and NegativeContinuity. These elements were gradually downplayed until it ended up as a SliceOfLife observational comedy. In part necessary as the plots of the early radio episodes wouldn't have been possible on television.
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** The radio series has "The Hancock Festival", "The Diary" and "The East Cheam Drama Festival", which are a series of sketches rather than one plot for the whole episode. "The Blackboard Jungle" and "Anna and the King of Siam" are parodies of ''Film/TheBlackboardJungle'' and ''Film/TheKingAndI'' which have the regular cast playing different characters. The writers have said that they did this when they couldn't think of a regular script for the week.
** On TV, the Christmas special "Hancock's 43 Minutes", which is a variety show hosted by Sid and Tony in-character.
** The radio series has "The Hancock Festival", "The Diary" and "The East Cheam Drama Festival", which are a series of sketches rather than one plot for the whole episode. "The Blackboard Jungle" and "Anna and the King of Siam" are parodies of ''Film/TheBlackboardJungle'' and ''Film/TheKingAndI'' which have the regular cast playing different characters. The writers have said that they did this when they couldn't think of a regular script for the week.
** On TV, the Christmas special "Hancock's 43 Minutes", which is a variety show hosted by Sid and Tony in-character.
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* InteractiveNarrator: "The 13th of the Series" opens with the usual announcement introducing the episode, but then Tony tells the announcer there will be no episode this week due to his superstitions. They then argue about whether there should be an episode.
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* MediumAwareness: In several radio and early television episodes, the cast were aware they were in a show. For instance, Tony would [[BreakingTheFourthWall Break The Fourth Wall]] and announce he was retiring from the show or ask for the credits to come on. In "A Visit to Swansea" Harry Secombe's performance in the previous episodes was discussed.
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* VillainDecay: After the first few television series, Sid stopped trying to con Tony every week and his role became that of Tony's friend and sometimes theatrical agent.
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* FinalSeasonCasting: The final TV series (retitled to ''Hancock'') saw Creator/SidJames dropped due to Creator/TonyHancock's fears of only being seen as a double act.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: "The Marrow Contest" centres on Tony trying to grow a marrow for the titular contest, contested by the council who want to take away his garden to widen the road. The debate is taken to court, where the judge decides a bridge must be built over Tony's garden to preserve the marrow. Not only does the bridge block out the sunlight and kill the marrow, but the cost leaves the council with no money left to hold the competition!
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* ActorAllusion: "The Student Prince" mentions Bill Kerr's appearance in Film/TheDamBusters the year before.
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** The early television episodes sometimes ended with Hancock breaking the fourth wall to make some comment about the situation then ask the credits to come along. This was phased out later on but came back for "Sid in Love".
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* ButtMonkey: Tony is usually the victim of Sid's various schemes and gets his funds milked dry throughout the course of most episodes. In a twist, Sid is the butt-monkey in "The Student Prince", falling victim to numerous assassination attempts that Tony was meant to be the target of.
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* CorruptPolitician: Some episodes have Sid and his gang obtaining political positions and then taking advantage of Tony to line their pockets.
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* CourtroomEpisode: "12 Angry Men".
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** Tony as well, playing a defense lawyer in an episode of the third series.
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** Robbed a jewelry store and used Tony's newly-bought Rolls-Royce as a getaway car, tricking Tony, Bill and Andree into (almost literally) holding the bag when the Bobbies are closing in;
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** Robbed a jewelry store and used Tony's newly-bought Rolls-Royce as a getaway car, tricking Tony, Bill Bill, and Andree Andrée into (almost literally) holding the bag when the Bobbies are closing in;
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The main character, a pompous self-important fool, was played by Creator/TonyHancock. His boorish offsider, whose chief task it is to bring Tony back to reality, was played by Creator/SidneyJames. Bill Kerr also featured as Hancock's dim Australian boarder. (Hancock, James and Kerr's characters all used variations on their real names.) Moira Lister and then Andrée Melly played Tony's girlfriends. Later, Creator/HattieJacques played Hancock's secretary, the rather prim Miss Pugh. Creator/KennethWilliams featured as a number of characters, most notably one nicknamed 'Snide'.
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The main character, a pompous self-important fool, was played by Creator/TonyHancock. His boorish offsider, whose chief task it is to bring Tony back to reality, was played by Creator/SidneyJames. Bill Kerr also featured as Hancock's dim Australian boarder. (Hancock, James and Kerr's characters all used variations on their real names.) Moira Lister and then Andrée Melly Creator/AndreeMelly played Tony's girlfriends. Later, Creator/HattieJacques played Hancock's secretary, the rather prim Miss Pugh. Creator/KennethWilliams featured as a number of characters, most notably one nicknamed 'Snide'.
