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A House on the Cliff

Hancock's Half Hour Series 1
Episode 13 of 16

The Lad is after a new home, but is it really the best idea to get Sid to build it? Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From January 1955.

The Lad's after a new home, but is it really the best idea to get Sid to build it?

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.

Starring Tony Hancock.

With:

Moira Lister
Bill Kerr
Sidney James

Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.

Music recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.

Producer: Dennis Main Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.

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