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Article description: (description ) This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio and later television comedy series of the 1950s. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, who also created Steptoe and Son. The main character, a pompous self-important fool, was played by Tony Hancock. His boorish offsider, whose chief task it is to bring Tony back to reality, was played by Sid James. 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, then Andrée Melly, played Tony's girlfriends. Later, Hattie Jacques played Hancock's secretary, the rather prim Miss Pugh. Kenneth Williams featured as a number of characters, most notably one nicknamed 'Snide'. In the TV version the regular cast was pared down to Hancock and James, although Williams and Jacques made a couple of guest appearances in early episodes. |