"Hancock's Half Hour" The Train Journey (1959)

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Writers:

Alan Simpson (written by) and
Ray Galton (written by)

TV Series:

"Hancock's Half Hour" (1956)

Original Air Date:

23 October 1959 (Season 5, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Train Compartment | Train Journey | Train | Doctor | Bus

Cast

Tony Hancock	...	Anthony Aloysius Hancock
Sid James	...	Sidney Balmoral James
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Dorning
Cameron Hall
Raymond Huntley	...	Doctor
Hugh Lloyd	...	Booking office clerk
Henry B. Longhurst	...	Vicar
Eve Patrick	...	Female Passenger
Totti Truman Taylor	...	Female passenger in compartment

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Mario Fabrizi	...	Various Characters
John Vere	...	Various Characters

Filming Locations:

Studio 1, BBC Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Don't argue with him, he's a Doctor

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Another classic episode of Hancocks Half Hour which see's Hancock frustrating passengers on a train.

Hancock is starring in a Shakespearien play and travels up to Yorkshire with Sid by train. On the train is a Doctor who is writing up a speech which must be done in silence, a Vicar, an army officer and some other passengers. The Vicar also needs silence as he's writing up his sermon. Hancock and Sid try to keep quiet for the Doctor, but just aren't mature enough and cause mayhem for the passengers. On the way home, they don't want to sit in silence with grumpy people in a train carriage, so they decide to get the coach and have a good laugh, but the other passengers on the train catch the coach to avoid Hancock and Sid, so they are all reunited.

It was very funny when they all ended up on the same coach.

Best Bit: Hancock asking the Vicar, who had his collar on, what he does for a living.