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26 March 2008 (UK)
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In the mid-1960s, Joan, not long married to comic actor John Le Mesurier, meets and is mutually attracted to comedian Tony Hancock...
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Certainly not Hancocks finest Half Hour
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ken Stott | ... | Tony Hancock |
 | Maxine Peake | ... | Joan Le Mesurier |
| Alex Jennings | ... | John Le Mesurier |
| Don Gallagher | ... | Dr. Newman |
| George Costigan | ... | George |
| Olivia Colman | ... | Marion |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Billy Marsh (as Geoff McGivern) |
| June Watson | ... | Lily |
| John Kay Steel | ... | Reporter One |
| Julia Deakin | ... | Landlady |
| Tom Georgeson | ... | Fred |
| Lesley Nicol | ... | Nellie |
| Oscar Lloyd | ... | David |
| Gareth Tunley | ... | Chat Show Host |
| Peter Sullivan | ... | Edward Joffe |
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UK:86 min (approx.)
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Made as one of a four-part season "The Curse of Comedy" on BBC Four, though not billed on-screen with this series title. The other three films in the series were The Curse of Steptoe (2008) (TV), Hughie Green, Most Sincerely (2008) (TV) and Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me (2008) (TV).
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[Tony and Joan have just made love; in a panic at his forthcoming stage performance, Tony rushes to the toilet, suffering from a sudden attack of diarrhoea]
Tony Hancock: What am I doing? My arse has exploded and my teeth are chattering.
Joan Le Mesurier: When I was living in Ramsgate, my friend Sheila worked on the dog track. She said when you see the dogs on parade before the race, if one of them has a hard-on or has just had a crap, put your money on it. I'd back you on both counts tonight.
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Tony Hancock: What am I doing? My arse has exploded and my teeth are chattering.
Joan Le Mesurier: When I was living in Ramsgate, my friend Sheila worked on the dog track. She said when you see the dogs on parade before the race, if one of them has a hard-on or has just had a crap, put your money on it. I'd back you on both counts tonight.
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This was a superbly well crafted TV drama with cracking performances form both leads that made your heart go out to both characters even though you could not help but see the banality of their relationship and the selfishness both of them showed to all those who loved them. Stott and Peake are both outstanding and I hope they receive credit and praise for their performances (it is good to see Peake moving on from 'Shameless' and I for one never expected such a quality performance of restraint from her). The depiction of Tony Hancock's affair with Joan is not pleasant viewing as most of us will know the outcome from the start and it is certainly not pleasant watching people fall into a circle of disaster all caused by one man's impending sense of doom thoroughly fuelled by chronic alcoholism, and you do really feel for the people around them, especially Joan's husband John (another excellent performance by Alex Jennings). Hightly effective viewing which achieves all it sets out to do.