The Tony Hancock Show on Rewind TV
The Tony Hancock Show gets its first repeat since 1956 on Rewind Television
Following the braodcast on Rewind TV of Hancock’s 1963 series, we are delighted that Hancock’s first TV series, The Tony Hancock Show from 1956, will be repeated on Rewind Television at 3pm on Sundays with the first episode broadcast on the 24th August.
Rewind’s press release states: ‘Rewind TV announces the long-awaited return of Jack Hylton Presents: The Tony Hancock Show, marking the first public showing of these formative television performances in seven decades. The rediscovered material captures a young Tony Hancock alongside fellow stars Dick Emery and June Whitfield, offering an invaluable window into the birth of post-war British comedy.’
The second episode of the series will be presented exclusively on You Tube at 3pm on Sunday 31st August. Rewind has advised that this is due to the specific content of this episode: ‘To preserve historical integrity and context, one specific episode containing period language and attitudesand themes will debut exclusively on YouTube, presented uncut with clear viewer guidance.’
Huge thanks to Rewind TV for making this series available for viewers to see once again. The sketch show format presents Tony Hancock in very different scenarios than those of Hancock’s Half Hour and its great to see him in a show broadcast in the very formative years of ITV.
Rewind Television can be viewed on Sky 182, Freeview 81 & Freely 141.