All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Lawyer - The Crown vs Sidney James

    • December 2, 1957
    • BBC One

    Hancock becomes a lawyer but when he defends an obviously guilty Sid James in court he finds himself the subject of a guilty verdict!

  • S01E02 There's An Airfield At the Bottom of My Garden

    • December 16, 1957
    • BBC One

    Hancock buys a house from Sid but discovers that there's an airfield at the bottom of his garden! Returning to Sid dissatisfied, he is forced to try to sell the house himself but he has considerable difficulty, some of them unscripted! This is because the set was designed to fall apart at a given point in the script but unfortunately, the set starts to fall apart too early and Hancock is forced to improvise!

  • S01E03 Hancock's 43 Minutes

    • December 23, 1957
    • BBC One

    A complete departure from the usual show. Hancock presents his own variety show from the Television Theatre but he has asked Sid to provide all the acts!

Season 2

  • S02E01 Ericsson the Viking

    • December 26, 1958
    • BBC One

    Sid has persuaded Hancock to make a dramatic film which the BBC have agreed to broadcast. But Hancock is worried; after all when shooting started Sid's production company didn't even have a movie camera!

  • S02E02 The Set That Failed

    • January 9, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock doesn't know what to do: his television set has broken down. He sets off on a quest to find a working TV and joins a family who are so focused on their TV that they don't notice that they have additional guests!

  • S02E03 The New Nose

    • January 16, 1959
    • BBC One

    After a particularly unsuccessful date, Hancock's puts his lack of success with the girls down to his nose. After refusing to come out from his home, Sid arranges for a friend who had had plastic surgery to visit Hancock. Hancock has the surgery so success with the ladies is now guaranteed....or is it?

  • S02E04 The Oak Tree

    • March 13, 1959
    • BBC One

    The tree in Hancock's garden is threatened with felling because it is a danger to passing buses and also to make way for a lamp-post. He is incensed and organises a protest march to Downing Street to try to save it!

  • S02E05 The Knighthood

    • March 20, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock is determined to receive a Knighthood and decides that Shakespearean theatre is the only answer. Surely a stint at Stratford interpreting Shakespeare as Long John Silver will be all that's required?

Season 3

  • S03E01 The Economy Drive

    • September 25, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock and Sid return from holiday to discover that Sid has failed to cancel any deliveries and has left every electrical appliance in the house on. Hancock decides that, in order to make ends meet, he and Sid must go on an economy drive. But Hancock soon encounters difficulties in the local self service cafe and the stairs at home prove problematic as well!.

  • S03E02 The Two Murderers

    • October 2, 1959
    • BBC One

    Sid asks Hancock to lend him the money to open a fish and chip shop but Hancock refuses. Sid tells Hancock that he'll get the money somehow but how will he do it? Hancock believes that Sid is planning to murder him but Hancock manages to convince Sid that it's Sid's life that is in danger.

  • S03E03 Lord Byron Lived Here

    • October 9, 1959
    • BBC One

    While decorating the house Hancock finds some poems written underneath the wallpaper Thinking that they are genuine Hancock hopes to open the house to tourists in order to finance the rebuilding but unknown to him They are Sid's handiwork Later when more poems turn up They are painted over

  • S03E04 Twelve Angry Men

    • October 16, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock is the foreman of a jury who disagree on the verdict of the defendant Hancock thinks he is innocent when all the other jurors including Sid James think he is guilty After convincing them to change their votes Hancock suddenly switches to a guilty decision

  • S03E05 The Train Journey

    • October 23, 1959
    • BBC One

    Sid as Hancock's agent gets him a job in a Shakespearean play in a remote theatre in Yorkshire They travel up by train but meet such a boring bunch of fellow travellers they decide to come back by coach only to meet the same people that they met on the way up

Season 4

  • S04E01 The Cruise

    • October 30, 1959
    • BBC One

    Sid persuades Hancock to go on a cruise but he loses control and tries to persuade the captain that the ship is lost Hancock is arrested and held in his cabin After the ship has docked the two of them fly back home only for Hancock to cause trouble again

  • S04E02 The Big Night

    • November 6, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock is really looking forward to big night out with Sid and 2 girls. But his preparations turrn to disaster when his shirt is ruined at the launderette and his barber doesn't have a steady hand with his razor! What will the girls think?

  • S04E03 The Tycoon

    • November 13, 1959
    • BBC One

    Hancock is on the verge of ruin because his shares have plummeted in value. He attends a shareholder meeting but falls asleep and dreams of Sid who once again twists him!

  • S04E04 Spanish Interlude

    • November 20, 1959
    • BBC One

    Sid is struggling to find work for Hancock and the latest roles he has secured involve Hancock standing in national dress outside Indian restaurants. Hancock decides to try new locations and goes to Spain where he is unsuccessful as as a night-club comic. Penniless and unable to return home, Sid manages to find a new job for Hancock. The question is: how successful will he be as a bullfighter?

  • S04E05 Football Pools

    • November 27, 1959
    • BBC One

    While checking his pools coupon Hancock realizes that he has got 7 draws and has to wait for a late kickoff for the final result Unable to wait They both go to the match to cheer for a draw