Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock

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Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is the pompous yet endearing fictional everyman at the center of the classic British radio and television comedy series "Hancock's Half Hour," portrayed by comedian Tony Hancock.

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Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
radio comedy character ⓘ
sitcom character ⓘ
television comedy character ⓘ
appearsIn Hancock's Half Hour (radio series) ⓘ
linked to: Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour (television series) ⓘ
linked to: Hancock's Half Hour
associatedWith Bill Kerr ⓘ
Hattie Jacques ⓘ
Kenneth Williams ⓘ
Sid James ⓘ
broadcastOn BBC Light Programme ⓘ
BBC Television ⓘ
characterFlaw self-importance ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
characterTrait endearing ⓘ
pompous ⓘ
characterType everyman ⓘ
comicFunction protagonist ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor BBC radio ⓘ
linked to: BBC Radio

BBC television ⓘ
culturalOrigin British popular culture ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Hancock's Half Hour ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
humourSource everyday frustrations ⓘ
self-delusion ⓘ
social embarrassment ⓘ
humourStyle character-based comedy ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
influenced later British sitcom protagonists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableEpisode The Blood Donor ⓘ
The Radio Ham ⓘ
notableWork Hancock's Half Hour ⓘ
personalityArchetype frustrated middle-class man ⓘ
portrayedBy Tony Hancock ⓘ
residence 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
targetAudience adult audience ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalWorld mid-20th century ⓘ

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Tony Hancock → portrayedCharacter → Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock ⓘ
Hancock's Half Hour → starsCharacter → Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock ⓘ
The Blood Donor → featuresCharacter → Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock ⓘ