Hancock (Screen One BBC-1 1991 with Alfred Molina and Frances Barber)

UK / BBC One / 1×120 minute episodes / Broadcast 1 September 1991

Writer: William Humble / Music: Tony Britton / Director: Tony Smith

Series: Screen One / Season Three Episode One

Period drama. The life story of the lad himself Ton Hancock from his initial fame to his depressed suicide in an Australian hotel in 1968.

cast
ALFRED MOLINA as Tony Hancock
CLIVE RUSSELL as Alan Simpson
JIM CARTER as Ray Galton
FRANCES BARBER as Freddie Hancock
MEL MARTIN as Cecily Hancock
MALCOLM SINCLAIR as John Le Mesurier
HARRY DITSON
FRED DARLINGTON
DANNY SCHILLER
STEPHEN BILL
KEN KITSON
NICK BURNELL

Head of film reviews at The Viewers Guide with an erudite, insightful, slightly sardonic, deep appreciation for classic cinema. Has a habit of quoting obscure lines from old films in everyday conversation. He keeps a meticulously organized film logbook. He's a bit of a tea snob.