13 épisodes
(6 h 30 min)
Épisodes
S4 E1 • Ericsson the Viking
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!
Première diffusion : 26 décembre 1958
S4 E2 • Underpaid, Or Grandad's SOS
Hancock discovers that his extremely rich grandfather is very ill in hospital in Australia. Sid, expecting a large bequest, hurries to Australia masquerading as Hancock..but the old man has no money left. Meanwhile, back in the UK, Sid's grandfather falls dangerously ill in prison....
Première diffusion : 2 janvier 1959
S4 E3 • The Set That Failed
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!
Première diffusion : 9 janvier 1959
S4 E4 • The New Nose
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?
Première diffusion : 16 janvier 1959
S4 E5 • The Flight of the Red Shadow
Hancock has been in a production of 'The Desert Song' but when it closes prematurely Hancock and Sid escape with only their costumes. Dressed as an Indian Maharajah, Hancock is mistaken for a genuine visiting Maharajah and ends up addressing a meeting but has to flee again.
Première diffusion : 23 janvier 1959
S4 E6 • The Horror Serial
Hancock has been watching the last episode of the horror serial 'Quatermass & The Pit' and is now in a very nervous state. When he discovers an unknown object in his garden, Sid thinks it's an unexploded bomb and calls in the Bomb Squad but Hancock is convinced its an extra- terrestial craft.
Première diffusion : 30 janvier 1959
S4 E7 • The Italian Maid
Hancock hires a domestic help but she turns out to be an Italian beauty. An immediate rivalry develops between Hancock and Sid for her attentions with Hancock ending up doing all the housework...but then her family arrives.
Première diffusion : 6 février 1959
S4 E8 • Matrimony......Almost
Hancock meets a girl at an upper class party. Hancock believes that she has money and Sid tells her that Hancock has money so a marriage is rapidly arranged. But all is not as it seems!
Première diffusion : 13 février 1959
S4 E9 • The Beauty Contest
The local council decide not to hold a Miss East Cheam contest because of the low standard of entrants the previous year. So, instead, they decide to hold a Mr East Cheam contest instead. Hancock and Sid enter and both expect to win!
Première diffusion : 20 février 1959
S4 E10 • The Wrong Man
Hancock agrees to attend an identity parade at the local Police station. But when he is mistakenly picked out by 3 witnesses he decides to prove his innocence by recreating the crime!
Première diffusion : 6 mars 1959
S4 E11 • The Oak Tree
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!
Première diffusion : 13 mars 1959
S4 E12 • The Knighthood
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?
Première diffusion : 20 mars 1959
S4 E13 • The Servants
The TV Series is finally over so Hancock and Sid need to get jobs. They take on the role as servants dressed as an elderly couple. But when they take it turns to be the woman suspicions are aroused!
Première diffusion : 27 mars 1959