Name: The Set That Failed
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1959-01-09
Duration: 30 min

Watch Hancock's Half Hour - The Set That Failed

Type : Episode Season: 4Episode: 3

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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!

Genres: Comedy
Language: English

Cast & Crew

Cast:Sid James , Tony Hancock
Creator: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
Producer: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson

Season 1
Broadcast between 6th July 1956 and 14th September 1956, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live with no recordings of the transmissions being made by the BBC. Consequently,...
Season 2
Broadcast between 1st April 1957 and 10th June 1957, this series comprised 6 episodes all of which were broadcast live. The BBC did record the first episode of this series for training purposes and th...
Season 3
Broadcast between 30th September 1957 and 23rd December 1957 this series comprised 12 episodes all of which were broadcast live of which episodes 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12 survive in the BBC Archives. The s...
Season 4
Broadcast between 26th December 1958 and 27th March 1959, this series comprised 13 episodes of which the first 4 were recorded and the remainder were broadcast live. Episodes 1, 3, 4, 11 and 12 surviv...
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The Set That Failed
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The Flight of the Red Shadow
The Horror Serial
The Italian Maid
Matrimony - Almost
The Beauty Contest
The Wrong Man
The Oak Tree
The Knighthood
The Servants
Season 5
Broadcast between 25th September 1959 and 27th November 1959, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episode 3...
Season 6
Broadcast between 4th March 1960 and 6th May 1960, this series comprised 10 episodes and all survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast weekly on Fridays at 2030 except episodes 8 - 10 on Fr...
Season 7
Re-branded as simply 'Hancock', this series was broadcast between 26th May 1961 and 30th June 1961. The series comprised 6 episodes all of which survive in the BBC Archive. The series was broadcast w...

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