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Radio 3,3 mins
Why Hancock’s Half Hour is like Waiting for Godot - Matthew Sweet on Alan Simpson.
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Matthew Sweet pays tribute to Alan Simpson who with his writing partner, Ray Galton, created some of the best-known British comedy characters – Tony Hancock, and Steptoe and Son. Image: Alan Simpson (left), Tony Hancock (centre) and Ray Galton (right) working on Hancock's Half-Hour, 11 October 1954.
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