Alan Simpson, writer of sitcoms Steptoe and Son and Hancock's Half Hour, has died at the age of 87. Simpson, one half of a legendary writing duo with Ray Galton, had suffered a "long battle with lung ...

Of the 102 episodes of classic radio sitcom Hancock’s Half Hour made between 1954 and 1959, 20 have disappeared from the BBC archives, the original tapes more than likely having been recorded over.

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There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

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