Anthony John Hancock (Hall Green, Birmingham) 1924 -1968 (St Dunstan's, Midddlesex)

This Web site is dedicated to Anthony John Hancock; the lad himself - better known (by many of us), as Tony (Tubs) Hancock. Railway Cuttings is only one of the many places you'll find information about the late great Tony Hancock, via this wonderment of modern technology we call the World Wide Web / Internet. Whilst perusing the various collections / sections that can be found here at The Cuttings, you'll also come across (as well as the already mentioned general info), many many items of memorabilia, of which many have now become very rare and valuable collectors items, many of which, dating back more then 40 years! All are accompanied by a picture / graphic, so as not to leave you under any illusion as to what an item which (you may care to add to your own collection) looks like... and which is always handy to know, if you're looking for something none specific, relating to the lad and / or his work. Several specially chosen links, can also be found, to a handful of other Web sites that have dedicated space, and it must be said, much time and effort, to helping keep alive the great name and works of this most brilliant of British post-war comic talents. So, roll up your sleeves, sit back and, above all else, reminisce in the nostalgia that was the lad himself - Tony Hancock (and with a great big thank you, to both Ray Galton & Alan Simpson).

Bernard Delfont... I remember him... He seemed to be everywhere...

Want info about Hancock's 1963 series for ATV? Then click the pic above...

Tony Hancock's premature death, in 1968 at the age of 44, deprived the entertainment world of perhaps the greatest post-war comic talents to have emerged from this country. It makes his 80 hours of material originally broadcast by the BBC on radio and television between 1954 and 1961 seem all the more priceless and rare. With his impeccable timing and brilliantly subtle shifts in intonation, he could create a scene that bore the unmistakable hallmark of a genius. Supported by Galton and Simpson's marvelous scripts which so astutely complemented Hancock's talents, and admirably in the studio by his supporting cast; Sid James, Patricia Hayes, Hugh Lloyd on television, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jaques, Bill Kerr and others on radio. The work of Tony Hancock lives on, sustained by a quality that transcends decades and cultural change and which sounds as fresh and hilarious now as it did more then forty years ago.