Kenneth Williams

British Comedy

Beyond Our Ken
ByJohn Simpson February 20, 2019September 26, 2022

Beyond Our Ken featured characters similar to those later featured in Round the Horne, for instance, Betty Marsden’s Fanny Haddock (which parodied Fanny Cradock). It was also notable for Pertwee’s Frankie Howerd impersonation, Hankie Flowered, and Hugh Paddick’s working-class pop singer Ricky Livid – the name being a mickey-take on contemporary pop singers’ stage names…

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British Comedy

Tony Hancock – Hancock’s Half Hour
ByJohn Simpson February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

Hancock’s Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s. It starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version co-starring Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The series was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and produced by Dennis Main Wilson for most of its run….

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