Tony Hancock, The Final Series, Australia 1968,Customs Scene

Only three full episodes of this series, made for Australian television in 1968, were completed. Hancock killed himself halfway through filming.
This is the scene where Hancock arrives at the Australian customs desk.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Tony
• Hancock
• Galton
• Simpson
• Kenneth
• Williams
• Sid
• James
• Hattie
• Jacques
• Frankie
• Howerd
• Carry
• On

[DiverUK]

What a great actor

[mrjohnavery]

what do you know you twat

[No1RebelRebel]

What happened to Hancock?

always funny in the wrong ways

[ProjectFlashlight612]

@p717 That is so incredibly untrue, it is almost funny in itself.

[LQUID8R]

Interesting to finally see this - when you see him in the cynical grumpy Hancock persona , he looks like he is enjoying himself - even though this has its moments he really looks like he is struggling to get through it.

[Mr3sheds]

I've been a fan of the Hancock radio programmes for decades, but in front of the cameras he was a poor performer indeed. Had he not been fortunate to meet up with Galton and Simpson when they were just starting out, I suspect he would not have got a look in. Kenneth Williams was spot -on in his diaries.

[destructivedandy]

@tescocadaver Such a tragic and beautiful, honest line from his suicide note. I was only a young child when I discovered Hancock, c/o BBC repeats in the 80s. I became a huge fan and read everything about him (I was an advanced reader for my age) I remember reading that as a child and bursting into tears. It still makes me a little teary now

[haybee12]

sad decline

[tescocadaver]

Things just seemed to go wrong too many times

[tescocadaver]

Things just seemed to go too wrong too many times

[innit27]

@p717 bollocks

[p717]

Funny thing is, regardless of how bad the script is, it's still more intelligent and sophisticated than any situation comedy being written today in any English speaking country.