'50s BBC sitcom featuring Tony Hancock as Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a man whose hopeless social aspirations are invariably thwarted by his own folly. Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Alec Bregonzi, Mario Fabrizi, Irene Handl, Patricia Hayes, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr, Hugh Lloyd, John Vere, Johnny Vyvyan and Kenneth Williams . Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. First broadcast on BBC1 in July 1956.