Having struggled with declining mental health and alcoholism for some years, Tony Hancock died in Australia in 1968 at the age of 44.

Tony Hancock in 1960, in trademark homberg hat and with his classic disconsolate gaze. Television suited Hancock’s repertoire of lugubrious facial expressions, and the show quickly became the ...

Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 60th anniversary of recording on vinyl record, of one of the most celebrated comedy half hours of all time – Tony Hancock ... in Sydney, Australia on 25 June 1968 ...