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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 23h

Tony: I'm just going to shout my last defiant message to the world. You're doomed, all of you! Return to nature before it's too late! Kenneth: Go to bed you old drunk! Tony: I am not drunk sir, I have seen the light! Kenneth: You'll see my fist if you don't shut up!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

love Saturdays, best day of the week. No work, the weekend to look forward to, and Saturday night coming up! The big night! The one bright spot in a week of unrelieved gloom! The one part of life's tragic panorama that I can really put up with! #SaturdayNight

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tony: I feel a right Charlie sitting here sometimes. Every other bed in the ward piled high with visitors. And I have to sit up with my headphones on, smiling as if I don’t care. I’ve heard them. "Nobody visiting him again today, poor man, take a biscuit over to him!"

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Re-recorded 65 years ago today #OTD 1 October 1961, the Pye version of The Radio Ham. Originally made as a BBC TV show, it was re-made for an LP in the radio style. We celebrate in the forthcoming issue of The Missing Page where we speak to the sound engineer who was there!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tony: Mr Sidney James will be seen as the villainous unscrupulous money grabbing landlord, a role which requires no acting ability on his part whatsoever! #TheEastCheamDramaFestival

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sid: I’ve never known anyone so finicky over their car as you are. I haven’t cleaned my car for three years Tony: That’s only so that any witnesses won’t be able to tell what colour it is. It’s a disgrace your car is. You have to feel along the door to find where the handle is!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tony: I wonder where it came from? Where’s the postmark? Bill: Durham Tony: Durham. I didn’t go very well up there, I remember, they hated the sight of me. Sid: Why pick on Durham? They all hated the sight of you! #TheThreateningLetters

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tony: Oh yes, they'll be going to see his sister in Acton. They always go that way. If they were going the other way, it'd be her mother in Tooting. Oh, they've gone. Oh well, that's about all the excitement we could expect today. #SundayAfternoonAtHome

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tony: A roomful of unpublished Byron, the artistic find of the century! I can feel his presence. Yes, genius has been at work here... "I wish I were a chestnut tree, and nourished by the sun, With twigs and leaves and branches, And conkers by the ton!" #LordByronLivedHere

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Andreè: You haven't done a days work for 12 years Tony: It's not my fault! The trade I'm in, it's passing through a slack period Bill: What is your trade? Tony: I'm an airship builder! #TheMatador

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sid: I would have thought you'd have known better by now. When are you going to learn to keep your spudgrinder shut! Tony: What do you mean, spudgrinder? What does that mean? Speak the Queen's English man, if you mean cakehole, say so!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I remember Von Rundstedt's last push. Tiger Harrison & me, being in a forward position were cut off behind enemy lines. Captain Harrison, I said. Yes sir he said. Jerry's overlooked us, where shall we head for? Berlin, he said. Right, I said, last one in the Reichstag is a sissy!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tony: Sidney, you'll entertain the vicar while we're corking the wine, won't you? Sid: Certainly, certainly, mate. Tell me vicar, as a man interested in church architecture how much lead do you think there is on that big gothic one round the corner! #TheUnexplodedBomb

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tony: Oh, by the way, thanks for the bottle of Slivovitch Belgrade voice: Oh, you received it Tony: Yes, very good. I had a sore throat for a fortnight! There's a crate of stout in the post, I hope you like it! #TheRadioHam

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tony: Music? Liz: Yes, why not Tony: What would you like to hear? Charmaine? That's good Liz: Haven't you got anything by Rackmaninoff? Tony: Unless he wrote Charmaine, no! #TheBequest

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Andree: We should be able to find a set we like out of all these Bill: It's s bit expensive, this place Tub. Look at that little table model, 8 inch screen, they want 240 for it Tony: That's volts! Bill: I don't care what currency it is, it's a lot of money #TheTelevisionSet

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tony: 3 pies please & 3 mugs of steaming hot chicory essence Fred: Wiv or wivout? Tony: Wiv or wivout what? Fred: 'andles Tony: Come now Fred, you know I 'ave 'andles. Lots of ladies pass by and its hard to cock the little finger when its wrapped round a cup of coffee!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

McNasty: I said lift up your kilt Tony: This is highly irregular, I..... McNasty: Just let me see your legs Tony: If it gives you any pleasure. There. McNasty: By the great steaming porridge bowl of Flora Mcdonald, you're a McHancock! #TheLastOfTheMcHancocks

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Remembering comedy legend Peter Sellers, born #OTD 8 September 1925. He met Hancock in the RAF and the pair remained friends. Sellers appeared in an episode of Hancock's Half Hour, The Marriage Bureau, and they appeared in two films together, Orders are Orders and The Wrong Box

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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

SATURDAY I shall be heading to glamorous Solihull, to do a talk for the @tonyhancock.bsky.social Annual Reuinon Dinner on the unmade Galton and Simpson/Hancock musical, 'Noah', which will have a couple of exclusive surprises as well as a ton of new research (Booked THAS members only, sorry)

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Miss Pugh: Well, well, look who it is. The oldest Teddy Boy in Cheam. I do believe your clothes get more repulsive every time I see you. Sid: Do you mind? Let us in. There’s a wind out here. Miss Pugh: Well, it couldn’t get up those trouser legs! #TheNewRadioSeries

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tony: Beautiful friendships were formed in those days, born in the heat of battle and forged in the plonk bars of Cairo. Ah, you'll love them Sid. Four of us. We were like quads we were. Smudger Smith, Ginger Johnson, Chalky White and me. Sid: Kippers Hancock! #TheReunionParty

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How did THAS explain the internet to members in 1995? "Put very crudely, the Internet is a kind of CB radio-cum-Ceefax using computers and telephone lines" Our new book, Hancock's Half Hundred, 50 years of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, out now!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tony: What a sight she is first thing in the morning. Why dont you take the curlers out of your hair and make yourself look presentable. What are these bits of cucumber doing on your forehead? Miss Pugh: It does the skin good Tony: It hasn't done the cucumber much good has it!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We are thrilled that our book celebrating 50 years of The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society has been published in hardback with colour and paperback. Articles, interviews and reviews from our magazines and newsletters since 1976. Available now on Amazon and elsewhere.

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It seems ages since I had a natter with old Yoki Suji in Tokyo. I wonder how his wife is, what was her name? Radiant Flower of the Devine Heavens. I wonder if her feet are still playing her up? #TheRadioHam

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tony: What are you doing in the library? You frightened the life out of me! Sid:Thought I'd join up and find out what it's all about. All this book business. So I come to get a few books out. Tony:You've never read a book in your life. You've run one, but you've never read one!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hattie: I've been looking forward to this trip, meeting someone like you. You fascinate me, you do. Quiet, dignified, reserved, good looking in a portly sort of way! Tony: Will you please leave me alone, madam! Hattie: See what I mean? Hard to get! #TheCruise

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This was recently posted on our Facebook page by Jon Street, can you guess the episode?

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Kenneth: I've been looking through your attendance card and I find you haven't had your annual holiday yet Tony: No sir Kenneth: But I don't understand Hancock, we closed the firm down for a fortnight's holiday in July Tony: So that's why the place was deserted!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tony: I can't find the key Sid: It's hanging on the string behind the letter box Tony: Oh you're joking aren't you? You haven't left it behind the door? Sid: Yeah Tony: Oh well, we've had it haven't we. I doubt if there'll be any wallpaper left! #TheEconomyDrive

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tokyo voice : How is weather in San Francisco? It is are raining not here in Tokyo Tony: Oh, get off the air you oriental fool! I've got a bloke here drifting about helplessly with a dirty great hole in his boat! #TheRadioHam

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tony: There's Adam Faith earning ten times as much as the Prime Minister. Is that right? Is that right? Mind you, I suppose it depends on whether you like Adam Faith and what your politics are! #TheBloodDonor

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Stone me, beribboned buffoon, poltroon, your 'umble servant. Any more?

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Tony: Then of course, I must admit, I made a right Charlie of meself, I did. I didn't know they 'ad brown sugar. I said "Bring another bowl of sugar, someone's spilt coffee in this one!" #FredsPieStall

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Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Stop messin' about! #ColinElmer will be live on stage as #KennethWilliams at the #TPTV FESTIVAL OF FILM & TV at #RedditchPalace Sunday 13th Sept. Star guests, lost films, good old fashioned live entertainment and more! To book call 0808 178 8212 or online here! buff.ly/1SPQOHw

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kenneth: Napoleon is the most expensive brandy in the world. If you were a millionaire you couldn't find a better brandy, sir.There are only 12 bottles in the country Tony: Is that alright, Sid? Sid: Yeah, that'll do. Put some ginger beer in it mate, let's have a bit of taste!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Nurse: Now stop that Mr Hancock, remember your temperature Tony: No, I mean it. You're on nights next week, I'll tell you what, you undo the weights on my leg and about 2 o'clock in the morning I'll climb on the bed trolly and drag myself down to the duty room for half an hour!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tony: I suppose Lolita is still out? Hugh: Yes Tony: I thought so Hugh: There's 25,000 other books to choose from Tony: I've read 'em all. I've been coming here since I was six years old. I've read Biggles Flies East 27 times! #TheMissingPage

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

How does this sound, this advert I'm putting in the theatrical papers. Tony Hancock, the working man's comic. Clean but funny, ideal for Sunday concerts, cabaret, films, TV, stage, garden parties, fetes, buffalo lodge dinners, and opening shops. Own bike, will travel anywhere!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Tony: Exhibit number 28, Lord Byron's shaving mug Hugh: That's not his shaving mug! Tony: It is his shaving mug! Hugh: It isn't! Tony: It's got his family crest on it. Look, a lion standing on a wheel Hugh: That's British Railways! #LordByronLivedHere

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Tony: You know what the judge said, there's no hurry, we can take as long as we like Sid: Good, lets have a game of cards Tony: We're here to decide whether that poor wretch out there is innocent or guilty! Sid: Let's cut for it & get off home. Anything under a 7, he's guilty!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Tony: Look, I'm not one of the realist school of art, I'm an impressionist Mrs Crevatte: Well, it don't impress me! #TheRebel

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Miss Pugh: Oh Anthony, oh you fascinating creature, you're more handsome than I knew a man could be Tony: No, No, not now dear, I've been through a lot, don't start all that all over again. Go and sit in the fridge! #ThePublicityPhotograph

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tony: Hullo, what's this? "Free, free, free, free! Absolutely genuine offer, no obligations guaranteed bona fide. Tour of the local district leaving Cheam High Steet at 2.30." Bill: Who's running it? Tony: Oh, I thought so. Sid James Mystery Tours!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Bill: Let’s play murders. Tony: If you open your mouth once more, we won’t be playing murders, mate, they’ll be investigating one! #SundayAfternoonAtHome

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"Saturday night, the big night! Pound in your pocket, pint in your hand, and a bird on your arm, the world is yours! If it wasn't for Saturday nights I think I'd go bonkers!" On the other hand, you could have a quiet night in and read The Bonus Pages!

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Tony Hancock @tonyhancock.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dropping into members inboxes on four continents, the latest edition of The Bonus Pages, the digital supplement to our newsletter, The Missing Page. Join us in The Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, we're celebrating our 50th anniversary!

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