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  • Lead Man Cometh, The (1964 Television)

    Series
    Steptoe and son
    Producer
    Duncan Wood

    Classic British sitcom centred around two rag and bone men. Albert and Harold are reflecting on the possibility of a joint suicide to end their financial problems. Harold quotes from Hamlet ‘to die- to...

  • Bowmans, The (1961 Television)

    Series
    Hancock
    Producer
    Duncan Wood

    Sitcom starring Tony Hancock. Hancock, playing Old Joshua Merryweather, is very unpopular with the cast and is unceremoniously sacked from the radio serial ‘The Bowmans’ (a spoof of ‘The Archers’)....

  • Knighthood, The (1959 Television)

    Series
    Hancock’s Half Hour
    Producer
    Duncan Wood

    British sitcom. In this episode Hancock craves a theatrical knighthood via a role at the Old Vic, so becoming the first Duke of Cheam. His ambition culminates in him reciting Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to...