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Hancock's Half-Hour started on 2 November 1954 and ran on radio and later on television until 1961. The first episode of Hancock's Half-Hour was The First Night Party. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Tony Hancock was Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock. Hancock was surrounded by a cast of supporting players, chiefly Bill Kerr as his best friend, Sid James as a questionable friend, and Moira Lister as his girlfriend. Also in the first episode were Gerald Campion as Coatsleeves Charlie and Kenneth Williams as Lord Dockyard.