Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock

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Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is the pompous yet endearing fictional everyman at the center of the classic British radio and television comedy series "Hancock's Half Hour," portrayed by comedian Tony Hancock.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
radio comedy character
sitcom character
television comedy character
appearsIn Hancock's Half Hour
surface form: Hancock's Half Hour (radio series)

Hancock's Half Hour
surface form: Hancock's Half Hour (television series)
associatedWith Bill Kerr
Hattie Jacques
Kenneth Williams
Sid James
broadcastOn BBC Light Programme
BBC television services
surface form: BBC Television
characterFlaw self-importance
vanity
characterTrait endearing
pompous
characterType everyman
comicFunction protagonist
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdFor BBC Radio
surface form: BBC radio

BBC television services
surface form: BBC television
culturalOrigin British popular culture
fictionalUniverse Hancock's Half Hour
genre comedy
sitcom
humourSource everyday frustrations
self-delusion
social embarrassment
humourStyle character-based comedy
social satire
influenced later British sitcom protagonists
language English
medium radio
television
nationality British
notableEpisode The Blood Donor
The Radio Ham
notableWork Hancock's Half Hour
personalityArchetype frustrated middle-class man
portrayedBy Tony Hancock
residence 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam
setting London, England
surface form: London
targetAudience adult audience
timePeriodOfFictionalWorld mid-20th century

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Tony Hancock portrayedCharacter Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock
Hancock's Half Hour starsCharacter Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock