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Tony Hancock
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Tony Hancock

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Tony Hancock
A black felt Homberg hat, the hatband inscribed inside in ballpoint pen in an unknown hand T HANCOCK HAT 2 HANCOCK 1/2 HOUR BBC COSTUME, size 6 7/8 -- believed to have been one of the hats worn by Tony Hancock during the BBC production Hancock's Half Hour, 1954-1961; and a BBC video Hancock - The Lift, The Ladies' Man, Lord Byron Lived Here (2)
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Lot Essay

It is believed that this hat is one of a large number of items sold, or given to charity, when the BBC's Lime Grove studio closed in 1991. The hat was subsequently sold at a sale in Derby to benefit the RSPCA.

Tony Hancock (1924-1968) is considered to be one of Britain's greatest comic geniuses, best loved for his work on radio, and later his popular television series Hancock's Half Hour.

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