We've asked our archivists to pick out their favourite clips to celebrate the BBC's 100th birthday. #BBC100 Records Manager Deborah has selected Tony Hancock's Face to Face interview from 1960, where the comedian wrestles with the simple question, "Are you happy?" Deborah says: "The extreme close-up shots helped create the idea that the subject was under intense interrogation, as the questions became more probing, uncomfortable and personal. "The ones with Gilbert Harding and Tony Hancock were t

Hancock’s Half Hour redefined radio comedy and has had people laughing non-stop for the past 65 years...& it's coming to us this Sunday 3 Mar! 📻 In 1954, Tony Hancock burst onto the airwaves of the BBC Light Programme with a comedy show unlike anything the British public had heard before. Hancock’s Half Hour was one of the first programmes in the genre we now know as sitcom. This new show stars actor, comedy writer and impressionist James Hurn as Tony Hancock. James is best known for Looking fo

Commemorating 100 years of Tony Hancock and 70 years of ‘Hancock’s...