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1960: TONY HANCOCK Interview | Face to Face | Comedy Icons | BBC Archive
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7:01Now PlayingTony Hancock - the man behind Britain's best-loved comic character - discusses the nature of comedy and tragedy with the forensic Face to Face interviewer John Freeman. What characteristics does he feel are ripe for ridicule in both himself and in others, and just how closely does he resemble the character of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock?
Hancock then wrestles with Freeman's disarmingly simple question, "Are you happy?"
Originally broadcast 7 February, 1960.
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"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 two of the most memorable, in which the subject becomes visibly ill-at-ease in Hancock's case and Harding actually brought to the point of tears." - Deborah
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