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The Wild Man of the Woods
Episode 16 of 20
The Lad announces that he is rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life. Stars Tony Hancock. From January 1957.
The Lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life.
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's classic comedy about the life and times of Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With:
Sidney James
Bill Kerr
Kenneth Williams
Hattie Jacques
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Music recorded by the ±«Óãtv Augmented Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the ±«Óãtv Light Programme in January 1957.
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