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Tony Hancock: Later Years
He moved to ATV in 1963 with different writers. Godfrey Harrison was the main writer of these series and had found success first on radio then television with A Life Of Bliss (starring George Cole) but had also scripted Hancock's first ever regular television appearances on Fools Rush In
(a segment of Kaleidoscope). Harrison had trouble meeting deadlines, so other writers assisted including Terry Nation.
Coincidentally, the series clashed in the television schedule with
Steptoe and Son written by Hancock's former writers, Galton and Simpson. Comparisons were not flattering.
Hancock continued to make regular appearances on British television until 1967, but by now alcoholism had disipated much of his talent. Hancock went to Australia in March 1968 and he committed suicide in Sydney in June.
There is a statue in his honour in Birmingham.
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, Hancock was voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
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