Duncan Wood

Ex-colleagues reflect on the comic genius and sometimes difficult character of Tony Hancock.

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.

Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

A TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1960) and in London (Fortune Theatre, May 1961) and Broadway (October 1962).