Summary
Ken Stott was a terrific [Tony Hancock], all the misery with just a smattering of hope. [Joan] was played by Maxine Peake, who must be the least typecast actress on British television, having played the ditsy Twinkle in Dinner Ladies, the bossy Veronica in Shameless, and Myra Hindley. She caught perfectly a lover's mingled devotion, hatred and despair as Hancock drank himself to failure and death.
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Hancock's Hubris
Television feeds upon itself, which isn't surprising. Watching TV is by a huge margin our most popular -- or our most timeconsuming -- leisure activity. It's surprising there isn't more television about television.
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