{{Infobox television | first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|1972|5|3}}

{{Infobox television | image = Father, Dear Father (TV series).jpg

{{infobox television | company = [[Thames Television]]

{{Infobox television * [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (Australia, home video)

{{Infobox television | distributor = [[BBC Worldwide]] <br /> [[2entertain]] <br />[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] (Australia, home video)<br />[[Warner Home V

{{Short description|1961–1975 British television series}} {{Infobox television

{{Infobox television ...Title card used from series 3 to 6; the animated titles were introduced in series 2.

{{Infobox television | company = [[BBC]]<br />[[Associated Television]]<br />[[Thames Television]]

| television = Hancock's Half Hour (1956–1960)<br />Hancock (1961) ...ain Wilson]]<br />Tom Ronald<br />(''radio'')<br />[[Duncan Wood]]<br />(''television'')

{{Infobox television ...14 December 1992. Both Lloyd and Croft wrote the scripts for the first six series, while the remainder were handled by Lloyd and Paul Adam.

{{Infobox television * '''Original Series:'''<br/>{{Start date|1969|04|14|df=y}} – {{End date|1979|01|05|df=y}}

| other_names = ''Crazy People'' (series 1) ...28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled '''''Crazy People'''''; subsequent series had the title ''The Goon Show''.

{{Infobox television | image = It Aint Half Hot Mum television comedy.jpg

{{Infobox television | company = [[Tiger Aspect Productions]]{{efn|Known as Tiger Television until 1993.}}

{{Infobox television ...dcast in the UK on [[BBC One]] (until 18 July 2010 when the 31st and final series started on 25 July of that year), [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]], [[Yesterda

...ended on 5 December 1974, with a total of 45 episodes over the course of 4 series. ==Series overview==

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