The team on this show consisted of many up and coming stars such as Sid James, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams. After several successful series on the radio Hancock tried TV, he was contracted to ITV, his script writer was Eric Sykes but the shows were not very successful. Tony returned to the BBC using his original script writers, for five years his TV and radio shows ran concurrently, success was measured by the amount of complaints from publicans and shop keepers who protested that it was Hancock that had emptied their pubs and shops.