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Hancock and Joan (2008)

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Summary: This drama features Ken Stott as British comedy legend Tony Hancock, and charts the last two years of his life. Maxine Peake appears as Joan, wife of Hancock's best friend, fellow performer John Le Mesurier, who had an affair with Hancock and attempted to rid him of the destructive alcoholism that was to ultimately prove his downfall. (imdb)

AKA: Hancock & Joan

Genre: Drama

Country: UK

Directed By: Richard Laxton

Written By: Richard Cottan, Joan Le Mesurier, Edward Joffe

Starring: Ken Stott, George Costigan, Alex Jennings, Olivia Colman, Tom Georgeson, Maxine Peake, Don Gallagher, Lesley Nicol, Oscar Lloyd

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The best of the BBC's Curse of Comedy series, Stott and Peake really live their roles, while Jennings's Le Mesurier is allowed to be the perfect gentleman, rather than merely a cuckold. It's a wonderfully well-told story of a very flawed human being, and entertaining from start to finish.