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"The Bowmans" is an episode of the
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'', the final BBC series featuring
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, first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by
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and Alan Simpson. The title is a
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; the episodes were not originally identified individually.


Outline and background

Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ''The Bowmans'', a
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of the real BBC radio programme ''
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''. The theme tune to ''The Bowmans'' is a close variation by series composer
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of the real ''Archers'' theme tune "
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". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character similar to the soap opera's country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. Hancock's behaviour annoys the other actors and producers, so they kill off his character – only to find the audience holds the character in great affection. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but audience reaction compels the BBC to resurrect his character by discovering a long-lost twin brother, Ben, in a new programme called ''The Merriweathers'', with Hancock's involvement resuming under a lucrative new contract. In the first episode of the new serial, a substantial portion of the village – i.e. the original ''Bowmans'' cast – are killed off, falling to their deaths down a disused mine-shaft, and Ben proposes repopulating the village with his other relatives (all to be played by Hancock). The supporting cast includes
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as the producer,
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as an animal impersonator and
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as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family. The plot may have been inspired by the death of the character
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in ''The Archers'' in September 1955.


Cast

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Tony Hancock Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor. High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series ''Hancock's Half Hour'', first broadcast on radio from 1954, ...
as Anthony Hancock *
Patrick Cargill Patrick Cargill (3 June 191823 May 1996) was an English actor remembered for his lead role in the British television sitcom ''Father, Dear Father''. Career Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After educati ...
as the Producer *
Dennis Chinnery Dennis Chinnery (14 May 1927 – 29 February 2012) was a British actor, noted for his performances in television. Following National service in the navy, he studied acting at RADA, graduating in 1949. His theatre work included appearances at t ...
as the Reporter * Victor Platt as the Postman *
Hugh Lloyd Hugh Lewis Lloyd (22 April 1923 – 14 July 2008) was an English actor who made his name in film and television comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''Hugh and I'' and other sit ...
as the Florist * Bruno Barnarbe as a BBC Official * William Sherwood as Julian Court *
Brian Oulton Brian Oulton (11 February 1908 – 13 April 1992) was an English character actor. Biography Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Oulton made his acting debut in 1939 as a lead actor. During the Second World War he served in the British Army, and ret ...
as "Dan Bowman" * Constance Chapman as "Gladys Bowman" * Gwenda Ewen as "Diane Bowman" * Alec Bregonzi as "Fred" *
Peter Glaze William George Peter Glaze (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an English comedian born in London. He appeared in '' Crackerjack!'' with Eamonn Andrews and Leslie Crowther in the 1960s, and with Michael Aspel, Don Maclean and Bernie ...
as "Harold" *
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as "The Doctor"


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