Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hancock’s early years were spent in India, where his father worked as a surgeon. Later he went to school and university in the northern English city of Durham and graduated from Durham University in 1973 with First Class Honours in Sociology. He went on to pursue a career in quality journalism, writing for many of Britain’s leading newspapers including The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and The Guardian. He was co-editor of New Internationalist magazine from 1976-1979 and East Africa correspondent of The Economist from 1981-1983.

Filmography

• Ancient Apocalypse — Self, Creator
• 2015Time Is Art: Synchronicity and the Collective Dream
• Decoding the Past
• Quest for the Lost Civilization — Himself, Presenter, Writer, Creator

Appearances as themselves (13)

• Paul American — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Chasing the Present — Self
• 2019Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness — Himself
• 2019Medicamentele străvechi — Himself
• 2019Reconnect: The Movie — Himself
• 2018Psyched Out — Himself
• Psychedelica — Self
• Ancient Aliens — Self
• 2010DMT: The Spirit Molecule — Self - Writer
• The Pyramid Code — Self
• 2007Atlantis: Secret Star Mappers of a Lost World — Himself
• 1997Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent — Himself
• Pole to Pole — Self