Mystery aircraft in Hancock's Half Hour

[Ediswan]

Yesterday's TV re-run of Hancock's Half Hour included a short sequence of assorted military aircraft. One with wing root mounted jet engines caught my eye. It looks like there is another somewhat smoky engine under the fuselage. Does anybody know what the aircraft is ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episo...-theres-an-airfield-at-the-bottom-of-my-house (at 19:00).

 

[birchesgreen]

Avro Ashton.

 

[Ediswan]

Avro Ashton.

Thanks. With that information, I even found a likely explanation for the additional engine.

https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/avro-706-ashton

WE670 is the final Avro Ashton Mk 3 seen here fitted for icing trials of the RR Avon RA14 engine

 

[birchesgreen]

Thats a very interesting pic.

 

[Strathclyder]

Before I fully scrolled down, I thought the OP aircraft was the Short Sperrin, a proposed backup design for the 3 main V-bomber designs (Vulcan, Victor & Valiant).

Thats a very interesting pic.

Puts me in mind of the Vulcan (XA903) that carried a Olympus 593 engine during the development of Concorde: