Steptoe and Son (Season 0)

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.

  • Poster for Christmas Special: The Party

    Christmas Special: The Party 0.0

    Air date: 1973-12-24

    Runtime: 43 min

    Overview: Albert is busy putting up Christmas decorations while Harold is making plans to go to Spain for the holidays. When he tells Albert that he will have to spend the holiday at the local old people's home, Albert objects, so he changes his plans and decides to spend his holiday money on a big party for all his friends... but things don't go to plan.

  • Poster for Christmas Special: A Perfect Christmas (Season 8)

    Christmas Special: A Perfect Christmas (Season 8) 0.0

    Air date: 1974-12-26

    Runtime: 42 min

    Overview: Harold is fed up with staying at home over Christmas, so he plans to take Albert abroad for the holiday, only to find out that he has no passport. After a long hunt for the birth certificate, and pleas to Harold that they go to Bognor instead, they finally turn up at the station but find that the passport is out of date! Just when it looks like Harold's Christmas is going to be a disaster, he has a surprise in store...

  • Poster for When Steptoe Met Son

    When Steptoe Met Son 0.0

    Air date: 2002-08-20

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: When Steptoe Met Son is a 2002 Channel 4 documentary about the personal lives of Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett, the stars of the long-running BBC situation comedy, Steptoe and Son.

  • Poster for Mark Lawson Talks To Galton & Simpson

    Mark Lawson Talks To Galton & Simpson 0.0

    Air date: 2008-03-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: Interviews with the giants of TV comedy who created Steptoe and Son. They provide a fascinating insight into their work and an enduring friendship.

  • Poster for The Curse of Steptoe

    The Curse of Steptoe 0.0

    Air date: 2008-03-19

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A television play which stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama centres on the actors' on and off screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

  • Poster for Steptoe and Son

    Steptoe and Son 0.0

    Air date: 1972-03-23

    Runtime: 30 min

    Overview: A British comedy drama film and a spin-off from the popular British television comedy series of the same name about father-and-son rag-and-bone dealers.

  • Poster for Steptoe and Son Ride Again

    Steptoe and Son Ride Again 0.0

    Air date: 1973-08-08

    Runtime: 99 min

    Overview: Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare...

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