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.
Albert invites a spiritualist to give a reading so he can contact his dead wife, but Harold is sceptical over the whole thing...
Albert has slipped a disc, and is confined to his bed - so Harold has to wait on him hand and foot. When beer and sweets start disappearing from the kitchen, he starts putting two and two together.
When the local villain Frankie Barrow tries to start a protection racket, Albert and his friends, who have been taking lessons in kung fu, scare them off.
When his old bed collapses, Harold buys a waterbed to try and impress his new girlfriend.
Harold finds a 'What The Butler Saw' machine on the round and brings it home. After watching it, he realises that it stars his father as a young man.
When a fashion photographer wants to use the junk yard as a backdrop for a fashion shoot, Albert says no... until they offer him a large fee. Harold sees it as a way to meet some trendy models.
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.
as Harold Steptoe
as Albert Steptoe
