Wilfrid Brambell as Albert Steptoe

Episodes 55

The Offer

70%
January 5, 196230m
1x1

The very first episode of what was to become an all time classic comedy series. In this episode that introduces the characters Harold is very unhappy working as a rag and bone man, and wants to leave for a better job. Albert, his father, seeing his workforce about to leave, conspires to get him to stay.

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The Bird

80%
June 14, 196230m
1x2

Harold is going out every night, so Albert suspects that he must being seeing a girl. Determined to put a stop to the romance, he gets Harold to invite the girl back to the house for dinner. Meanwhile, Albert puts the clocks forward so when she fails to show up at the right time, Harold thinks she has stood him up.

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The Piano

80%
June 21, 196230m
1x3

Harold is offered a piano, providing he moves it himself. He gets Albert to help, only to find out that it is on the top floor of a block of flats.

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The Economist

80%
June 28, 196230m
1x4

Harold tries to teach Albert about the economics of running a business. He then ends up buying 400 sets of false teeth hoping to make a killing. When they don't sell, he takes their last £10.00 and tries again, this time bringing home 400 World War 2 gas masks.

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The Diploma

80%
July 5, 196230m
1x5

Harold decides to get out of the rag and bone trade and get a diploma in TV repair, only for Albert to prove that he knows more about it than him.

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The Holiday

70%
Season Finale
July 12, 196230m
1x6

Harold has holiday plans, and they don't involve Albert or the annual trip to Bognor Regis; Albert attempts to change his son's mind by using emotional blackmail.

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Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat

70%
January 3, 196330m
2x1

Hercules the horse is sick and the Steptoes' business is under threat. Fellow totters rally around and Albert and Harold hatch a plan to profit.

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The Bath

80%
January 10, 196330m
2x2

Albert's habit of having a bath in the front room is ruining his son's love life. Harold has had enough and decides to build a proper bathroom but Albert is not happy.

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The Stepmother

80%
January 17, 196330m
2x3

Albert decides to get married again, but despite the qualities of his future stepmother, Harold does everything to put a stop to it.

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Sixty-Five Today

70%
January 24, 196330m
2x4

Harold plans to take Albert out to celebrate his 65th birthday, but they disagree over everything and end up going home alone.

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A Musical Evening

70%
January 31, 196330m
2x5

Harold has acquired a collection of classical music records and plans a cultural evening. Albert hates it so much he takes some drastic action.

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Full House

80%
February 7, 196330m
2x6

Harold has arranged a poker game with a few friends. Albert is morally outraged by the idea of gambling. However, he sees Harold is being cheated by his 'friends' and decides to help.

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Is That Your Horse Outside?

70%
Season Finale
February 14, 196330m
2x7

While out on his rounds Harold falls for a wealthy married woman. Albert is unimpressed and tries to talk Harold out of making a fool of himself.

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Homes Fit For Heroes

70%
January 7, 196430m
3x1

Harold plans to sail around the world with a group of young adventurers, but first he has to persuade Albert to go into an old people's home. Then the problems start.

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The Wooden Overcoats

80%
January 14, 196430m
3x2

Harold buys a job lot of coffins and plans to store them in the house, only for Albert to object and threaten to sleep in the stable with the horse until they have been moved.

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The Lead Man Cometh

80%
January 21, 196430m
3x3

A con man, Welsh Hughie, played by guest star Leonard Rossiter, tries to sell the Steptoes some cheap lead.

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Steptoe a La Cart

70%
January 28, 196430m
3x4

Harold meets a French girl, and falls for her. When she meets Albert they talk about her family history and it becomes apparent that Albert may have dated her grandmother while on leave during the first war...

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Sunday For Seven Days

80%
February 4, 196430m
3x5

Every Friday night, Harold has promised to take Albert out to the cinema, but it's always to a film that Harold wants to see, consequently Albert is bored to death and decides to wreak the whole evening.

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The Bonds That Bind Us

80%
February 11, 196430m
3x6

For years Albert has been buying premium bonds, hoping for a winner, while Harold is sceptical that he will ever win. Imagine Harold's surprise when finally one of the bonds comes up and Albert's in the money.

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The Lodger

80%
Season Finale
February 18, 196430m
3x7

In an attempt to bring in some money Albert decides to advertise for a lodger. Harold threatens to leave as soon as the lodger shows up.

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And Afterwards At

0%
October 4, 196530m
4x1

Harold finally gets to the altar with Albert as his best man.

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Crossed Swords

0%
October 11, 196530m
4x2

When Albert gets locked in the outside loo, Harold arrives back to find no dinner. But he is not worried as he has found a rare piece of porcelain and he wants to put it up for auction.

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4x3

Harold decides that he wants central heating for the house and plans to install the system himself.

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The Siege of Steptoe Street

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October 25, 196530m
4x4

When the money runs out and the bills mount up, a summons is delivered from the local butcher demanding payment. Barricading themselves in the house, the Steptoes need something drastic to happen.

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A Box in Town

0%
November 1, 196530m
4x5

When Harold brings his current girlfriend back home after a date, he finds that he has to entertain her in the yard because Albert will not go upstairs to sleep. So he decides to leave and rent a flat in town.

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My Old Man's a Tory

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November 8, 196530m
4x6

Harold invites the local Labour Party organizer to a meeting, hoping they will adopt him as their candidate for the next election. Albert, who supports the Tories, plans to thwart his ambitions.

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Pilgrim's Progress

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Season Finale
November 15, 196530m
4x7

Harold takes Albert on a trip to France to see the battlefields of the First World War. But as soon as the plane has takes off, he starts arguing with an American passenger about their involvement in the conflict.

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A Death In the Family

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March 6, 197030m
5x1

Hercules, the Steptoes' horse dies on the round and they have to replace him. Albert loses all interest in the business until the new horse falls ill. After Albert has checked him out, both he and Harold are in for a shock.

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A Winter's Tale

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March 13, 197030m
5x2

Harold has booked a skiing holiday and he is planning to go on his own... until disaster strikes.

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Any Old Iron?

0%
March 20, 197030m
5x3

When a customer calls into the yard, Albert suspects that he is gay. Harold doesn't believe him, until the customer asks him out on a date.

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Steptoe and Son - and Son!

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March 27, 197030m
5x4

When a girl, 8 months pregnant turns up, Harold thinks that he is the father and they agree to get married, much to Albert's disgust. Then the real father shows up and Harold is left out in the cold.

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The Colour Problem

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April 3, 197030m
5x5

Harold wants to buy a new sports car, but Albert wants to spend the money on a brand new colour TV.

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T.B. or not T.B.?

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April 10, 197030m
5x6

Harold persuades Albert to have an X Ray for T.B. but the hospital get the results mixed up, and Harold has to be retested.

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Men of Property

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Season Finale
April 17, 197030m
5x7

When Harold learns that the freehold of their house is about to run out, they go to the bank for a loan. But unknown to Harold, Albert has other plans for the money.

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Robbery with Violence

0%
November 2, 197030m
6x1

While cleaning the house, Albert knocks over Harold's china cabinet and destroys his valuable collection. To cover up the accident he invents a story that the damage happened during a robbery. Then the press get involved...

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Come Dancing

0%
November 9, 197030m
6x2

Harold's new girlfriend is a Come Dancing fan and she wants Harold to partner her in the local championship, but as Harold can't dance, Albert offers to teach him. All goes well until the big night, when Harold has a shock...

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Two's Company

0%
November 16, 197030m
6x3

Albert is thinking about getting married and brings his fiance home to meet Harold. Imagine Harold's shock when she turns out to be an old girlfriend!

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Tea for Two

0%
November 23, 197030m
6x4

During a bi-election, the local Tory party want Albert to entertain Ted Heath at the junk yard. When Harold finds out, he is furious and promises to do everything he can to stop it.

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Without Prejudice

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November 30, 197030m
6x5

When Harold finally gets fed up of the house falling down around his ears, the noise of the aircrafts overhead and the cars in the street, he persuades Albert to move to a more upmarket neighbourhood.

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Pot Black

0%
December 7, 197030m
6x6

Harold buys a second hand snooker table and has it set up in the front room. He is obsessed with beating Albert at least in one sport, even if it takes all night.

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The Three Feathers

0%
December 14, 197030m
6x7

When Harold buys a 19th century commode from a lady during his round, he thinks he has made a killing, but Albert has second thoughts.

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Cuckoo in the Nest

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Season Finale
December 20, 197030m
6x8

Out of the blue, Albert's long lost son Arthur shows up from Australia, and much to Harold's horror, Albert offers him a partnership in their business, until he learns that Arthur is a lazy good-for-nothing.

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Men of Letters

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February 21, 197230m
7x1

The local vicar asks the Steptoes if they will write an article for the parish magazine on the history of their profession. After arguing over who will write it, Harold gets the job, while Albert decides to get his own back with a crossword puzzle.

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A Star is Born

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February 28, 197230m
7x2

Harold is offered a role in a new play performed by the local amateur dramatic society. They are to hold a rehearsal at his house but are one actor short, so Albert is asked to take part.

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Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning

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March 6, 197230m
7x3

When Albert's older brother dies, he and Harold go to the funeral and meet the other members of the family. After the burial, they come back to the house for the reading of the will, but the family are in for a big shock.

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Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later

0%
March 13, 197230m
7x4

When Albert gets a letter from the tax people, he confesses to Harold that he has been claiming for his dead wife. The two of them start to plan what to do, when the tax inspector arrives.

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Loathe Story

0%
March 20, 197230m
7x5

Because Albert wins at most things that they do together, Harold tries to strangle him, while sleepwalking. After seeing a psychiatrist, he thinks he's cured, until he goes back home and finds out what Albert has been up to.

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Steptoe and Son

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March 23, 197230m
0x6

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.

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Divided We Stand

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March 27, 197230m
7x6

Harold plans to redecorate the house, but he and Albert can't agree on anything. The only solution is a drastic one.

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The Desperate Hours

0%
Season Finale
April 3, 197230m
7x7

Two convicts escape from prison and break into the Steptoes' house, holding them hostage.

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Steptoe and Son Ride Again

0%
August 8, 197330m
0x7

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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Christmas Special: The Party

0%
December 24, 197343m
0x1

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.

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Back in Fashion

0%
September 4, 197430m
8x1

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.

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Porn Yesterday

0%
September 11, 197430m
8x2

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.

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And So To Bed

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September 18, 197430m
8x3

When his old bed collapses, Harold buys a waterbed to try and impress his new girlfriend.

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The Seven Steptoerai

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September 25, 197430m
8x4

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.

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Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs

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October 2, 197430m
8x5

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.

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Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard

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Season Finale
October 10, 197430m
8x6

Albert invites a spiritualist to give a reading so he can contact his dead wife, but Harold is sceptical over the whole thing...

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0x2

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...

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When Steptoe Met Son

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August 20, 200230m
0x3

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.

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Mark Lawson Talks To Galton & Simpson

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March 19, 200830m
0x4

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

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The Curse of Steptoe

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March 19, 200830m
0x5

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.

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