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Steptoe and Son. Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in 26a Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC in black and white from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974 in colour.
Jun 6, 2012 · Unusually, Steptoe & Son cast actors not comedians in its lead roles, eschewed gags and slapstick for gritty realism, and used real earthy language - almost to the limits of the BBC watershed ...
When Steptoe and Son finally bowed out in 1974, after 55 television episodes and two Christmas specials, the original concept of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, among Britain's most successful comedy ...
May 2, 2012 · Steptoe and Son had an immense influence on British television comedy, and specifically on the writers who created some of the finest British sitcoms of the last fifty years. By the 1980s, working ...
Aug 23, 2020 · Co-starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, the crude and cynical rag-and-bone man father, and Harry H. Corbett as Harold, his deludedly socially-mobile son, Steptoe And Son revolutionised the British sitcom, partly because of its use of experienced character actors rather than comedians to play its central roles, and partly because of the willingness and ability of its writers, Ray Galton and ...
Harold Steptoe ( Harry H. Corbett) was a dreamer; always looking for ways to improve himself, his social group and ultimately his life. Running a rag and bone business with his father Albert ( Wilfrid Bramble) from their home in Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd’s Bush, was not where he wanted to be. An optimist about many things (he would always refer ...
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Jan 19, 2022 · Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd’s Bush, London. Eight series were produced by the BBC in two blocks from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974, for this run it was broadcast in colour, something the ...
