1971
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Featuring late stars, Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett, this was an excellent show which never failed to amuse me and was true to life. The show featured pensioner Albert Steptoe and his son Harold Steptoe (a pair of rag and bone men). They bickered, the fought, they sulked and generally got on each other's nerves.
Cliff Owen (Director) had either never seen the series, or in this instance was incapable of capturing the subtlety and nuance that great comedy depends upon. Every gag is wrung dry and instead of pathos you get squalor. The TV series is and will remain a great example of British comedy, this film is not. 6/10.
Reviews 62% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A cockney junk dealer (Wilfrid Brambell) lives amicably with his son (Harry H. Corbett) till the latter weds a stripper and brings her home. Read More Read Less
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- Cliff Owen
- Comedy
- Wilfrid Brambell
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.
Steptoe and Son: With Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton, Tim Buckland. British sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
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- 1962-01-05
- Comedy
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1972 In Review - January #2. Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers. Harold meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from the household. This film was a staple at every Christmas time in my household as a child.
