Steptoe And Son: Series 1(1962)

In 1962 comedy writer Alan Simpson and Ray Galton wrote a new comedy pilot for the BBC’s Comedy Playhouse. Set in a house and a yard full of junk, it featured rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his unmarried son Harold…

The series very quickly struck a chord with the nation with audience figures broaching twenty million viewers and was recently voted no.15 in Britain’s Best Sitcom.

Episode titles:

1. The Offer (pilot episode)

2. The Bird

3. The Piano

4. The Economists

5. The Diploma

6. The Holiday

Harry H. Corbett & Wilfred Brambell

3 hours, B&W, 1962