8 Season
55 Episode
Steptoe and Son - Season 1
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.
- Year: 1974
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: melancholy, son, father, love-hate relationship, dark comedy, working class, business, sitcom
- Director: Ray Galton, Alan Simpson
- Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
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