Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, 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. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Acting
Brambell and Corbett's decades-honed toxic chemistry still crackles.
Writing
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's unflinching class comedy.
Director
Peter Sykes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steptoe & Son invented the British 'comedy of despair' template later mined by Only Fools and Horses.
Wilfrid Brambell was only 13 years older than Harry H. Corbett; heavy makeup and hunched posture sold the illusion.
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