Steptoe And Son
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1962 - 1974
- 57 episodes (8 series)
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold run a rag and bone business. Harold wants to move on in the world and leave home but his plans are always thwarted. Stars Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.
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Steptoe and Son was a genius creation
The flair of Ray Galton, who died last week, lives on in a series of tragicomic characters.
Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Observer, 7th October 2018Singer Rag 'N' Bone Man fan of Steptoe and Son
Rag 'N' Bone Man, Rory Graham, told BBC Breakfast he was influenced by 1960s TV series Steptoe and Son.
BBC News, 21st February 2017Steptoe and Sons: tears of TV's finest clowns
The story behind the comedy great.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 14th September 2016Comedy reboots: never go back
If we want to wallow in nostalgia, let's have repeats rather than retreads.
Deborah Shrewsbury, The Custard TV, 11th July 2016BBC comedy classics go on display
Much-loved British comedians and sitcom stars are being celebrated in a new exhibition. Comedy faces from Frankie Howerd to Ricky Gervais are on display at the Compton Verney art gallery in Warwickshire from 9 July. BBC Faces of Comedy is showing 100 pictures ranging from the 1950s to the present day. Leading comics have curated the exhibition - including Have I Got News For You panellist Paul Merton and the star of Citizen Khan, Adil Ray. Here they talk about some of their favourite comedy moments.
Paul Merton and Adil Ray, BBC News, 10th July 2016New exhibit shows archive pictures of BBC comedians
Compton Verney exhibition charts 60 years of comedy, from Hancock's Half Hour to Miranda Hart.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 26th June 2016America: where British sitcoms go to die
It is the holy grail for British writers - having your sitcom remade for America. But can Raised By Wolves succeed where Fawlty Towers flopped?
Andrew Collins, The Guardian, 22nd June 20165 ways Steptoe & Son changed TV comedy
Galton and Simpson will be honoured with the Fellowship at the British Academy Television Awards at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on Sunday 8 May. Here, Catherine Bray looks at how the sitcom has influenced TV comedies since the Sixties.
Catherine Bray, The Telegraph, 5th May 2016Galton & Simpson get BAFTA Fellowship
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, writers of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe And Son, are to be awarded a BAFTA Fellowship on Sunday.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2016The danger of constantly celebrating the past
Nostalgia. Easy promotability. A blend of old and new. Low risk. Lots of press. And a brand new half hour to be written by Clement and Frenais, writers of the near-perfect Porridge. What's not to like? As a consumer of comedy, I'm fine with all of the above obviously. As a writer of comedy, my feelings are slightly more mixed.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 14th March 2016