
About the TV Show

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Steptoe and Son
First Air Date: January 05, 1962
First Aired on | : | 1962 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | Ray Galton,Alan Simpson |
Networks | : | BBC One |
Genres | : | Comedy |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 55 episodes in 8 Seasons |
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.