Steptoe and Son

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The classic BBC sitcom about a father-and-son rag and bone team. Adapted from TV.

Steptoe and Son: Series 5: Episode 1: The Desperate Hours

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Episode 1: The Desperate Hours

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The Desperate Hours

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Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter

Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV. With Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From May 1974.

After news of a jail break at Wormwood Scrubs, Albert and Harold get some unwelcome visitors. 

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

Written for BBC TV and adapted for BBC Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Johnny Spooner …. Leonard Rossiter
Frank Ferris …. Paddy Joyce  

Producer: Bobby Jaye 

First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1974.

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