Steptoe And Son

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Steptoe and Son

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

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As the rag and bone men argue, Harold is set to leave. Adapted from TV.

As the rag and bone men argue, Harold is set to leave. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From July 1966.

After a row with his father Albert, Harold decides to leave their rag and bone business and take up another offer of employment. 

Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. 

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. 

The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. 

Adapted for BBC radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick. 

Produced by Bobby Jaye 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966.

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