Comedy doesn't come any better than this timeless classic.....from an era when British comedy was brilliantly written and wonderfully acted....great memories
@judycasemore2168 Жыл бұрын
Great English Comedy loved by all Aussies we looked forward to all the episodes on the telly every week. Great Memories - Great Actors.
@richarddowling912 Жыл бұрын
BEN ROUSE, thank you so much for putting these episodes on you're channel for us to watch, 🎭 28/7/2022
@rexharrison4004 жыл бұрын
true comedy, the way it switches effortlessly between pathos and humour is breathtaking.
@chrisevans52595 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderfully funny comedy from a long gone era of vintage British comedy. Brilliantly written, and character acting at its sublime best, and delivered with a warmth and a humor , that's sadly lacking in today comedies. Steptoe & Son was an exceptional comedy that remains a classic to this day.
@johnp5155 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It genuinely can make a very strong claim to being the best sit com of them all
@oldskoolfool1414 жыл бұрын
Always chokes me up when even in the midst of stewing hatred his concern for his dad takes over, if only they knew the joy these give us all these years later
@ausomeaspie3 жыл бұрын
I know, me too!
@alanjacobs4075 Жыл бұрын
J
@vincentskinner3250 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@taz473 Жыл бұрын
The best comedy ever.
@cherylharewood25495 жыл бұрын
This show brings back childhood memories.
@oldskoolfool1414 жыл бұрын
Me too, and now I'm 11 years older than Harold, gulp!
@yvonnekrause18104 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this show laughing with all my family In Wales around the coal fire in the winter It was brilliant They don't, make good tv shows like these anymore
@ianjeffery67445 жыл бұрын
Brambell's impersonation of Bonaparte is just PRICELESS!
@leslierodgers23476 жыл бұрын
However dare anybody not like Steptoe and Son, everyone a classic,
Wilfrid singing French with the hat on was the jewel in this episode!! 🤣
@ChadQuick270W4 жыл бұрын
Albert: “I spent it on essentials” Harold: “I know, I can see the empty bottles out back!” Ha ha 😂 hilarious. Classic British comedy at its best.
@olivelane7903 Жыл бұрын
Yes without all the horrible swear words and filthy jokes like comedy today wish we were back in the.early sixties and.l.knew then work l.know now.l would not have wasted my time with the idiots.l did then..do not regret being with my.lovely husband forty two .years how we laughed at steptoes bucket eoma
@olivelane7903 Жыл бұрын
Bucket woman.last.of Summer wine.morcombe.and wise anyone remember . Harry worth happy new year from.oluve epsom.surrey.to.everyone.
@leslierodgers23476 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, can't stopped watching these episodes, thks
@ShowRyuKen3 жыл бұрын
I love Galton & Simpson - you just know they worked on 'snails and asparagus tips', fine tuning the possibilities until they found the most absurd, yet believable, combination possible.
@luvhungryman6 жыл бұрын
Timeless and priceless!
@alistairyoung7491 Жыл бұрын
My personal favourite episode classic many thanks for sharing it 👍🏼
@northdevonpictures8263 жыл бұрын
At 18:22 is one of the funniest sequences you will ever see. When you watch these you'll probably recognise the writers' gags in a lot of later sitcoms. Like Euston Films, and Minder: these were forerunners and templates, 'borrowed' by lesser productions. While some are lauded and knighted, the Steptoe and Son company are ignored. Without Galton & Simpson and these two wonderful performers (straight actors both) - we wouldn't have had half the laughs and slapstick nicked from them over the years. But plagiarists rarely put their hands up.
Wilfred bramble is the best actor of all british actors
@boscoboy10664 жыл бұрын
Remember my dad intoducing me too this whem i was a kid still watch it to this day never gets old.
@zingo26642 ай бұрын
this is brilliant ! so so funny,they were brilliant,nothing like it on tv nowadays,thank you so much for posting !!
@forex7769 Жыл бұрын
Best actors ever
@oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles350110 жыл бұрын
One of my fav. Episodes.......
@paulweston60493 жыл бұрын
"It's only my favourite dish cos i was unaware that we we're running a miniature Savoy grill here"....Hhahahahaha
@WedgePee2 жыл бұрын
I had pheasant once, and I got a piece of lead shot stuck in my teeth.
@SamuelBlack842 жыл бұрын
@@WedgePee Did you sue?
@WedgePee2 жыл бұрын
@@SamuelBlack84 No! Waitrose clearly had a disclaimer saying there would be lead shot in game birds.
@stacyblue19808 жыл бұрын
" Dad stop eatin' that carpet!" hahahaha
@papac68314 жыл бұрын
wonderfull brings back great memorys, bless them both.
@citizen11635 жыл бұрын
The looks between 'arold & Albert when they realise that they're going to get paid off by the butcher. Pure Shakespearean! "...you're a butcher..put me out of me misery!" 😂😂😂
@patphelps2979 Жыл бұрын
Very good acting
@tamlee936411 ай бұрын
This is the best thing I have ever seen it is so interesting to wotch for me and it mates me laugh so much 😂😂 😊
@cherylharewood25495 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this show when I was a little girl.
@TheJMascis6668 жыл бұрын
This episode was shown on BBC One on Tuesday 6th September 1966 - the same day Arsenal drew 1-1 with Sheffield Wednesday and the PM of South Africa was assassinated.
@Azrael4426 жыл бұрын
lovely bit of irrelevant trivia that Up the Arsenal
@tonydavis64825 жыл бұрын
@@Azrael442 That was Soooooo interesting....I fell asleep with boredom
@anthonytaylor39894 жыл бұрын
Not much happened in your life 😏
@oldskoolfool1414 жыл бұрын
I bet the PM of South Africa was gutted he never stayed in and watched it
@emobloom4 жыл бұрын
@@oldskoolfool141 Hahaha
@dawndunstan82686 жыл бұрын
one of the Best show's, and what we've got now on tv is a load of crap, HAROLD,used don't make them like they used to do
@donaldnewman163711 жыл бұрын
A remake of this episode is on Sanford & Son called, "The Great Sanford Siege"
@unasperanza98035 жыл бұрын
watched that quite a good remake american style though original more gritty and thought provoking.Must watch to see.
@TheRemixstress4 жыл бұрын
@Curtis Rupp Funny, because the guy that played the father in Steptoe & Son died broke as well.
@jgilmac67654 жыл бұрын
Pure class just a pity the BBC don’t spend some cash and restore these episodes to the best quality they can
@WedgePee2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the better quality episodes (in terms of picture and sound)!
@AbrasiousProductions9 ай бұрын
I lost it when Harold said "dad will you stop eating that carpet" 🤣
@levimacdonald51884 жыл бұрын
Great comedy 😀..Harry h Corbett & wilfrid brambell rip to the both of YOU .. x
@KaniFuker-Sir8 жыл бұрын
Vive La France, hilarious episode.
@geniemeadows51224 жыл бұрын
It was so real and brilliant. Both actors were amazing. I think Harry H. Corbett was the even better actor as Wilfred did a lot of sight gags but both were a total riot.
@johnking51744 жыл бұрын
I much prefer the 1960s Steptoe and Son over their 1970s return. The 1960s episodes just have a great atmospheric feeling to it, something which was lost a bit when they moved to BBC Television Centre in 1970 to record the colour series.
@johnp5152 жыл бұрын
I agree. and the writing too.
@philipscott923811 ай бұрын
A whole packet brilliant comedy at it's best
@daleleggett12152 жыл бұрын
awesome show
@sandrajovic93044 жыл бұрын
Genius♥
@irishpanther60044 жыл бұрын
I'm absolutely starving i'd love bangers and mash and a nice cupa tea
@MrBerry674 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@paulanderson794 жыл бұрын
Remember these first time round in B&W.
@TheBee87bee4 жыл бұрын
The first time seeing this show!
@robertallan65265 жыл бұрын
I love futile sadness of Harold.
@suzannemoogan96756 жыл бұрын
Even though Ray Galton and Alan Simpson were exceptional comedy writers ,it was due to the sublime acting i.e. reaction shots between Harry H Corbett and Wifrid Brambell ,both were outstanding performers In comparison when listening to the radio series, something is missing, that something is the reaction shots between the two actors, both Wilfrid and Harry H were experts at mime and would have been wonderful silent screen stars. They never hated one another,the resentment came post the Australian tour as Harry H Corbett believed his craft and indeed the series was being placed at a far more mediocre level(I have seen that tour on TV and, in my opinion, it was a dreadful stage show and cheapened the genius writing talent that both Galton and Simpson possessed )In addition Wifrid Brambell was blowing his lines due to his alcoholism, unfortunately these factors lessened their. professional respect for one another, no true loathing ever occurred between them.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
so right. they were the best.
@jpmac2664 жыл бұрын
Truly the best
@jackcaven96143 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful, thank you
@altheawhyte23285 жыл бұрын
After Steptoe run up the household debt eating prime cuts of fish and meat without his son knowlege, the crafty old man tricked the butcher in paying them money instead. Harold topped it off by, "and we wont be buying anymore meat from you, it would only choke me" in his wonderful acting voice. Oh what a pair!👍😂
@elainefletcher77873 ай бұрын
Brilliant, just Brilliant.
@jonathanowen40758 жыл бұрын
27:43 Albert seems to have changed his mind about Chinese food since '65 Today'.
@andrewmorrice91397 жыл бұрын
Could be he's winding up Harold, because he knows he loves it.
@jackbrown41303 жыл бұрын
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@joansheekey4766 күн бұрын
Great people live them both rip gents adored alkways never get tired off yu both ❤
@davecipriani44534 жыл бұрын
Nowadays sitcoms consist of swearing and people falling over. Nothing on tv can make me laugh anymore. Im 35 and only classic sitcoms like this make me laugh.
@Phantomrasberryblowe5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic.
@jnicholas-windsoramyisrael466 жыл бұрын
Can't beat It! You can't get away with this now due to PC going crazy.
@angelawebb81015 жыл бұрын
The film Angela's Ashes
@colinmartin79795 жыл бұрын
Have you never watched Mitchell and Webb, Ricky Gervais, Armstrong and Miller?
@michaelmoran96023 жыл бұрын
Classic comedy series, 🍀
@alanalexander94548 жыл бұрын
I don't think Health&Safety was around when they invented those spikes for storing bills.
@unasperanza98035 жыл бұрын
😊😂😆
@citizen11635 жыл бұрын
Alan Alexander My sister used to have a Saturday job in a butchers when they used to put the 'Price Per Pound' on a spike & pushed it into the piece of meat on display. One day she saw an assistant cleaning his nails with the spike! That isn't even the reason I finally became vegan...eww
@3122tan5 жыл бұрын
I still use those for EFTPOS receipts in the shop i work in. Its been the same in most past jobs too. Is Australia behind? No other easy way to keep them all together, very quickly, when you dont want to take more than half a second because theres loads more people to serve.
@Puppy-lt5ur4 жыл бұрын
They are still used today. No need at all for health and safety for something like that.
@oldskoolfool1414 жыл бұрын
Before Health&Safety they had something else.. what was it now?.. hang on it'll come to me... ohh yes that's it 'common bleedin' sense'
@jaimek9906 жыл бұрын
"Wouldn't be the first time he had your trousers down"
@the_lichemaster2 жыл бұрын
"They won't find the pulse where you keep your finger"
@pauloliver68132 жыл бұрын
I think that when time makes a final judgement, it will be Galton and Simpson and Harold Pinter who are viewed as the greatest English dramatists of the mid 20th century.
@Azrael4426 жыл бұрын
"A Whole Packet.."
@jademelissataylor80773 жыл бұрын
Great!
@joflynn999Ай бұрын
Albert seems to have changed his tune on Chinese food since 65 Today
@fjccommish Жыл бұрын
I imagined that one day Arold had the last straw, killed Alberecht. I imagined that some day in the future, Arold returned to the house to encounter Albrecht's ghost.
@chrismorhen48393 жыл бұрын
Harry H was a Royal marine commando.
@valenciaze7 жыл бұрын
I think maybe this episode inspired John Sullivan for writing "Only Fools and Horses" when Uncle Albert tries to help out Del Boy and Rodney by falling down a hole.
@daz3b5607 жыл бұрын
He (John Sullivan ) stole a load of scripts/ideas from 60s/70s comedies. George (George & Mildred) playing poker with Tristram for pennies says" I've got 4 kings"...T'm says " I've only got 2 pair"...George is about to take all the pennies when T'm says "I've got a pair of aces & I've got another pair of aces". This was nicked by J S in the "Winning streak" episode on Only Fools & Horses....when identical thing happens with Del & Boycie.
@jessiejames74926 жыл бұрын
maybe because john sullivan said the first time he saw steptoe and son on the Comedy Playhouse, he made up his mind to do a comedy about junk men..
@mikekemp98774 жыл бұрын
@@daz3b560 he even nicked from himself! the early episode of them fleeing dels hellbitch girlfriend left in the flat to stay with their aunt in clacton.only after a few days does she think to ask who are you?its a complete stranger ! this wad also a citizen smith episode as well.
@mikekemp98774 жыл бұрын
@Kani Fuker well said!became a cash cow and went on far too long!grandad had little to do with sullivan as his appearence in minder shows the character was all leonard pearce! likewise trigger early on isnt thick! that came from roger! he did a scene with nick lyndhurst and kept calling him dave retake called him dave retake lyndhurst said the name is rodney go again roger said off the cuff is dave a nickname then?hey presto the character was born!
@mikekemp98774 жыл бұрын
@@daz3b560 it was also done twice by terry and june in that series and happy ever after! terry dresses up as a barrister to get damages for aunt lucy who was hit by a dustcart!almost line for line in places!
@citizen11635 жыл бұрын
Weren't those the days when these episodes were filmed live...no retakes? Real actors. I think of the hoo hah now when soap stars make a huge deal if just 1 episode is filmed 'live' as a one off.
@geoffpoole4834 жыл бұрын
I think a lot of shows were filmed live in those days. Z Cars certainly was.
@michaelgrace12983 жыл бұрын
@@geoffpoole483 filmed in front of a live TV audience and shown live are two complete different things, the first comment is also wrong, when these comedy's where filmed in front of a live TV audience there was retakes, it was inevitable the actors would make mistakes, or even the audience would laugh too much and cause a retake, as in Peter Bowles scene in rising damp
@mrfivegold8 ай бұрын
Its actually a common problem, older people start raking up debts believing they'll be paid when they die. My dad almost lost the family home cause he kept borrowing money, and half paying bills.
@Ziggy_sawdust11 жыл бұрын
Classics
@TheJMascis6668 жыл бұрын
Using an online inflation calculator £200 is now £3,500
@louieAssie94496 жыл бұрын
I LOVE IT....
@elliottg.1954 Жыл бұрын
That was an expensive bill and somebody must have eaten very well. Before this year's inflation rate hikes to over 10%, £190 was about £4500 at today's prices, 22.88 times as high as average prices since 1965. The pound had an average inflation rate of 5.65% per year between 1965 and early 2022, so a cumulative price increase of 2,188.40%. Dread to think what that is in December 2022. From 24:53 Harold realises Albert's had them all over. And Harold's face is a picture but he then claims that lies don't come easy to him, and takes the money 😁
@thehoodedman46405 жыл бұрын
If only Albert hadn't had been so reckless with the money he had won in 'The Bonds that Bind Us' episode LOL!!!!
@crabbyoldgamer30288 жыл бұрын
"Let them eat cake": see how the rich treated poor people. Of course, Marie Antoinette didn't say it And fancy breads like the cake (broche) in this phrase had to be sold at the same price as bread (by law). There was a flour shortage at the time. So broche, cake, would have been an affordable alternative to the staple of French people's diets, bread. It took far less flour to make broche than it took to make an equal sized loaf of bread.
@Steve201275 жыл бұрын
Brioche
@sandrajovic93044 жыл бұрын
Albert is kind of like my Mum.and I'm kind of like Harold💜.just not as....adventurous.
@ravenhill_the_cryptic_of_19685 жыл бұрын
Are these uploads the original steptoe series as it was shown on tv or the edited dvd versions?
@jrgboy4 жыл бұрын
Certain words have been removed as they are highly offensive these days.
@garymattscheck90662 жыл бұрын
The show Sanford And Son was based on.In fact,SAS even used some of the Steptoe scripts.
@TheBee87bee4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Wilfrid the mean old grandfather of Paul's in A Hard Day's Night? He looks familiar.
@strawman804 жыл бұрын
yes it's him...wasn't he very clean...
@fattwat14 жыл бұрын
Yes it was Wilfred brambell was not like his character in real life he was always dressed immaculately
@StinkyDonkeyFilms7 жыл бұрын
i got talking to an old totter a couple of years ago in a yard in london and it turns out,he did all the real shots of horse ,cart and yard for years,i didnt believe it till i asked the weighman what did he do for the bbc..and he come straight out with it,unless. he was telepathic it must have been true,got paid for being in and ato6nd these,id have donr it for free lol..qualify. .never made a bad one
@gavinreid89374 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a neighbour of mine, he,d hand over his pay to his wife , she,d make out it was never enough & he,d have to do without nights out & new stuff. When she died he found out she had rung up multiple catalogue account debts all for her, & stuff bought for herself online he didn't know about
@garyproffitt5941 Жыл бұрын
Amazing rag and bone man and pure Comedy including all because of filthy, Pound's, Stirling, brass, loot, 2/6 d and bankruptcy looming 😉👍
@darkautumnstories58348 ай бұрын
"A whole packet!"
@jessiejames74927 жыл бұрын
the things albert says...
@AndrewsSister752 жыл бұрын
Compares this to Sanford and son but Steptoe didn't say "put it back in the mailbox". Harry got violent while Lamont Sanford didn't
@rewcorkett57545 жыл бұрын
And the father, relentlessly, knows the son.
@TheBee87bee4 жыл бұрын
This is so funny!!!
@samholden41715 жыл бұрын
This is like strawdogs film without the violence lol.
@lindanash22465 жыл бұрын
This is comedy as it should be not like today
@nobody-qn6wt5 жыл бұрын
how many years has harry been 38?...🤷♂️
@7arboreal4 жыл бұрын
He’s only 40 in this.
@jdurao61124 жыл бұрын
Lol!! Dad stop eating the carpet!!
@haroldalbertkitchenersteptoe6 жыл бұрын
Do do do do do, do do do do do, do do do, do doo dooooo
@ederst97594 жыл бұрын
"Harold, You Dummy!"
@sandrajovic93044 жыл бұрын
These 2 are: performance soldiers of legendary proportions ((is that the right word)?)
@oldskoolfool1414 жыл бұрын
Not really but picturing Harold saying it as he slowly rises from his seat gave me a chuckle
@sandrajovic93044 жыл бұрын
@@oldskoolfool141 L😁L 💕
@sandrajovic93044 жыл бұрын
😊
@jason693322 жыл бұрын
Man I am really hungry
@josephwhite96284 жыл бұрын
"that cadaverous little head of yours"
@spunkyspaz5 жыл бұрын
Even though I love Steptoe and son (and Sanford and son and Trailer Park Boys) shows like this always aggravated me, I know they are just shows but when people can't get ahead due to greed, bad choices and not paying your bills it makes me mad. As someone who has worked at minimum wage jobs all his life I know that you can live poorly and still succeed over time.
@TheBee87bee4 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't share with his son? Nasty man!
@youngwerty3 ай бұрын
I think you have to question sanity of Harold? Pointing a loaded shotgun at his farther.