Steptoe and Son - Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines

[@maccoll3644]

Two magnificent actors and two outstanding writers make this just as entertaining today as it was originally! Thanks!

[@Scottfree166]

Brilliant episode, with impeccable timing & delivery by the legends Mr Corbett and Mr Brambell, outstanding performances by both.

[@flashgordon6670]

I think this is the first ever episode I saw, back in the mid 1980s when I was a knee high. It had me in stitches then and I laughed out loud seeing it now. The bit when Harold explains he’s going to connect the hot water, through his dad’s bed frame and his dad’s reaction is priceless. Thanks very much.

[@cooperjason1315]

Quite possibly the best comedy series ever .. truly masterful ...

[@geraldswain3259]

Probably the greatest comedy pairing on TV of all time ,

[@Tina-jw1uh]

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[@zingo2664]

agreed

[@rachaelhogan7850]

And del and Rodney only fools and laurel and hardy

[@neilrobinson5115]

Only fools got a bit tired due to it being milked to death in uk gold, I preferred the spin off Green Green Grass with Boycie at the farm,Hilarious

[@neilrobinson5115]

@@rachaelhogan7850 Laurel and Hardy definitely

[@kellygreen2723]

I love the line between tragedy and comedy! This is a classic and I can watch them over and over and enjoy them.

[@Mediumal]

Pathos at its best.

[@annenewaz4511]

British comedy I have 2 say is definitely the best.

[@william6682]

@@christrickett3291 Crap

[@tonymccaul7159]

@@annenewaz4511 can't argue with you there! 👍😂

[@toni4729]

@@william6682 Sorry you don't have a sence of humor. Missery guts. 🤪💨

[@reggaesweetmusicforthepeop8443]

How we were blessed to see such a brilliant comic duo in action harold and Albert steptoe they made acting history with their visual expressive timing and talent a joy to behold everytime l watch them even after twenty odd years it still gets me laughing and thats legendary stuff

[@blodwyndavies6395]

This is Excellent writing. One moment you have pathos and then in the next you are doubling up in Laughter. 50 Years on and still Brilliant.

[@The.Pickle]

I love old Steptoe's wonderful facial expressions, they always make me laugh.

[@toni4729]

Oh, those teeth😅

[@bobbish782]

A lot of classic American sitcoms of the early-mid 70s were based on British programs of the late 60s-early 70s ("Steptoe and Son" = "Sanford and Son" to name but one) so thank you for the great programming at your end that brought great programming to our end.

[@richarddavies233]

THe episode where the vicar comes around and they are playing scrabble is hilarious. As the vicar glances at the board, it is riddled with obscenities.

[@sophiepenney3977]

I'm 31 here in 2020 elated that now I don't need to keep streaming from KZbin becoz I got the full steptoe collection for my birthday! WOOOOHOOOO

[@sophiepenney3977]

Terry Murphy exactly! Today's 'comedy' is an embarrassment!

[@Tina-jw1uh]

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[@aurant5534]

@@Tina-jw1uh 👍🏻

[@amazingtheatre1262]

I’m afraid the dvds are edited

[@terranceparsons5185]

Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs Downstairs and the one where Harold splits the house in 2 are my favorites.

[@gailmarks3472]

I can watch Steptoe and son over and over again!!!! British sense of humour, can’t beat it!!! From Australia same sense of humour!!!!!

[@bran756]

All the best to you guys,left the council estate forty odd years ago with six hundred in me back pocket,my daughter is a dr consultant great sone heaating engineer,love Devon,best move I ever made,cheers guys from sidmouth,ha,all the best guys.

[@rachaelhogan7850]

I’m from England and live near where this was filmed I’m British

[@SéaFid]

Irish sense of humour is better those less well known, too morbid.

[@bigteno4597]

Brilliant, loved their comedy takes me back when I watched these with parents in the 60s

[@rockie0708]

Them two where great actors and hilarious ! Such a classic. This show should always be in top 5 best uk comedy sitcoms of all time.

[@ajstyles7961]

Agreed.

[@stevesouthall4718]

Agree best comedy duo ever in my opinion i doubt if the bbc would show there episodes again on tv with the so called pc brigade lurking around

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@stevesouthall4718 their favourite saying now when showing any old comedy is ` may contain outdated language’ ffs.

[@chrisevans5259]

Steptoe & Son , epic comedy from a golden era of vintage British comedies from the 1960s and 70s. Brilliant writing, great character acting, and comedy timing and deliverance at its finest. (Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell ,(R.I.P)

[@heartexplained]

Well says

[@ravenhill_of_midsummer_1968]

good ole british tv as it used to be, breaks my heart.

[@procta2343]

After watching a few on here, I got the boxset of Xmas one year, and it was great to see all of them! mad to think that most of these are 50 years plus old now!

[@Janet-vh9my]

But we are still watching and enjoying

[@procta2343]

@@Janet-vh9my too right!

[@richarddowling912]

Absolutely 💯 brilliant, 💯👍

[@magnificentfailure2390]

I've finally got 'round to watching S&S and I'm glad this is the first one I picked. I grew up watching Sanford & Son in the US but I always knew it was based upon this programme.

[@Phantomrasberryblowe]

Magnificent Failure I’d particularly recommend episodes ‘The Siege Of Steptoe Street’, ‘TB Or Not TB’ and ‘And Afterwards At’.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Giovanni Pierre also PAYE now, live later, and Upstairs downstairs, and so to bed, all great episodes.

[@Mechanicalrob]

Steptoe and son is miles better than its US equivalent.

[@DRAINPIPE57]

The best sitcom duo pairing ever The chemistry is so believable as it was made for them both to portray these created characters of the comedy writers Galton and simpson

[@garfield2279]

DAVID MICHAEL PYPER In real life Wilfred Brambell and Harry HCorbett didn’t really get on, it’s due to their professionalism that the show was what it was.

[@Mechanicalrob]

They didn't get on at all in real life, towards the end of their careers they only ever spoke on set and if it was in the script. Shame really.

[@camwilliams2827]

Same thing happened with Red Foxx and Desmond Wilson from Sanford and son. Those two stopped speaking by the early 80s

[@rachaelhogan7850]

Yet they hated each other DIDNT get on

[@mikegrace]

There is absolutely no evidence that these two didn't get on,

[@ianjeffery6744]

What superbly bitter-sweet stuff this is! The acting is wonderful, the scripts ditto....

[@gazza2933]

I understand that Harry H. Corbett was a Shakespearean actor and that there was only 13 years age difference between him and Wilfred Bramble.

[@jackcaven9614]

One of my favourite episodes and my favourite sitcom ...hands down

[@mark1460]

OMG I first saw this the night it was broadcast and have never seen it sinse but have never forgotten it. I'm only intot he first 9 mins but i know whats coming..i'm so glad to have found this after all them years. well done for you for uploading it, i thought is was gone forever

[@jonathanyanakisstsouvallar9700]

I remember watching this with my mom! Blessed time's blessed you mom!🤍🇨🇾

[@JaneFrieman]

Wilfred Brambell played Paul McCartney's grandfather in the Beatles first movie entitled, "A Hard Days Night".

[@leslierodgers2347]

All ways said that they are as good as any comedy duo. At there peak they had they were impossible to beat. Thanks to them

[@AngelaHodgson-tp9ot]

This is the only program that makes me have a belly Louth wish there was comedy like this in 2024

[@ianjeffery6744]

Absolutely SUPERB!

[@getwhatyoudeserve9419]

I've been with albert and harold at the mews cottage ,old drum lane, shepards bush for 46 year's, still enjoy every second. Way ahead of their time, nice one Ben Rouse.

[@brain8484]

26a Oil Drum Lane , Shepherd's Bush London

[@toni4729]

I'm seventy now and I still remember my mum and dad watching this and having a good laugh over this when I... think I was about seven or eight years old. Now it's my turn. 😅🤣

[@bran756]

Ditto,all the best guys

[@toni4729]

@@pepwaverley2185 No, sorry; It was a lot earlier than 65, I left England for Australia in 65, and it never showed over here. Whoops, you said the 4th series, when did the first one show, do you remember?

[@kid--presentable]

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[@panchopuskas1]

Behind all the laughter there was some great acting....

[@thriddoctor]

Best sitcom ever.

[@transcendentstudios6819]

An absolute gem 💎

[@dianeanderson5832]

love steptoe and son BRILLIANT.

[@BritishComedyUK69]

I always enjoy these shows

[@jgilmac6765]

This is pure class only a pity the BBC will not spend some of the licence payer cash to restore this show to the best quality they can get

[@bran756]

Get rid off the licence, not long now,twoots

[@OAKSEY-wd4vs]

I've always enjoyed watching these two, they were absolutely awesome nothing can even be as good, Ronnie Barker perhaps came a close second to these

[@rachaelhogan7850]

Del and Rodney only fools and horses is better than Ronnie barker

[@jerrybenson100]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this.thanx for uploading

[@stewartkee6115]

Great show. One of the best episodes of steptoe and son.

[@jasemac5391]

As a Beatles fan and Steptoe and Son fan it’s good to no the Beatles loved this show and watched it every week when a new episode came out 👍🏻 even using Wilfred Bramble in there first movie a hard days night

[@jimsmethurst6113]

Poor harold. He really believed in that crazy pipe configuration. The thing that makes me laugh is Albert shouting " turn it orff " . A brilliant episode . Top comedy that stands the test of time in that it is still funny!

[@Emily-Whitfield]

Love these vintage British shows ❤❤❤❤❤

[@cookstorytime]

Both very good actors,they were both totally different in real life. They were nothing like Steptoe and son off screen.

[@johnmair1697]

Indeed yes they made it work so well their biographys are fascinating also I would most certainly recommend

[@TheJMascis666]

According to the Times Newspaper of Tuesday 30th August 1966 this episode was broadcast on BBC One that evening.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Just 23 days before I was born lol

[@simony2801]

@@Eleventhearlofmars I was 8 weeks.

[@davidfrost2819]

@@simony2801 I turned 1 that day

[@bran756]

Wow would have loved radiators in the sixties,all my parents had was a coal fire in the front room and a useless paraffin heater in the kitchen,more ice on the inside of the bedroom windows than outside ha ha the good old days.

[@Steve20127]

Ditto!!

[@unasperanza9803]

That was us in the 1980's in a cold country bungalow before we had central heating ( which never really heated the place properly either.

[@jestpassinthru9915]

In the winter we put our coats on top of the bedding for extra warmth lol

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

It made you learn to appreciate gas central heating and combi boiler.

[@fredderuijsscher6254]

I remember that ice on the windows freezing cold in the bathroom brr

[@RichelleBremner]

Thank you! What a terrific episode, I am streaming all these ones I have never seen before through my television. This one was hilarious. :-)

[@ajstyles7961]

They're ALL hilarious

[@2011littlejohn1]

You should watch the one where they divide the house up into 2 parts priceless.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

jack freeman what’s happened to that episode? It’s gone off KZbin, there’s some horrible copy of it that’s too small to watch and is a reverse picture to how it was recorded. There used to be a normal good copy of it, that’s gone now.

[@jaimek990]

'What did you say" love how Harold said that in a toff accent

[@stevehill8429]

Grew up watching this....Love it........

[@Azrael442]

i love Harold's *'The Inquest'* monologue lol all of his monologues are absolutely brilliant :D was a real fine actor

[@martinputt6421]

Died so young. A real tragedy.

[@TheJTD1982]

Agreed. The monologues really showcase his calibre as an actor. It's what made the show work.

[@Tina-jw1uh]

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[@stevelyons3347]

"You're nothing but an old ponce"!! Love it!

[@zingo2664]

fantastic REAL comedy !!! thank you so much for posting, love LOVE these episodes

[@barbarastepien-foad4519]

Must be the only time I've heard Albert give words of kindness to Harold...at the start of the video!

[@buckieloon]

I've not seen this since it was first broadcast - 50 years ago. :)

[@ajstyles7961]

They showed Steptoe and son in Uganda????

[@jingshelpmaboab]

Me too. I remember me, my Dad and brother being in absolute kinks when the whole system started to clank, move around and spray water. According to the BBC website it was broadcast on Monday 18 Oct 1965, which means I was 11...

[@loucazin543]

Love how Albert knew who his dad was in this episode and only knew him as the muffin man in the Christmas one! 😂❤️

[@andywright3450]

Two of the best !!!

[@john-iy3tr]

I have always loved this show it upset me when the media brought that documentary out slaying the actors relationship and outing their private life's very sad 😢 but I still love ❤ to watch every episode over and over 👍👍👍👍👍👍👌 🤸🛀 up ya pipe

[@mikekemp9877]

the docudrama was condemned for being inaccurate there was very little animosity between them

[@IRAUDR]

john hopton lives. No apostrophe on a plural please. Lives

[@martinpowell5769]

Well said John - one of the best without any doubt

[@johngalvin6010]

@@mikekemp9877 I didn't know that. Just goes to show how gullible we can be. How bloody annoying!

[@leooconnor2161]

john hopton seedyii

[@Marakesh7]

I have the Box Set of the whole series and it is brilliant. Well recommended.

[@martinputt6421]

The films are great too

[@camwilliams2827]

I wanted to buy it but I don't have a region 2 player

[@olivelane7903]

So do l never get tired of watching it

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

We had central heating fitted in the 60's. Pipes used to tick away to themselves all the time.

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

Yep, mum and dad also had central heating fitted in the early 60's. Used to think the clanking pipes was normal.

[@jimmc8900]

Very enjoyable.Script acting both top rate.

[@stewartsanders8547]

jim Mc at 27 mins 43 seconds you can see harry h Corbett in laughter ---------"""""""--------

[@Azrael442]

+Stewart Sanders you're just looking for snags now arent you

[@alanalexander9454]

Loved the gag about seven years bad luck not making any difference.

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

" I don´t think in our circumstances it will make much difference " Very clever.

[@Princess-em7gp]

Love the way Albert falls through the door towards the end of the episode.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

I love the one with the waterbed where Harold plans to bring his girlfriend home.😍😍

[@godislove8050]

The good ole days. No money but lots of laughs.

[@fjccommish]

You can't ave money and laughs?

[@SéaFid]

​@@fjccommishPoint is now there is only anger and paranoia. Internet proves that.

[@777thetruth2]

Thanks for posting, I'm in Toronto, Canada, and I've never seen this show. I love British comedies, (Black Adder, Jeeves and Wooster, Fawlty Towers, (Of course!) The Young Ones, Dad's Army, and of course, Monty Python! I also listen to old Sherlock Holmes radio shows! Anyway, thanks again, and if you have any recommendations, I'd appreciate your opinion! 👍 (Also want to mention Huge Laurie's acting, going from his comedy career, to his amazing portrayal of Dr. House! I know he's played other straight roles as well, but House is a favorite!)

[@kid--presentable]

Your so lucky to have all this fresh to you

[@dontpancake2202]

This epi is one of the BEST in the series 😄

My dad fitted our system while the rest of us were on holiday.He had,actually,run pipes around skirting boards and cut bits out of the doors to accommodate them.But........it worked!

[@robw6505]

Class is permanent. They could not/ should not remake these with anybody else.

[@terranceparsons5185]

They'll undoubtedly try 😒

[@johnking5174]

This aired on Monday 18th October 1965 at 7.30pm on BBC One - this was a very clever move on the BBC's part, as it would have aired up against the hugely popular soap Coronation Street which aired on Mondays at 7.30pm over on ITV. A tough choice for viewers in 1965.

[@rogerwoodhouse7945]

my 23rd birthday.I remember watching this episode with my mother.She was a great fan.

[@martinpowell5769]

Best british comedy ever, along with of course fools & horses- I bet the yanks are so jealous of our great comedy tradition- all they have is laurel & Hardy and that was half British

[@terranceparsons5185]

Does forget James "doh" Finlayson was a Scot

[@zumamaya2396]

I used to watch this as a Kid. Years later I learned that Harold was a frustrated serious actor and Albert was homosexual who had a passion for antiques. As far from their characters as they could be.

[@rogerwoodhouse7945]

Albert used to hang around mens toilets and was arrested for indecency.

[@terencephillips6833]

Can’t believe this series was so long ago , I’m still waiting for the next episode.

[@flashgordon6670]

In the 20th minute, Albert explains what his parents were like and tells Harold that compared to them, he’s got it cushy. It’s the same for every generation. I was born in 1980 and the world that I grew up in has completely changed. There used to be greencrocers, Fish mongers and even an Iron monger and a rag n bone man with a horse cart, in Lewes East Sussex. Everything was very Olde World back then, now that’s all gone and forgotten about. My grandad drove a land rover that had a manual crank starter and although we had heating in our council house, it was expensive for us and it either didn’t work very well, or roasted us alive. I especially remember the pollution from old cars, buses and lorries. I near choked to death when they drove past me. That was the last vestiges of the old hard way of life. Now life’s too easy and we’ve all gone soft that’s why Britain’s going down the tube. All we need a vast powerful navy and then we can go and take everything we need from others. But that’s not PC and you’d be branded a racist saying that today. Imagine what the Victorians would think of us today, they’d be ashamed and wish they’d never allowed us to wreck their world.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Classic...Cheers Ben (as are all your uploads- top man)

[@haroldalbertkitchenersteptoe]

♡♡ wish I was around when these where made

[@ajstyles7961]

Yeah same, I was born in 1988 and wish they made comedy like this now a day's.

[@karlbensley58]

were not the best of times ,though the TV was better :)

[@TheMikeygas]

the ad lib at the end is fantastic

[@sandrajovic7735]

This old man was quick on his feet, wasn't he? :)

[@karlbensley58]

only 50 odd ,

[@richarddavies233]

They don't make em like this anymore !!

[@DarkAutumn3D]

15:32 Albert's face fighting conflicting emotions of snide, cocky resentment and fear is priceless xD

[@jessiejames7492]

yeah incredible acting. they had to be such great actors....it was just two of them....Thats why this show was such a hit

[@oldskoolfool141]

Always chuckle at Harold bemoaning the idea of inheriting a 2 bedroom detached mews with private courtyard in the heart of Shepherds Bush, I shudder to think what such a property would be worth these days

[@jessiejames7492]

in those days it was cheaper?

[@fishyc150]

@@jessiejames7492 in 1965 itll be about 3-5k.

[@SéaFid]

​@@jessiejames7492After 4 years you learn you are being ripped off on housing?

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

Not laughed so much since I saw them in the 60s,

[@andrewdaley5480]

See people actually survived without Central heating. 🇬🇧

[@stigonabike9341]

Just brilliant !

[@leegray99]

Must have taken the props department/builders alot of time to set this episode up

[@chicagofrank2010]

"Up your pipe" LOL

[@davidwhyberd7612]

Utterly brilliant acting and scripts. Galton and Simpson wanted to write a series about rag and bone men. They found it much better to write for actors rather than for Tony Hancock.

[@davidjones6470]

Bloody brilliant

[@princessbabyfirefly]

look at them radiators they're on the mooveeee hahaaha

[@juliepownall2000]

I Love Laurel & hardy too 😂 hilarious

[@unasperanza9803]

They are so funny lol funny..

[@delboy4407]

My radiators was like that ,bleeding British Gas made a balls up of the water pressure

[@LVPAcharn]

There will never be another like it !! The WOKE will make sure of it !!

[@SéaFid]

The "woke" will lose long term as they will only have each other to target

[@lizdoyle7158]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟⭐⭐⭐⭐EXCELLENT

[@aurant5534]

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[@leslierodgers2347]

The start of a beautiful friendship,

[@crocheting-around-the-planet]

Classic comedy…. Now lost but not forgotten…😉

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Taking me back,way back,those horse hooves of the steptoe wagon.

[@russcooke5671]

It’s either that or you have to stick your feet in the oven before you go out in the morning 😂😂😂😂👌👌👌😀😀😀😇

[@marthastubbs8321]

Does the same woman cough through every bleedin episode

[@Janet-vh9my]

Brilliant...timeless

[@futurefreak8789]

BRILIANT

[@Edward-turtle]

Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell didnt even like each other but worked together brilliantly

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Brilliant!