Steptoe and Son (series)
- User score: 7.7
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Ray Galton , Alan Simpson
- Genre: Comedy
- Release date: 1/5/1962
- Release date of last episode: 10/10/1974
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 8 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 55
- Run time: 30 min.
Series description
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.
