Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son was a British tragicomic series written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Two traders in rags and legs live in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional Street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series with fifty-seven episodes were broadcast by the BBC between 1962 and 1965, followed by a second run between 1970 and 1974. The opening tune, Old Ned, was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was remade in the United States as Sanford and Son.

The series is about the conflicts between father and son. Albert Steptoe (played by Wilfred Brambell as the dirty old man ) is an old dealer in rags and legs, which is rather dingy ways. On the other hand, its forty-year-old son Harold (played by Harry h. Corbett) more social aspirations and pretensions. The show includes elements of drama and tragedy, like Harold, who constantly hindered in achieving its ambitions. Striking was used at the time that serious actors instead of comedians. A result was that the men then in other comic roles were cast.

The Dutch counterpart Stiefbeen and son with Rien van Nunen and Piet Römer became by the NCRVtelevision broadcast with great success.