Image: Harry H. Corbett as Harold, Hercules the horse and Wilfrid Brambell as Albert. The first series of Steptoe and Son began on 7 June 1962, with a repeat of the pilot. The Offer first aired as ...

The last-ever episode of Steptoe and Son aired on BBC on Boxing Day 1974. Entitled A Perfect Christmas, the final instalment saw Harold Steptoe (Harry H Corbett) finally escape his father Albert ...

The storyline centred around Harold Steptoe [Harry H Corbett] meeting nightclub stripper Zita, played by Carolyn, much to the displeasure of Harold’s father Albert [Wilfrid Brambell].

Harold is unimpressed by his father's personal hygiene in Series 1, Episode 1 'The Bird'. Steptoe and Son were rag-and-bone men. Wilfrid Brambell was Albert, the devious father and archetypal ...

Father and son are at loggerheads from the outset. Albert is critical over what Harold’s collected on his round, while Harold thinks Hercules the horse is only fit to be “melted down for glue”.

being performed for you live on stage just make sure you dont step in a present from Hercules the horse on your way in Steptoe & Son was first seen on our screens in 1962, running for 8 series and ...

Having come tantalisingly close to 'escaping' so many times, Harold remained in Oil Drum Lane with his father, the horse Hercules, and a life of wasted opportunity which was at all times thwarted by ...