Steptoe And Son: Series 1 (DVD)

[Mark Brown]

In 1962 comedy writer Alan Simpson and Ray Galton wrote a new comedy pilot for the BBC's Comedy Playhouse. Set in a house and a yard full of junk, it featured rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his unmarried son Harold...


The series very quickly struck a chord with the nation with audience figures broaching twenty million viewers and was recently voted no.15 in Britain's Best Sitcom.


Episode titles:


1. The Offer (pilot episode)
2. The Bird
3. The Piano
4. The Economists
5. The Diploma
6. The Holiday


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[williamM]

usual question, has it been videoised?

[Andy McKinney]

williamM said:

usual question, has it been videoised?

Nope. The Beeb have done no restoration work on this series whatsoever! Video quality is on the same level as the VHS releases.

The only positive development I've heard about is that one episode that was cut on the VHS release ("Wooden Overcoats"?) is now presented unedited on the series 3 DVD set.

[andrewainsworth]

I'm about to purchase series two tomorrow. We in Oz are a bit behind the BBC releases. I don't care about the quality to much, I am just happy to be able to purchase the episodes.

[Mario]

i ain't see the episode where they are playing snooker outside on dvd but have seen it on ukgold can anyone clear this up for me

[Deleted]

Pot Black (series 6). Hasn't been released yet, which is why you haven't seen it!

On the subject of restoration though, I was pleased to see that the series 4 set contains a much improved copy of "My Old Man's A Tory", which previously was quite poor quality. I hope some similar restoration is done on the domestic series 5 and 6 recordings as they do need improving (as much as is possible anyway).