Just watched this again in Sep 2022. Comedy gold. Loved it when I was a boy and still love it decades later. Harry H and Wilfred B were perfectly cast as father and son. Brilliant
The fact that it was mostly just these two actors entertaining the whole country and later countries around the world who enjoy it, is comedy gold! Exceptional!
@@philmasters9486 in the late 70s a neighbour of ours their children n ours where playing together moved to Whaltham chase near Southampton we went to visit them n my John was playing football with Norman's boy Martin the ball went next door n this man picked the ball came by the fence n said here you are boys I be your referee If you want me then John run to me said dad this man is so kind is this how England was when you first came here is that why you like England so much it almost made me cry then it does now, its like day n night then n now mate, it was Honesty n kindness them days people cared n helped each other, my consolation at least I lived in them honest great times take car mate
@@tom.lox.ralphs Open all hours Dell boy porridge a much less violent society more respect for females n a more honest society n of course much more helpful people
Finding this just made me proper cry my grandad got me into this god rest his soul 🙏🏻 I’m 40 now and this takes me back when we had real good British humour and not the pc stuff we have now
These old shows are what real comedy is all about, so cleverly written, so brilliantly cast and acted. Remarkedly observant, oh for those good old days before everything was contrived and dumbed down, long live British comedy....
Watching in DEC 2021, and still enjoyable.. classics, as only the Brits can do...... those were the days...... nothing of today can compare....🙂🙂😀😁😂.. 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
This is fantastic. This Christmas special was special in 1973 and as the years roll by you realise just how special Steptoe & Son was and this Christmas episode completely shows up the so-called comedy that the BBC serves up now. I was 12 when I first saw this and I never tire of it because it has it all - it's shows society as it was then - truly brilliant acting and writing with pathos, comedy and portrays life as it was in 1973. Forty four years later it stands out as the best comedy you can watch IMO. Ah, how I miss those times and television. Todays 12 year olds are on Facebook, headphones on, smartphone in their hands and wondering if anyone likes them. Looking back I was so lucky!
We are the past. Politics and junior busters are the future. Sniveling about politics and the injustice about not eating steak and chicken and the future of nothing reality matters. Like when I was a junior buster. It all seems silly to me like my granddad and grandmother told me. It’s a bunch of hoey.
When ever I feel down just put a bit of steptoe and son on just listening to the theme tune at the start makes me smile and takes ne back to being a nipper watching with me grandad who's sadly long gone
One of the best programmes we've ever had. This was groundbreaking in the way that it was probably the first British sitcom to walk the line between comedy and drama, something which had never been seen before at the time. I think Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell would've been thrilled to think that Steptoe is still popular to this day and it's amazing that it's come back to terrestrial television. Thank you all for so much pleasure ❤ 😊
55 years old..living in Germany. - grew up on this stuff..still love it...having a complete semi-drunken trip down memory lane..they don't do comedy like this anymore.. pathos..just love it..
Those were the best years! Good old 70's. Brings tears to my eyes when I compare those times to this present day. So much has changed and most of those changes are not really good, thats for sure.!!!!
Yes i know what you mean im also always thinking about the 80s and 90s and thinking the good old days. This is before my time but i enjoy it very much.
Still amazes me that this entire series was made on a tiny shoestring budget yet it survives today with all age groups loving its dry humour, a timeless classic never to be bettered imo.
Whenever I feel fed up I put this timeless classic 70s comedy cant beat it for great pick me up..memories of how great tv was back in the 70s watching it now in 2022...
when am really stressed I always watch the clip Dell boy's card game his opponet had 4 Kingsn thought he had him by the short horns ut am sure you allcomedy lovers seen t like me any times B4 JUST UNFOGETABLE like the day Dell boy went gliding just comedy from H E A V E N 100%
I remember making them paper chains in school in the 70s and taking them home to my parents at Christmas 🎅 I love ❤the old ones of these classics thank you 🙏 for sharing them!
Steptoe and Son was and still is a brilliant funny comedy. Harry and Wilfred was gr8 2gether, a superb pairing. And whatever Wilfred did in his private life, as an entertainer on screen he was marvellous. I watch S&S again and again and never get bored of it. RIP Harry and Wilf.
I missed that special. 1973 was the year my father died. How I missed it throughout the following years I don't know, but 46 years later I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you so, so much for sharing it. xx
I was 9 in 1973. I remember this christmas special watching it with mum dad and my brother. Loved this programme acting superb. The comedies today not in the same league. Too politically correct today.
I'm 43 in New York, just found it about steptoe & son, and on the buses, about 3 years ago. I can watch them over and over.. Those are straight up facts
Rachel Anne Adams My son is 25 and he loves watching them as well "since he was 13 lol .he didn't have much choice when I had them on everyday 😁 .tell you a good comedy ,they banned it years ago due to racism , . " Love thy Neighbour ,its brilliant
I loved all of them: "You dirty old man"; "Don't tell him Pike", "they don't like it up them"; "The Rag Trade"; Paddy Fleming , (or was ir Arthur Scargill?) with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" ; ""Are you being served"; "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969- 1971)! ; "Mr.Bean"; "Farty Towers"; "The Black Adder"; (A cup of coffee, Darling?"); The last good ones were "The Office" and the "Extras".
There is a scene cut in my DVD (The ending of the travel agents scene). When i contacted the BBC to ask why i got this email back Quote/Copy and paste "Sadly, there are no high quality copies left of this scene. It was decided to exclude this one scene from the DVD release" .... I have it on retail VHS copy and it's as good of quality as the rest?! It's very odd.
I grew up in the UK and myself and my family watched Steptoe and Son every week in black and white. Amazing comedy, and brilliant acting. Thanks for having this on TH-cam. It's a gem.
Wonderful classic comedy. Splendid actors doing great stories. Never get tired of watching these. No modern day so called comedies come close to these.
@@spmoran4703 you can't blame the writers, if it's offensive it won't get show. So they have to write to lots of rules and that would be hard to keep a comedic mindset.
@@spmoran4703 So many things now would never be allowed, even some comedy from the 90s is deemed offensive nowadays and that wasnt all that long ago. People seem to forgot there is always the off button if they dont like something, or they can change channels, there are plenty of others who do :)
Pure,unadulterated comedy greatnes. Thank god they never destroyed the original recordings so we can enjoy Steptoe and son for many future generations.... If the human race lasts that long.
Thank you from across the pond where the American version of this show was "Sanford and Son." The characters were black except for one dumb cop (white) and the neighbor with a goat who was Hispanic. Time of equality of the races and sexes when tv shows allowed for everyone to laugh at each other and themselves. Precious indeed. PBS ran lots of Britcoms and in the 90s, with VCR, I taped 50 8-hour tapes which I later had to re-record on DVDs. However, "Steptoe" was not shown anywhere I lived so I am most grateful to have the chance to see it. I agree you have the best oldies comedies. I know many by heart and still laugh till I cry. Thank you for posting. Please continue to make this work available on YT; we need the laughter more than the BBC needs the cash (I think). Cheers!🙋🇺🇸
Excellent, I really enjoyed watching this from the past, I was young when mum and dad used to watch these on tv but always remember laughing along with them, these two were brilliant together...Thanks for posting, "Happy Christmas"
Just simply brilliant television. Great script, fantastic acting, and a slice of life back when everything seemed so much easier to understand. I was twelve when this first aired, and l remember it like yesterday. It was such a shame that the two actors didn't get on away from the camera. Harry H Corbett was in my opinion a very underrated actor. And who doesn't know a old man Steptoe ? Thanks for the laughs guys.
How London & Britain have changed! Brilliant seeing London streets of the 1970's This brings back memories of my families 1st color TV staying up & watching Steptoe & son, Porridge,& Sweeny, real quality TV, well worth the tv licence back then, NOT any bloody more though!!!
@@brendanstephens9053 You said this 6 years ago, I agree, and 6 years on TV has not changed for the better. Much better TV in the 60's, 70's and 80's, as was the films and music. No internet back then, and those tablets that youngsters today are addicted to !!
@@Loverboy19691 True though what HAS changed is the price of tv sets! 65" 4K ultra HD for £450! Only the wealthy could afford colour tv in the 70's.....now anyone can.
@@Bulletguy07 I like to disagree! There are still family's today, who can't afford such luxuries. Or if they do buy them, they get themselves into financial difficulties! Gosh! Just keeping up with the ordinary things like food and paying their bill is a struggle, for some.🤔 As they say, nothing really changes! Have a nice day! 👍 And stay safe, stay enjoying the good old British comedies.😀 Moira From England.
@@contact3604 Moira.....the point i was making is the retail price of colour tv's over the years has plummeted as technology has improved. When i got married in 1972 we couldn't afford either a colour tv or the licence and 'made do' with an old B&W set. Today i don't know anyone without a colour tv and i actually gave the last one i owned away to a recently divorced guy who had fallen on hard times. The main expense of course is the licence and also, for those that indulge it, subscription channels such as Sky, the cost of which i find horrendous so never had it. I'm nearly 70 now so from an era when even a home telephone was a luxury.....now everyone has either a land-line or mobile phone. And yes, i still enjoy good old British comedies....especially the Ealing ones such as "The Ladykillers" with Alec Guinness and a very young Peter Sellers which is one of my favourites!
Wonderful comedy in a country called Great Britain, not UK, and with out the political correctness of today to worry about, the stuff of legend, today's comic actors haven't a clue, unforgettable moments.
My GP in Gloucestershire was Wilfred Brambell's brother, my house was built in his orchard and when ever I visited his surgery he had a joke ready. On one occasion the joke was so good O forgot what I went in for.
Dec.26, 2021. Boxing day. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE and God bless. Ive been bingeing on my Christmas britcoms all day. I'm blessed.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎅🤶🍭🎄❄☃️⛄🌲
This is my favourite comedy of all time. It breaks my heart when Harold gets treated as lesser by the rude stuck up snobs at the beggining. Harold has manners and is decent. They may have money but they have the souls of peasants.
MAD CONNER. Same, watching this show always made me sad when I see how people treat them, like the episode when he goes to buy the bed. Harold is definitely richer than any of them on the inside
I was brought up on British Comedy having been born in England 1956... as a kid I must say Steptoe & Son slightly stressed me out! It was possibily one of the earliest series I can remember - so much comedy on the 'telly'... half-an-hour every evening from 7.30 - 8.00; first programme of the day "Childrens' Hour" at 5.00 (start warming the tv set quarter of an hour beforehand so as not to miss the beginning), "The Evening News" at 5.45; a documentary maybe after the news, Comedy Half Hour then ending with a film... never a break for pubblicity with BBC, not even a glimpse of a name-brand by mistake; at 11 o'clock closing of transmissions with the National Anthem and a reminder to switch off your tv set as it could set fire... God Save the Queen
But they were up and coming. I remember being treated like that too. And poor my mum was manipulative like Steptoe. They must of understood the mentality of the old Londoners. Our house full of old clutter like that.
I'm 53.and this is the first time I've caught this Xmas special.....brilliant..manipulative by older Steptoe to keep his son from going abroad..which is of course....what we all want to do now to get away from family....ahead of it's time.
Watching in 2024. I've never seen this show. Never heard of it until Ade Edmondson references it somewhere. 1973, the year I was born. I'd kill to go back to the 70's. Life was so easy and simple.
@@carolinehopsand mine felt safe back in those days, loved Christmas shopping, we had a present we wanted, annuals selection boxes that had loads of chocolate, family round the table, good programmes, good music, loved slade merry Christmas and I was 9, carols in school nativity play school party's were you made your own hats, I wished I could wake up in 1973 and still be 9😢
My great grandad left England in the approx mid 1800s. We were brought up using many same sayings/expressions that I notice on here. My father died 1980 but the few Steptoe episodes he saw he loved.
1973 was my best Christmas ever,i was 9 years old,i was never aloud to watch Steptoe and Son it was on too late and too rude we were told but me and my sister use to creep down and watch it from half way down the stairs through the living room door.I got Hot Wheels a talking Action Man and a Joe 90 car plus loads of other prezzies.My mom had three jobs and me my mom and my sister all slept in the back bedroom of my grans house.We were poor but we never went without and Christmas was a happy magical time which if i could would return there without a second thought to escape waking up tomorrow, a sad fifty year old loser with no wife no job no house or money with one last hope that the number 78 bus which goes past my rathole of a council flat veers off the road and puts me out of my misery.Oh yeh Slade were no 1 with Merry Christmas Everybody.Enough said.
I hear you Jacob loud and clear. Candy, 1961 Barry, South Glamorgan, South Wales. By the way, you're NOT a loser and you're dear mum wouldn't want you to talk about yourself like that. Enough said.
Thank you Candy,that's very sweet of you and you have brighten'd my day.I have happy childhood memories of day trips to Barry Island and the seafront at Penarth. Happy days.
jacob freemans My grandfather, Bill Stedman was the caretaker at Barry Island for many years. He gave us free passes to all the rides, free candy floss, toffee apples you name it. Then he was the caretaker at Barry Zoo and we got to touch animals like a Cheetah and a wolf etc and go behind the scenes. Yes, happy memories. We were poor like everyone else in that neck of the woods (except the bastards at the council offices who always had the nice cars and houses and looked down on the rest of us), but I digress. we were poor but we were rich in so many other ways. We are left now with only memories. Our loved ones are gone but believe me they are not far away...... Get the movie 'Badder Santa' (there is Bad Santa and then there is the unrated version 'Badd'er Santa") and have a good laugh....
I wont tell you my age except i was 10yrs old when i saw this for the 1st time, Brilliant comedy, and you young people missed society at its best in the 70`s, All our neighbours knew each other, we had so many genuine laughs without facebook or twitter or even a mobile phones, life was Great back then...plus religion was on the back seat....Wonderfull!!
+NowFunStarts spot on ,, we have been divided n conquered over the yrs and disconnected from each other cause of computers and mobiles ,,people are happy to talk to people who are not with them at the time! rather than those they are with at that moment in time people who stand in cues fiddling about with there mobiles out of not wanting to talk to the person next to them ,anti fukin social i would call it and also looking people up n down with a snootie look ,judging each other the is more of that about ? the is more with a few more luxurious items ,, ??? as a say fukin divided , its gone ,, bring back the 70s
They said they were 10 when they saw it for the first time. That doesnt even make this person 52. What if they were 10 in 1994 and saw this for the first time? I saw it in 1988 when i was 7. haha
Wished we could go back, even as kids you looked forward to these shows, Christmas doesn't seem as special anymore, will they still remember what it's about
British comedy from the 60s and 70s was very good - and the acting talent was through the roof! The highly popular TV show Sandford And Son, with Redd Foxx, was based on this.
Comedy gold, I've seen it countless times over the years and i still get proper "belly laughs" each time i watch it. I was brought up on programmes like this, i feel so lucky , television today is rubbish in comparison.
I love his plans on spending Christmas at the Cemetery and then coming home to a nice peaceful dinner. Sounds like a Great Day planned. I've done it a few times myself.
Fantastic comedy from the golden age of TV. I dont believe for a second the rumours these two could not stand each other, they just lived very different lives thats all. Wilfred was deeply upset when harry passed away.
These are so good, I just saw the Steptoe And Son rides again movie on tv here, the scene at the cemetery, where Harold accidentally smashes into a tomb, .. whilst being buried Albert finally wakes up and frightens everyone away. The vicar runs off and meets Harold looking like he himself is one of the undead absolutely hilarious! :D
Most of these stars started out in theatre and were professionally trained actors, they trod the boards and were very dedicated to their craft as it was their livelihood.
Most of the best comedies starred actors who were able to play comic roles rather than comedians. The script for this particular show is excellent and stands the test of time even allowing for what may now be obscure cultural references.
I was six yrs old when this came out,this is one of my fav Steptoe sit com,loved all the Christmas ones. Another fav was when Albert was doing a seance in his house and Harold didn’t like the idea. It has Patricia Routledge in
Lovely memories. Friends and neighbours bothering to get dressed up and coming to my parents house for Christmas at tea-time. Did you notice the men at the door wearing ties and the women loads of jewellery. Once inside it was one liners, wise cracks and people shrieking with laughter and getting tipsy. We didn't have that much but Christmas was fabulous in the 70s with family and neighbours. It was such a laugh.
If u still watching this legendary comedy in 2022 u are a legend 👊👊
2024📌
Still watching 2024....
2024 here, am I still a legend? XD
Watching in 2024 😊
No Leo you are to late ;)
My late father and I used to watch this and roar with laughter. I love you Dad. 🙏
Just watched this again in Sep 2022. Comedy gold. Loved it when I was a boy and still love it decades later. Harry H and Wilfred B were perfectly cast as father and son. Brilliant
Steptoe and sons was brilliant definitely 1 of Britain’s best
The fact that it was mostly just these two actors entertaining the whole country and later countries around the world who enjoy it, is comedy gold! Exceptional!
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Absolutely love steptoe and son. Brilliant comedy, great actors. Timeless classics. 😂
The good old days never to be repeated again brings tears to my eyes thinking how life was then n how it is now
Absolutely if only we could turn back time to those more happy and carefree days.
@@philmasters9486 in the late 70s a neighbour of ours their children n ours where playing together moved to Whaltham chase near Southampton we went to visit them n my John was playing football with Norman's boy Martin the ball went next door n this man picked the ball came by the fence n said here you are boys I be your referee If you want me then John run to me said dad this man is so kind is this how England was when you first came here is that why you like England so much it almost made me cry then it does now, its like day n night then n now mate, it was Honesty n kindness them days people cared n helped each other, my consolation at least I lived in them honest great times take car mate
@@tom.lox.ralphs Open all hours Dell boy porridge a much less violent society more respect for females n a more honest society n of course much more helpful people
A golden age
@@philmasters9486 k
Finding this just made me proper cry my grandad got me into this god rest his soul 🙏🏻 I’m 40 now and this takes me back when we had real good British humour and not the pc stuff we have now
You can never tire of watching steptoe and son, one of my all time favourites
These old shows are what real comedy is all about, so cleverly written, so brilliantly cast and acted. Remarkedly observant, oh for those good old days before everything was contrived and dumbed down, long live British comedy....
Watching in DEC 2021, and still enjoyable.. classics, as only the Brits can do...... those were the days...... nothing of today can compare....🙂🙂😀😁😂.. 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
Absolutely brilliant. I loved watching this as a boy and like it now I'm 64. Just classic British comedy. Never ages
Brought a lot of joy to our family --God Bless them both
I am from Cove in Texas, my father was a London lad, that's probably why love this show. Thanks for the upload TH-cam is great.
Just class. English comedy genius from the 70s, we used to be so good.
yes, good comedy like Steptoe is not made anymore, it's a great shame
MAGA!
@@americarsqueensland1667 I wonder if the American show Stanford and Son came about because of this show. It was also a good show in the 80’s.
To Christian O, from Nygel Miller. I've just read your comment "just CLASS". My God CLASS. I didn't know it meant the Steptoes!
@@katesleuth1156 70s and yes
This is fantastic. This Christmas special was special in 1973 and as the years roll by you realise just how special Steptoe & Son was and this Christmas episode completely shows up the so-called comedy that the BBC serves up now. I was 12 when I first saw this and I never tire of it because it has it all - it's shows society as it was then - truly brilliant acting and writing with pathos, comedy and portrays life as it was in 1973. Forty four years later it stands out as the best comedy you can watch IMO. Ah, how I miss those times and television. Todays 12 year olds are on Facebook, headphones on, smartphone in their hands and wondering if anyone likes them. Looking back I was so lucky!
spot on mate!
The good old honest days before corruption and politics
We are the past. Politics and junior busters are the future. Sniveling about politics and the injustice about not eating steak and chicken and the future of nothing reality matters. Like when I was a junior buster. It all seems silly to me like my granddad and grandmother told me. It’s a bunch of hoey.
You're right. My 1st son was 3 months old!
Nah.on the buses was just as good
When ever I feel down just put a bit of steptoe and son on just listening to the theme tune at the start makes me smile and takes ne back to being a nipper watching with me grandad who's sadly long gone
One of the best programmes we've ever had. This was groundbreaking in the way that it was probably the first British sitcom to walk the line between comedy and drama, something which had never been seen before at the time. I think Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell would've been thrilled to think that Steptoe is still popular to this day and it's amazing that it's come back to terrestrial television. Thank you all for so much pleasure ❤ 😊
55 years old..living in Germany. - grew up on this stuff..still love it...having a complete semi-drunken trip down memory lane..they don't do comedy like this anymore.. pathos..just love it..
Those were the best years!
Good old 70's.
Brings tears to my eyes when I compare those times to this present day. So much has changed and most of those changes are not really good, thats for sure.!!!!
Political correctness, snowflakes, too many women in comedy.....all that has ruined it
Yes i know what you mean im also always thinking about the 80s and 90s and thinking the good old days. This is before my time but i enjoy it very much.
@@michaelfenn4479 So have right wing bigoted xenophobic assholes!
@@45commando14 Hate-monger
@Jimanory You hate-mongers rise from the dungheap again.
Still amazes me that this entire series was made on a tiny shoestring budget yet it survives today with all age groups loving its dry humour, a timeless classic never to be bettered imo.
I remember watching this with my dad as a kid loved it then love it now.
Steptoe and son. Riseing damp. On the buses. Porridge. All 4 are brilliant and u can watch over and over again .
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson .... Brilliant writing and the acting is sublime.
Christmas 1973 was my first Christmas. Watching this is like watching Back to the Future.
I'd much rather watch this any day of the week, instead of any of the modern comedies.
They don't make classics like this any more!
KASTERBEROUS The problem is is that the old comedies are real the new ones are all fake
I agree. 100 million times better than the so called comedies of today
Agree, no bare breast or humping, yuck!
I agree
If this was made today, you'd still say it was shit. Your living in the past. This is great, but some of today's comedies are great too.
The good old days of TV comedy...just brilliant...
Jesus what a pair...COMPLETELY ADORE THESE COMIC GENIUSES...WOW,THROUGH THE YEARS...GREETINGS FROM DUBLIN IRELAND...
Whenever I feel fed up I put this timeless classic 70s comedy cant beat it for great pick me up..memories of how great tv was back in the 70s watching it now in 2022...
Me too.
Simpler times and I don't mean that in a derogatory way. Apart from the power cuts 🤣
If only I had a time machine
when am really stressed I always watch the clip Dell boy's card game his opponet had 4 Kingsn thought he had him by the short horns ut am sure you allcomedy lovers seen t like me any times B4 JUST UNFOGETABLE like the day Dell boy went gliding just comedy from H E A V E N 100%
Made before I was born, this comedy is brilliant! No comedy today comes close. No swearing. Just pure talent
I remember making them paper chains in school in the 70s and taking them home to my parents at Christmas 🎅 I love ❤the old ones of these classics thank you 🙏 for sharing them!
I remember making paper chains and Christmas lanterns and our own paper hats
Steptoe and Son was and still is a brilliant funny comedy. Harry and Wilfred was gr8 2gether, a superb pairing. And whatever Wilfred did in his private life, as an entertainer on screen he was marvellous. I watch S&S again and again and never get bored of it. RIP Harry and Wilf.
I missed that special. 1973 was the year my father died. How I missed it throughout the following years I don't know, but 46 years later I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you so, so much for sharing it. xx
I was 9 in 1973. I remember this christmas special watching it with mum dad and my brother. Loved this programme acting superb. The comedies today not in the same league. Too politically correct today.
That's very true. Too much PC nowadays.
We never get any outstanding situation comedy like Steptoe any more. We haven't got the writers.
I was 8 but dont remember watching it if it was late I wasn't allowed to watch anything late comedies it was my mum and dad use to watch this
I'm 43 in New York, just found it about steptoe & son, and on the buses, about 3 years ago. I can watch them over and over.. Those are straight up facts
The American version was Sanford and Son 👍🏾
I’m from the uk I love Sanford and son
Loved this as a kid. Great memories. Nobody did pathos better than Harry H Corbett.
I'm only 25 but I love all the old comedies especially steptoe and son :) watch them again and again
i remember watching it in 1973
At 38, I watched the re-runs in the 1980s
Rachel Anne Adams My son is 25 and he loves watching them as well "since he was 13 lol .he didn't have much choice when I had them on everyday 😁 .tell you a good comedy ,they banned it years ago due to racism , . " Love thy Neighbour ,its brilliant
Hi Rachel you can gets the whole boxsets on dvds in hight street shops under £50 to £80 there about ok
I loved all of them: "You dirty old man"; "Don't tell him Pike", "they don't like it up them"; "The Rag Trade"; Paddy Fleming , (or was ir Arthur Scargill?) with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" ; ""Are you being served"; "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969- 1971)! ; "Mr.Bean"; "Farty Towers"; "The Black Adder"; (A cup of coffee, Darling?"); The last good ones were "The Office" and the "Extras".
It's Captain bloody Peacock! 😍 Brilliant series.
brings back so many good memories,sitting watching this with my mum and dad happy days,still funny after all these years.
Brilliant Finally a full uncut version. The version that's been floating about for years on msm has been cut to ribbons. Thank you for this classic 😁👌
There is a scene cut in my DVD (The ending of the travel agents scene). When i contacted the BBC to ask why i got this email back
Quote/Copy and paste
"Sadly, there are no high quality copies left of this scene. It was decided to exclude this one scene from the DVD release"
.... I have it on retail VHS copy and it's as good of quality as the rest?! It's very odd.
@@reoreborn1209 Perhaps, there's something in it they think would offend someone. People are offended by oxygen and other tedious crap these days
@@SamuelBlack84 I thought that they would be offended by Enoch Powells ' I'm dreaming of a white Christmas' lol!!!
@@kimpittman2094 Ironic, considering Enoch was black
I grew up in the UK and myself and my family watched Steptoe and Son every week in black and white. Amazing comedy, and brilliant acting. Thanks for having this on TH-cam. It's a gem.
One of the very best 70s comedy shows, I loved watching this when I was a kid. Always watch it now.
Wonderful classic comedy. Splendid actors doing great stories. Never get tired of watching these. No modern day so called comedies come close to these.
Modern comedy . The writers are poor quality and they are too afraid of offending anyone.
@@spmoran4703 you can't blame the writers, if it's offensive it won't get show. So they have to write to lots of rules and that would be hard to keep a comedic mindset.
@@spmoran4703 So many things now would never be allowed, even some comedy from the 90s is deemed offensive nowadays and that wasnt all that long ago. People seem to forgot there is always the off button if they dont like something, or they can change channels, there are plenty of others who do :)
When the old Man tidies up the Christmas Angel and talks to it. Very touching stuff.
@@daniellarcombe8083 What ?
Out of all the sitcoms, this is by far my favourite Christmas special.
Pure,unadulterated comedy greatnes. Thank god they never destroyed the original recordings so we can enjoy Steptoe and son for many future generations.... If the human race lasts that long.
Putin.
Just watching steptoe and son you just can't beat them love the old comedys
UK 70's and 80's Comedy i cant get enough of it. This some mother's do have'em man about the house, young ones.
The comedy timing in those shows was second to none
These were shows that made t.v worth watching, actors that you could appreciate and laugh at humour at its best from Britain which was known as BBC.
Thank you from across the pond where the American version of this show was "Sanford and Son." The characters were black except for one dumb cop (white) and the neighbor with a goat who was Hispanic. Time of equality of the races and sexes when tv shows allowed for everyone to laugh at each other and themselves. Precious indeed.
PBS ran lots of Britcoms and in the 90s, with VCR, I taped 50 8-hour tapes which I later had to re-record on DVDs. However, "Steptoe" was not shown anywhere I lived so I am most grateful to have the chance to see it. I agree you have the best oldies comedies. I know many by heart and still laugh till I cry.
Thank you for posting. Please continue to make this work available on YT; we need the laughter more than the BBC needs the cash (I think). Cheers!🙋🇺🇸
I remember putting up those decorations sticking them on polystyrene tiles an all paper Xmas decorations
This was one of the best comedy shows of its day. Enjoyed every episode.
Excellent, I really enjoyed watching this from the past, I was young when mum and dad used to watch these on tv but always remember laughing along with them, these two were brilliant together...Thanks for posting, "Happy Christmas"
I just love this episode comedy at it best I watch it so many times ⏲️
Just simply brilliant television. Great script, fantastic acting, and a slice of life back when everything seemed so much easier to understand. I was twelve when this first aired, and l remember it like yesterday. It was such a shame that the two actors didn't get on away from the camera. Harry H Corbett was in my opinion a very underrated actor. And who doesn't know a old man Steptoe ? Thanks for the laughs guys.
its the day before christmas eve here and i am watchng this. nostalgic. nice one..
When British TV, Humour, and Christmas in Blighty were the best in the world, look at us and it now.
unlimited 3rd world immigration has consequences.
peter e is the actor in this who also played Captain Peacock still alive? From Are you being served , I think it was called. Man, I loved that show
How London & Britain have changed! Brilliant seeing London streets of the 1970's This brings back memories of my families 1st color TV staying up & watching Steptoe & son, Porridge,& Sweeny, real quality TV, well worth the tv licence back then, NOT any bloody more though!!!
@@brendanstephens9053 You said this 6 years ago, I agree, and 6 years on TV has not changed for the better. Much better TV in the 60's, 70's and 80's, as was the films and music. No internet back then, and those tablets that youngsters today are addicted to !!
@@Loverboy19691 True though what HAS changed is the price of tv sets! 65" 4K ultra HD for £450! Only the wealthy could afford colour tv in the 70's.....now anyone can.
@@Bulletguy07
I like to disagree!
There are still family's today, who can't afford such luxuries.
Or if they do buy them, they get themselves into financial difficulties!
Gosh!
Just keeping up with the ordinary things like food and paying their bill is a struggle, for some.🤔
As they say, nothing really changes!
Have a nice day! 👍
And stay safe, stay enjoying the good old British comedies.😀
Moira
From England.
@@contact3604 Moira.....the point i was making is the retail price of colour tv's over the years has plummeted as technology has improved. When i got married in 1972 we couldn't afford either a colour tv or the licence and 'made do' with an old B&W set. Today i don't know anyone without a colour tv and i actually gave the last one i owned away to a recently divorced guy who had fallen on hard times. The main expense of course is the licence and also, for those that indulge it, subscription channels such as Sky, the cost of which i find horrendous so never had it. I'm nearly 70 now so from an era when even a home telephone was a luxury.....now everyone has either a land-line or mobile phone.
And yes, i still enjoy good old British comedies....especially the Ealing ones such as "The Ladykillers" with Alec Guinness and a very young Peter Sellers which is one of my favourites!
So true the tv is rubbish now , and London has even changed since you wrote that comment, stay well 😊
This was the last of 9 seasons love watching Steptoe & son in America in Chicago great ol days
RIP Wilfred and Harry .x
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Watching this in December 2020
Still brilliant, timeless comedy
Wonderful comedy in a country called Great Britain, not UK, and with out the political correctness of today to worry about, the stuff of legend, today's comic actors haven't a clue, unforgettable moments.
New year's Eve 2021
@@MC-bu6ez Is Steptoe & Son shown in Northern Ireland?
If so, UK.
My GP in Gloucestershire was Wilfred Brambell's brother, my house was built in his orchard and when ever I visited his surgery he had a joke ready. On one occasion the joke was so good O forgot what I went in for.
Go on, tell us the joke.
Bring back memories from my childhood sitting with my dad in front of the fire on a cold winters night, they where the days🇳🇿😎👍😎🇳🇿KIWI PIP🇳🇿😎👍😎🇳🇿
Me too Kiwi Pip😁🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲
So did I dad was away army was snowing this was on presents piled up smell turkey those were the days
Never ever ever ever ever ever be another brambell he was absolutely unbelievable extremely unique
Dec.26, 2021. Boxing day. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE and God bless. Ive been bingeing on my Christmas britcoms all day. I'm blessed.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎅🤶🍭🎄❄☃️⛄🌲
Loved the 1970,s the christmas decoration,s they had .we used to help our mam make them out of crepe paper .good old days
I remember the old Christmas decorations, paper chains. Wonderful days
Merry Christmas to everyone watching in 2019 🎄🎀😊🎅⛄❄
Thank you, you too 🤗
Can’t wait for chrimbo
Same to you and yours. 🎄
Cheers mate have a good one too.
A very merry Christmas to you and your family, I wish you a happy 2019.
This is my favourite comedy of all time. It breaks my heart when Harold gets treated as lesser by the rude stuck up snobs at the beggining. Harold has manners and is decent. They may have money but they have the souls of peasants.
MAD CONNER. Same, watching this show always made me sad when I see how people treat them, like the episode when he goes to buy the bed. Harold is definitely richer than any of them on the inside
Typical Torys hating the Working Class
I was brought up on British Comedy having been born in England 1956... as a kid I must say Steptoe & Son slightly stressed me out! It was possibily one of the earliest series I can remember - so much comedy on the 'telly'... half-an-hour every evening from 7.30 - 8.00; first programme of the day "Childrens' Hour" at 5.00 (start warming the tv set quarter of an hour beforehand so as not to miss the beginning), "The Evening News" at 5.45; a documentary maybe after the news, Comedy Half Hour then ending with a film... never a break for pubblicity with BBC, not even a glimpse of a name-brand by mistake; at 11 o'clock closing of transmissions with the National Anthem and a reminder to switch off your tv set as it could set fire... God Save the Queen
We used to say all kippers and curtains.
But they were up and coming. I remember being treated like that too. And poor my mum was manipulative like Steptoe. They must of understood the mentality of the old Londoners. Our house full of old clutter like that.
I'm 53.and this is the first time I've caught this Xmas special.....brilliant..manipulative by older Steptoe to keep his son from going abroad..which is of course....what we all want to do now to get away from family....ahead of it's time.
Old Steptoe is the master of Manipulation 😂 he plays it so well . I love this show.. ❤️
Watching in 2024.
I've never seen this show. Never heard of it until Ade Edmondson references it somewhere.
1973, the year I was born. I'd kill to go back to the 70's. Life was so easy and simple.
Best years of my,life.
@@carolinehopsand mine felt safe back in those days, loved Christmas shopping, we had a present we wanted, annuals selection boxes that had loads of chocolate, family round the table, good programmes, good music, loved slade merry Christmas and I was 9, carols in school nativity play school party's were you made your own hats, I wished I could wake up in 1973 and still be 9😢
Samford & Son was a pale imitation….
My great grandad left England in the approx mid 1800s. We were brought up using many same sayings/expressions that I notice on here. My father died 1980 but the few Steptoe episodes he saw he loved.
This was when it was worth buying a tv license. Anyone who still pays for one is pure crazy.
Good job we don't have to in Australia
The good old days
TV license, load of rubbish. It's not like they can stop you from avoiding anyway.
1973 was my best Christmas ever,i was 9 years old,i was never aloud to watch Steptoe and Son it was on too late and too rude we were told but me and my sister use to creep down and watch it from half way down the stairs through the living room door.I got Hot Wheels a talking Action Man and a Joe 90 car plus loads of other prezzies.My mom had three jobs and me my mom and my sister all slept in the back bedroom of my grans house.We were poor but we never went without and Christmas was a happy magical time which if i could would return there without a second thought to escape waking up tomorrow, a sad fifty year old loser with no wife no job no house or money with one last hope that the number 78 bus which goes past my rathole of a council flat veers off the road and puts me out of my misery.Oh yeh Slade were no 1 with Merry Christmas Everybody.Enough said.
I hear you Jacob loud and clear. Candy, 1961 Barry, South Glamorgan, South Wales. By the way, you're NOT a loser and you're dear mum wouldn't want you to talk about yourself like that. Enough said.
Thank you Candy,that's very sweet of you and you have brighten'd my day.I have happy childhood memories of day trips to Barry Island and the seafront at Penarth. Happy days.
jacob freemans My grandfather, Bill Stedman was the caretaker at Barry Island for many years. He gave us free passes to all the rides, free candy floss, toffee apples you name it. Then he was the caretaker at Barry Zoo and we got to touch animals like a Cheetah and a wolf etc and go behind the scenes. Yes, happy memories. We were poor like everyone else in that neck of the woods (except the bastards at the council offices who always had the nice cars and houses and looked down on the rest of us), but I digress. we were poor but we were rich in so many other ways.
We are left now with only memories. Our loved ones are gone but believe me they are not far away...... Get the movie 'Badder Santa' (there is Bad Santa and then there is the unrated version 'Badd'er Santa") and have a good laugh....
+jacob freemans I was 19 serving in Germany with the army. Went ski-ing that Christmas in Bavaria - wonderful times.
Top man. sounds like good times were had by all.j
Excellent channel! I grew up with all these British sitcoms. Watching them again is so warming. 😍👏👏
@Si 💛
Frank Thornton! Young and with hair. God bless him, he was a great actor.
Still looks like a wig!
Back when Britain was British❤
My brother and I used to watch it with our dad when he was alive.Priceless memories
I wont tell you my age except i was 10yrs old when i saw this for the 1st time, Brilliant comedy, and you young people missed society at its best in the 70`s, All our neighbours knew each other, we had so many genuine laughs without facebook or twitter or even a mobile phones, life was Great back then...plus religion was on the back seat....Wonderfull!!
+NowFunStarts That'd make you 52/3 depending on the month. :)
+NowFunStarts thats makes you a old git, on par with myself, lol......
+NowFunStarts spot on ,, we have been divided n conquered over the yrs and disconnected from each other cause of computers and mobiles ,,people are happy to talk to people who are not with them at the time! rather than those they are with at that moment in time people who stand in cues fiddling about with there mobiles out of not wanting to talk to the person next to them ,anti fukin social i would call it and also looking people up n down with a snootie look ,judging each other the is more of that about ? the is more with a few more luxurious items ,, ??? as a say fukin divided , its gone
,, bring back the 70s
They said they were 10 when they saw it for the first time. That doesnt even make this person 52. What if they were 10 in 1994 and saw this for the first time? I saw it in 1988 when i was 7. haha
i watched the second time when i was 50 :) round the chest ,32 waist
Merry Christmas everyone for 2018! This episode is as old as me and still brilliant 😎
I'm 65yrs. Love the old comedy shows. This one in particular. 😢😂🎉
Wished we could go back, even as kids you looked forward to these shows, Christmas doesn't seem as special anymore, will they still remember what it's about
Merry Christmas 12/25/2019! My first time watching Steptoe and son, i love british comedy.
British comedy from the 60s and 70s was very good - and the acting talent was through the roof! The highly popular TV show Sandford And Son, with Redd Foxx, was based on this.
love this comedy. Wish those days were back. Steptoe and Son, pure magic. Great actors. Xx😂
Comedy gold, I've seen it countless times over the years and i still get proper "belly laughs" each time i watch it. I was brought up on programmes like this, i feel so lucky , television today is rubbish in comparison.
There is no good comedy that's for sure.
It's Christmas and I'm watching this great Christmas special
Notice in the opening scenes - the crowd across the street watching the filming ! :-)
2024 and still makes me laugh, great comedy like a lot of its time back in the 70s, thanks TH-cam
I love all the great comedies of the 60 and 70
Not to mention dads army and only fools and horses i used to love the good life aswell
I love his plans on spending Christmas at the Cemetery and then coming home to a nice peaceful dinner. Sounds like a Great Day planned. I've done it a few times myself.
Death metal Xmas.
Fantastic comedy from the golden age of TV. I dont believe for a second the rumours these two could not stand each other, they just lived very different lives thats all. Wilfred was deeply upset when harry passed away.
These are so good, I just saw the Steptoe And Son rides again movie on tv here, the scene at the cemetery, where Harold accidentally smashes into a tomb, .. whilst being buried Albert finally wakes up and frightens everyone away. The vicar runs off and meets Harold looking like he himself is one of the undead absolutely hilarious! :D
A priest mate of mine loves this show. It is great and I have not seen this episode for a long time😀
The BEST !! Programs. Love learning the nuances of British comedy.
Lilly
Enoch’s dreaming of a white Christmas ...😻
Wonder why he sang that.
Comedy GOLD .The Best British Sitcom ever xxxxx
Problem is, they don't make stuff like this any more. Grew up this, Hancock, the Goons, and several other great shows.
Most of these stars started out in theatre and were professionally trained actors, they trod the boards and were very dedicated to their craft as it was their livelihood.
Most of the best comedies starred actors who were able to play comic roles rather than comedians. The script for this particular show is excellent and stands the test of time even allowing for what may now be obscure cultural references.
I was six yrs old when this came out,this is one of my fav Steptoe sit com,loved all the Christmas ones. Another fav was when Albert was doing a seance in his house and Harold didn’t like the idea. It has Patricia Routledge in
Yes I love Steptoe & Son, always watch them on tele, Hillarious! Albert says, you dirty old man! ❤🙏🙏🇬🇧
Our childhood memories best times for these classic series, never to be repeated, Shirley h Darlington england 😁
Lovely memories. Friends and neighbours bothering to get dressed up and coming to my parents house for Christmas at tea-time. Did you notice the men at the door wearing ties and the women loads of jewellery. Once inside it was one liners, wise cracks and people shrieking with laughter and getting tipsy. We didn't have that much but Christmas was fabulous in the 70s with family and neighbours. It was such a laugh.
No comedy series combined humour and pathos as beautifully as this! Timeless brilliance!
Steptoe & Son, Carry On Films and Rising Damp are legendary
yes iv watched them all my life brilliant
Let's not forget Porridge.
Harry Enfield only fools and horses on the buses open All hours you rang my lord
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Whatever happened to the likely lads?
Watching this on 25th of December 2018 with all the family! Such a classic