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This is an episode list of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son. Dates shown are original air dates on BBC One.
[edit] Series 1 (black and white)
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "The Offer"
| 1962-01-04
| 1962-01-05
| Harold's been offered a job elsewhere, so he begins to pack up his belongings and leave his dad for good. Part of Comedy Playhouse.
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| "The Bird"
| 1962-05-16
| 1962-06-14
| Harold has invited his new girlfriend over for dinner.
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| "The Piano"
| 1962-06-06
| 1962-06-21
| A posh chap calls Harold in from the streets to help him get rid of a luxurious piano.
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| "The Economist"
| 1962-05-30
| 1962-06-28
| Harold is trying to improve the business by reading a book on capitalism, and Albert disagrees...
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| "The Diploma"
| 1962-05-23
| 1962-07-05
| Harold wants to be a television engineer — his new excuse to get away from his domineering old dad.
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| "The Holiday"
| 1962-06-13
| 1962-07-12
| Harold dreams of a luxurious holiday abroad — while Albert is adamant on going to Bognor.
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[edit] Series 2
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat"
| 1962-12-20
| 1963-01-03
| Harold gets an offer of £25.00 from a catsmeat man for Hercules the Horse.
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| "The Bath"
| 1962-12-13
| 1963-01-10
| Albert decides to have a bath while Harold's latest companion is due to come round for pre-bingo cocktails.
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| "The Stepmother"
| 1963-01-03
| 1963-01-17
| Harold feels the threat of Albert's new admirer: Emma Marshall.
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| "Sixty-Five Today"
| 1963-01-10
| 1963-01-24
| Albert's 65th birthday comes as a joke to Harold, who pretends to forget in order to wind him up.
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| "A Musical Evening"
| 1963-01-17
| 1963-01-31
| Harold has picked up some old gramophone records, which he's keen to add to his classical music collection.
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| "Full House"
| 1963-01-24
| 1963-02-07
| Harold plans an evening of cards with a group of friends.
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| "Is That Your Horse Outside?"
| 1963-02-04
| 1963-02-14
| Harold and Albert's horse gets them into trouble.
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[edit] Series 3
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "Home Fit for Heroes"
| 1963-12-12
| 1964-01-07
| The pair go on a pleasent Sunday trip out on the cart.
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| "The Wooden Overcoats"
| 1963-12-19
| 1964-01-14
| Harold comes home with a cartful of coffins, finding Albert trying to get a tan from a sun lamp.
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| "The Lead Man Cometh"
| 1964-01-02
| 1964-01-21
| The business is doing badly and the Steptoes are having to break into their savings to keep their heads above water.
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| "Steptoe à la Cart"
| 1964-01-09
| 1964-01-28
| Harold has managed to gain access to a private block of flats and is working his way through the occupants.
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| "Sunday for Seven Days"
| 1964-01-16
| 1964-02-04
| Albert and Harold are getting ready for an evening at the pictures.
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| "The Bond That Binds Us"
| 1964-01-23
| 1964-02-11
| Harold's working on body-building exercises, and Albert's checking his premium bonds.
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| "The Lodger"
| 1964-01-30
| 1964-02-18
| Harold has his nose deep in George Bernard Shaw's political theory, while Albert works out how to pay the ever-mounting pile of bills.
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[edit] Series 4
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "And Afterwards At..."
| 1965-09-12
| 1965-10-04
| Harold's getting married...!
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| "Crossed Swords"
| 1965-09-19
| 1965-10-11
| The Steptoes take a porcelain vase to a West End antiques expert's shop.
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| "Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines"
| 1965-09-26
| 1965-10-18
| Albert (while cleaning the oven) bangs his head and collapses — so Harold presumes he's tried to commit suicide.
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| "The Siege of Steptoe Street"
| 1965-10-03
| 1965-10-25
| Harold notices that the fishmonger and the butcher are providing luxurious delicacies that he's never eaten.
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| "A Box in Town"
| 1965-10-10
| 1965-11-01
| Harold returns to Oil Drum Lane after watching a James Bond film with his girlfriend to find that his father is still awake.
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| "My Old Man's a Tory"
| 1965-10-17
| 1965-11-08
| Harold and Albert clash over their opposing political views.
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| "Pilgrim's Progress"
| 1965-10-24
| 1965-11-15
| Albert feels nostalgic for World War I, Harold reluctantly agrees and so the pair make a return to No Man's Land.
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[edit] Series 5 (first series in colour)
Note: All the episodes of this series now only exist in black and white.
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "A Death in the Family"
| 1970-02-15
| 1970-03-06
| Hercules the Horse succumbs to a heart attack at the grand old age of 39.
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| "A Winter's Tale"
| 1970-02-22
| 1970-01-13
| Albert and Harold once again clash over the destination for their annual holiday.
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| "Any Old Iron?"
| 1970-03-08
| 1970-03-20
| Harold makes a new friend out of sophisticated antique dealer Timothy Stanhope.
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| "Steptoe and Son — and Son!"
| 1970-03-15
| 1970-03-27
| Harold is set to be the father of an illegitimate son.
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| "The Colour Problem"
| 1970-03-22
| 1970-04-03
| Albert wants a colour television set...
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| "TB or Not TB?"
| 1970-04-05
| 1970-04-10
| Albert is wrongly thought to have tuberculosis.
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| "Men of Property"
| 1970-03-29
| 1970-04-17
| Harold and Albert find out that they don't actually own their house.
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[edit] Series 6
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "Robbery with Violence"
| 1970-10-18
| 1970-10-02
| Albert pretends that the house has been burgled, having accidentally knocked over Harold's porcelain collection.
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| "Come Dancing"
| 1970-10-25
| 1970-11-09
| Harold drifts into a fantasy about Henry VII, his nerves are on edge and even the cuckoo clock wakes him up!
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| "Two's Company"
| 1970-11-01
| 1972-11-16
| Albert goes dancing whilst Harold patiently waits at home.
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| "Tea for Two"
| 1970-11-08
| 1970-11-23
| Harold and Albert's support for rival parties in the Shepherd's Bush by-election has drawn battle lines between them.
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| "Without Prejudice"
| 1970-11-15
| 1970-11-30
| Harold is desperate to move from Oil Drum Lane after a noisy new motorway causes irritation.
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| "Pot Black"
| 1970-11-22
| 1970-12-07
| Harold buys a snooker table, but after paternal resistance encounters a more fundemental obstacle.
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| "The Three Feathers"
| 1970-11-29
| 1970-12-14
| Albert gets stuck in a painful yoga position, while Harold reveals a new commode he has just picked up for a bargain price.
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| "Cuckoo in the Nest"
| 1970-12-06
| 1970-12-21
| Albert's long lost Australian son turns up from out of the blue and causes Harold to be very jealous.
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[edit] Series 7
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "Men of Letters"
| 1972-02-13
| 1972-02-21
| Albert and Harold play scrabble, whilst Albert continues putting down rude words to win.
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| "A Star Is Born"
| 1972-02-20
| 1972-02-28
| Harold joins an amateur dramatic society for their latest play, Guilt: The White Man's Burden.
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| "Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning"
| 1972-02-27
| 1972-03-06
| Albert's eldest brother, George, has died, and the thought of another Steptoe funeral depresses Harold.
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| "Live Now, PAYE Later"
| 1972-02-05
| 1972-03-13
| The Inland Revenue calls upon Oil Drum Lane...
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| "Loathe Story"
| 1972-03-13
| 1972-03-20
| Harold is frustrated when he loses a game of badminton against his father.
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| "Divided We Stand"
| 1972-03-19
| 1972-03-27
| Harold gets Albert to decide on redecorated wallpaper and carpets for the house.
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| "The Desperate Hours"
| 1972-03-26
| 1972-04-03
| Harold and Albert struggle to keep warm in the freezing house, until they get some unexpected visitors.
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[edit] Christmas Special 1973
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| Christmas Special 1973
| 1973-12-03
| 1973-12-24
| Harold books a Christmas holiday in Majorca.
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[edit] Series 8
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| "Back in Fashion"
| 1974-08-31
| 1974-09-04
| Harold has been in trouble with the law...
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| "And So to Bed"
| 1974-09-07
| 1974-09-11
| Harold brings his new girlfriend home.
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| "Porn Yesterday"
| 1974-09-14
| 1974-09-18
| Harold discovers Albert's 'dirty' past.
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| "The Seven Steptoerai"
| 1974-09-21
| 1974-09-25
| Harold finds a huge oriental vase.
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| "Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs"
| 1974-09-28
| 1974-10-03
| Albert is suffering (or so he says) from a bad back, so Harold has to take care of him on doctor's orders.
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| "Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard"
| 1974-10-05
| 1974-10-10
| Clairvoyant Madame Fontana conjures up the spirit of Harold's dead mother.
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[edit] Christmas Special 1974
| Title
| Recorded
| First broadcast
| Notes
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| Christmas Special 1974
| 1974-10-26
| 1974-12-26
| Final episode. Harold eventually gets away from his father, after years of trying.
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