List of Steptoe and Son episodes

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84.65.74.2: /* Series 4 (1965) */

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{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Steptoe and Son'' episodes}}
This is an episode list of the [[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] ''[[Steptoe and Son]]''. All episodes were originally shown on what is now known as [[BBC One]], although the station was simply called [[BBC Television]] until April 1964 when [[BBC2]] began broadcasting (between the third and fourth series). Dates shown are the original broadcast dates. Series 1–4 were produced in black and white, and series 5–8 in colour. However, the series 5 episodes, and all but two of series 6, only survive in black and white.

Series 1–6 were produced and directed by [[Duncan Wood]], series 7 by [[John Howard Davies]] (apart from "Divided We Stand" which was directed by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]] as Davies was ill), the 1973 Christmas Special by Graeme Muir, and series 8 and 1974 Christmas Special by [[Douglas Argent]] (with "The Seven Steptoerai" being co-directed by Mike Crisp). All episodes were written by [[Ray Galton]] and [[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]]. Series 7–8 are regularly repeated on [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]].

==Series overview==
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| end1 = {{End date|1962|7|12|df=y}}

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| end2 = {{End date|1963|2|14|df=y}}

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| episodes3 = 7
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| end3 = {{End date|1964|2|18|df=y}}

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| episodes4 = 7
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| end4 = {{End date|1965|11|15|df=y}}

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| episodes5 = 7
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| end5 = {{Start date|1970|4|17|df=y}}

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| end6 = {{Start date|1970|12|21|df=y}}

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| end7 = {{Start date|1973|12|24|df=y}}

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| start8 = {{Start date|1974|09|04|df=y}}
| end8 = {{Start date|1974|12|26|df=y}}

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===Series 1 (1962)===
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|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Offer
|DirectedBy=[[Duncan Wood]]
|WrittenBy=[[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]], [[Ray Galton]]
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|7|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Harold's been offered a job elsewhere, so when he discovers Albert has been drinking out of the cocktail cabinet, he begins to pack up his belongings and leave his dad for good. However when Albert refuses to allow Harold to use the horse to move the cart full of his belongings, Harold breaks down and the two go inside for a cup of tea. Originally broadcast as a ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' pilot on 5 January 1962.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Bird
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson, Ray Galton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|14|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Harold is going out every night, so Albert suspects that he must be seeing a girl. Determined to put a stop to the romance, he gets Harold to invite the girl back to the house for dinner. Meanwhile, Albert puts the clocks forward so when she fails to show up at the right time, Harold thinks she has stood him up.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=The Piano
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|21|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Harold is offered a piano for free, providing he moves it himself. He gets Albert to help, only to find out that it is on the top floor of a block of flats.

''Note:'' The twelfth of sixteen stories adapted into an episode of the U.S remake'' [[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "The Piano Movers".
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Economist
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|28|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Harold tries to teach Albert about the economics of running a business. Using his new-found knowledge of bulk buying, he then ends up buying 4,000 pairs of false teeth for £40, hoping to make a killing. Harold puts an advert in ''[[The Times]]'', but when they don't sell, he takes their last £10 and tries again, this time bringing home 400 [[World War II]] gas masks. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]].
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Diploma
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|7|5|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=Harold decides to get out of the rag and bone trade, and get a diploma in TV repair, only for Albert to prove that he knows more about it than Harold does.
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=The Holiday
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|7|12|df=y}}
|ShortSummary=For the first time ever, Harold plans to go on holiday abroad by himself instead of going to Bognor Regis with his dad. Albert fakes a heart attack to stop him from going, and the doctor advises Harold to take him to [[Bognor]].
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===Series 2 (1963)===

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =7
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 20 December 1962
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|1|3|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Hercules, the Steptoes's horse, is sick so the local rag and bone men pitch in to help.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =8
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = The Bath
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 13 December 1962
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|1|10|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert decides to have a bath while Harold's latest companion is due to come round for pre-[[bingo (UK)|bingo]] cocktails. Features Yootha Joyce.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =9
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = The Stepmother
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 3 January 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|1|17|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert plans to re-marry, but Harold will do everything in his power to prevent it. Exists as a Shibaden VT recording.

''Note:'' The 10th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "The Barracuda".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =10
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = Sixty-Five Today
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 10 January 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|1|24|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert's 65th birthday comes as a joke to Harold, who pretends to forget in order to wind him up. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]].

''Note:'' The 2nd of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "Happy Birthday, Pop".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =11
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = A Musical Evening
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 17 January 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|1|31|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold has picked up some old [[phonograph|gramophone]] records, which he's keen to add to his classical music collection.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =12
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = Full House
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 24 January 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|2|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold plans an evening of cards with a group of friends.

''Note:'' The 13th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "The Card Sharps".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =13
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title = Is That Your Horse Outside?
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 4 February 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1963|2|14|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold falls for a rich married woman ([[Patricia Haines]]) and thinks it's love.
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}}
|}

===Series 3 (1964)===

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =14
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = Homes Fit for Heroes
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 12 December 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|1|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold plans to go on a sailing trip around the world, and bung Albert in an old peoples home.

''Note:'' The 15th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of [[Sanford and Son]] renamed "Home Sweet Home for the Aged".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =15
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = The Wooden Overcoats
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 19 December 1963
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|1|14|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold comes home with a cartful of coffins, much to Albert's horror. Exists as a Shibaden VT recording.

''Note:'' The 9th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of [[Sanford and Son]] renamed "Coffins for Sale".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =16
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = The Lead Man Cometh
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 2 January 1964
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|1|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = The business is doing badly and the Steptoes are having to break into their savings to keep their heads above water, and then a dealer in lead comes round and sells them tons of lead at a cheap price, they then find out the lead was stolen when the police visit the yard. Featuring [[Leonard Rossiter]].

''Note:'' The 4th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of [[Sanford and Son]] renamed "The Copper Caper"
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =17
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = Steptoe à la Cart
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 9 January 1964
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|1|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold meets a French girl, and falls for her When she meets Albert they talk about her family history and it becomes apparent that Albert may have dated her grandmother while on leave during the first war with all its ramifications. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =18
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = Sunday for Seven Days
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 16 January 1964
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|2|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert and Harold are getting ready for an evening at the pictures.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =19
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = The Bonds That Bind Us
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 23 January 1964
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|2|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert has a windfall on the [[Premium Bond]]s. Featuring [[June Whitfield]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =20
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title = The Lodger
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 30 January 1964
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1964|2|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert decides to get in a lodger to earn some money, but Harold announces that when the lodger steps in, he steps out, then Albert catches Harold taking the advert out the shop window, tells him and Harold walks out, but Albert can't get a lodger anyway. Exists as a Shibaden VT recording.
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===Series 4 (1965)===
The first series where the creator's names came before the actor's name in the opening titles but still saying "By Alan Simpson and Ray Galton"
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =21
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = And Afterwards At...
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 12 September 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|10|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold's getting married, but what will the bride say?

''Note:'' The 3rd of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =22
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = Crossed Swords
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 19 September 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|10|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = The Steptoes take a porcelain vase to a West End antiques expert's shop. Featuring [[Derek Nimmo]].

''Note:'' The first of 16 stories adapted into the pilot episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' with the same title.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =23
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 26 September 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|10|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold installs central heating in the house, but Albert's views of his bad workmanship turn out to be right as he pulls the house down.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =24
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = The Siege of Steptoe Street
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 3 October 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|10|25|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = The Steptoes have to defend their home from businessmen with court orders after they run up one too many bills.

''Note:'' The 8th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "The Great Sanford Siege".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =25
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = A Box in Town
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 10 October 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|11|1|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold moves into an attic bed-sit flat. Features Yootha Joyce.

''Note:'' The 7th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' called "A Pad for Lamont".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =26
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = My Old Man's a Tory
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 17 October 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|11|8|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold and Albert clash over their opposing political views. Exists as a Shibaden VT recording.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =27
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title = Pilgrim's Progress
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Alan Simpson,
Ray Galton
| AltDate = 24 October 1965
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1965|11|15|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert asks Harold for him to take him back to the Great War battlefield to think of the memories of the war, but whilst on the plane, he upsets and insults the fighting legion of the French and the American, then gets into a fight with them. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]].
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===Series 5 (1970)===
Produced in colour, but all currently only exist in black and white. Now with the "By Ray Galton and Alan Simpson" byline at the beginning.

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =28
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = A Death in the Family
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 15 February 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Hercules the Horse succumbs to a heart attack at the grand old age of 39.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =29
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = A Winter's Tale
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 22 February 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert and Harold once again clash over the destination for their annual holiday. First reel of a b/w telerecording recovered in 2008. A colour version has been at least partially made, although a full recovery remains unreleased.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =30
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = Any Old Iron?
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 8 March 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold makes a new friend out of sophisticated antique dealer Timothy Stanhope ([[Richard Hurndall]]). However, Albert suspects that Timothy's interest in Harold is something other than friendship.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =31
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = Steptoe and Son — and Son!
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 15 March 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|3|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold is believed to be the father of an illegitimate son.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =32
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = The Colour Problem
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 22 March 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|4|3|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert wants a colour television set...

''Note:'' The 11th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "TV or Not TV".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =33
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = T.B. or Not T.B.?
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 5 April 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|4|10|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert is wrongly thought to have [[tuberculosis]].

''Note:'' The 5th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "A Matter of Life and Breath".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =34
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title = Men of Property
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 29 March 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|4|17|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold and Albert find out that they don't actually own their house. They have to borrow £750 to buy the property. They hatch a scheme to schmooze the local bank manager for the loan.
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===Series 6 (1970)===
Second series produced in colour. With two episodes excepted (indicated), this series now only exists in black and white.

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =35
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = Robbery with Violence
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 18 October 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|11|2|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = After accidentally knocking over Harold's porcelain collection, Albert pretends they have been robbed to cover it up.

''Note:'' The 6th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "We Were Robbed".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =36
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = Come Dancing
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 25 October 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|11|9|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold has a lady friend who enjoys dancing, but Harold himself cannot dance, so Albert teaches Harold the steps that he needs. Survives in colour.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =37
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = Two's Company
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 1 November 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|11|16|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert reveals to Harold that he has asked a woman ([[Jean Kent]]) to marry him. When Albert brings her to the house, Harold realises that the very same woman was an old flame of his.

''Note:'' The 14th of 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "The Infernal Triangle"
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =38
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = Tea for Two
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 8 November 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|11|23|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = 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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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =39
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = Without Prejudice
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 15 November 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|11|30|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold is desperate to move from Oil Drum Lane after a noisy new motorway flyover causes irritation. However, the residents of the street that the Steptoes plan on moving to object to the possible lowering of standards of the residents, not to mention the lowering of property prices...
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =40
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = Pot Black
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 22 November 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|12|7|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold buys a [[snooker]] table, but after paternal resistance encounters a more fundamental obstacle.
|LineColor=FF7E00
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =41
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title = The Three Feathers
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 29 November 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|12|14|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert gets stuck in a painful [[yoga]] position, while Harold reveals a new commode he has just picked up for a bargain price.

''Notes:'' The last of the 16 stories adapted into an episode of ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' renamed "Pot Luck". Also the last episode originally made in colour to currently only exist as a monochrome telerecording or video copy.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =42
| EpisodeNumber2=8
| Title = Cuckoo in the Nest
|DirectedBy=Duncan Wood
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 6 December 1970
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|12|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert's long lost Australian son turns up from out of the blue and causes Harold to be very jealous. Survives in colour.
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}}

|}

===Series 7 (1972-73)===
Produced in colour. This is the first series to survive completely in colour.

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =43
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = Men of Letters
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 13 February 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|2|21|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = After a game of Scrabble in which Albert uses several swear words, he and Harold argue over who will write an article for the church's [[centenary]] edition of the parish magazine, in front of the vicar ([[Anthony Sharp]]).
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =44
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = A Star Is Born
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 20 February 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|2|28|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold joins an [[amateur drama]]tic society for their latest play, ''Guilt: The White Man's Burden'', at which he is unsuccessful. Guest stars [[Margaret Nolan]] of Carry On films fame and [[Trevor Bannister]] who went on to fame as Mr Lucas in 'Are You Being Served'.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =45
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title =Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 27 February 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|3|6|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Albert's eldest brother, George, has died, and the thought of another Steptoe funeral depresses Harold, but by the end of all the aggro, Harold and Albert agree that the funeral was worth going to.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =46
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title =Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 5 March 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|3|13|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold discovers that Albert has "forgotten" to inform the tax department that his wife has died and has been cashing her pension. They need to get their story straight before the taxman visits. Albert poses as his long-dead wife by dressing in drag.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =47
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title =Loathe Story
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 13 March 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|3|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = After he tries to murder Albert in his sleep, Harold visits a [[psychiatrist]] to get to the root of his antagonism towards his father. [[Joanna Lumley]] guest stars.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =48
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title =Divided We Stand
|DirectedBy=David Croft
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 19 March 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|3|27|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = After Harold and Albert argue over the decorations, Harold builds a partition through the house to separate himself from Albert, but they continue to argue even through a wall, then a fire puts Harold and Albert in hospital. Premise first discussed in episode 16, "Steptoe à la Cart".
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =49
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title =The Desperate Hours
|DirectedBy=John Howard Davies
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 26 March 1972
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|4|3|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold and Albert struggle to keep warm in the freezing house, then they receive an unexpected visit from two prisoners who recently escaped from [[HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs|Wormwood Scrubs]]. Guest starring [[J. G. Devlin]] and [[Leonard Rossiter]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =50
| EpisodeNumber2=8
| Title = The Party
|DirectedBy=Graeme Muir
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 3 December 1973
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|12|24|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Harold books a Christmas holiday in Majorca, but when it's cancelled, he decides to have a Christmas party instead. The guests all refuse to come in because Harold and Albert both have [[chickenpox]]. Featuring [[Frank Thornton]]. Originally transmitted in a 46 minute cut. A 42 minute edit was issued on the DVD release. A 'bootleg cut' with the excised scenes restored exists online.
}}
|}

===Series 8 (1974)===

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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =51
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title = Back in Fashion
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 31 August 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|4|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = A photographer wishes to use the Steptoes' yard as a set for a fashion shoot.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =52
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title = And So to Bed
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 7 September 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|11|df=y}}
| ShortSummary =Planning to bring his new girlfriend home, Harold invests in a [[waterbed]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =53
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title = Porn Yesterday
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 14 September 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|18|df=y}}
| ShortSummary =Harold discovers Albert's "dirty" past.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =54
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title = The Seven Steptoerai
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent and Mike Crisp
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 21 September 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|9|25|df=y}}
| ShortSummary =Albert gets assistance from the over 65 kung-fu club, when local villain Frankie Barrow ([[Henry Woolf]]), starts a [[protection racket]].
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =55
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title = Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 28 September 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|3|df=y}}
| ShortSummary =Albert is suffering (or so he says) from a bad back and is bedridden, so Harold has to take care of him on doctor's orders.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =56
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title = Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 5 October 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|10|10|df=y}}
| ShortSummary =Clairvoyant Madame Fontana ([[Patricia Routledge]]) at Albert's request holds a seance at the Steptoes.
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}}

{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber =57
| EpisodeNumber2= 7
| Title = A Perfect Christmas
|DirectedBy=Douglas Argent
|WrittenBy=Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
| AltDate = 26 October 1974
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1974|12|26|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = Final episode. Harold's last attempt to get away abroad for his Christmas Holiday, but he has a cunning plan in mind. Originally transmitted in a 42 minute cut, but also exists as a longer 46 minute edit which was inadventently released by the BBC on home video, before being withdrawn. A 'bootleg cut' of the longer edition exists online. (Original Radio Times title: "A Christmas Holiday", although Galton and Simpson's original script reused the series 1 title "The Holiday")
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|}

==''Christmas Night with the Stars''==
''[[Christmas Night with the Stars]]'' was screened annually on Christmas night when the top stars of the BBC appeared in short versions, typically five to ten minutes; The programme ran from 1958 to 1972 and ''Steptoe & Son'' appeared twice in 1962 and 1967.

However the 1962 Christmas segment no longer exists. Only sequences from the 1967 Christmas segment remain and still exist on the original film in the archives. An audio recording for the 1967 sketch exists.

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|-
| 1962 Untitled Sketch
| 23 December 1962
| 25 December 1962
| Missing
|-
| 1967 Untitled Sketch
| 23 December 1967
| 25 December 1967
|Extracts survive as well as audio
|}

==Radio series==
Between 1966 and 1976, 52 episodes of ''Steptoe and Son'' were adapted for radio, these were remakes of the TV episodes specifically tailored for a radio audience, (Note:they are not TV soundtrack recordings), Series 1 & 2 were broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1966 and 1967. Series 3-6 and a final Christmas Special were broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 1971 and 1976.

* Series 1 & 2 TV scripts adapted for Radio by [[Gale Pedrick]].
* Series 3-6 & Christmas Special TV scripts adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
* All radio episodes produced by Bobby Jaye.

===Series 1===
*1 The Offer (3 July 1966)
*2 The Bird (10 July 1966)
*3 65-Today (17 July 1966)
*4 The Stepmother (24 July 1966)
*5 The Economist (31 July 1966)
*6 Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat (7 August 1966)
*7 The Diploma (14 August 1966)
*8 Steptoe ala Carte (21 August 1966)
*9 The Holiday (28 August 1966)
*10 The Bath (4 September 1966)
*11 The Lead Man Cometh (11 September 1966)
*12 The Musical Evening (18 September 1966)
*13 The Bonds That Bind Us (25 September 1966)

===Series 2===
*1/ The Siege of Steptoe Street (11 June 1967)
*2/ Pilgrim's Progress (18 June 1967)
*3/ The Wooden Overcoats (25 June 1967)
*4/ Sunday for Seven Days (2 July 1967)
*5/ The Piano (9 July 1967)
*6/ My Old Man's a Tory (16 July 1967)
*7/ Homes Fit for Heroes (23 July 1967)
*8/ Crossed Swords (30 July 1967)

===Series 3===
*1/ A Death in the Family (21 March 1971)
*2/ Two's Company (28 March 1971)
*3/ Tea for Two (4 April 1971)
*4/ T.B. Or Not T.B. (11 April 1971)
*5/ Without Prejudice (18 April 1971)
*6/ Cuckoo in the Nest (25 April 1971)
*7/ Steptoe and Son -and Son (2 May 1971)
*8/ Robbery with Violence (9 May 1971)

===Series 4===
*1/ Full House(30 January 1972)
*2/ Is That Your Horse Outside? (6 February 1972)
*3/ The Lodger (13 February 1972)
*4/ A Box in Town (20 February 1972)
*5/ The Three Feathers (27 February 1972)
*6/ The Colour Problem (5 March 1972)
*7/ And Afterwards At... (12 March 1972)
*8/ Any Old Iron (19 March 1972)

===Series 5===
*1/ The Desperate Hours (26 May 1974)
*2/ Come Dancing (2 June 1974)
*3/ A Star is Born (9 June 1974)
*4/ A Winter's Tale (16 June 1974)
*5/ Men of Property (23 June 1974)
*6/ Men of Letters (30 June 1974)

===Series 6 and Christmas special===
*1/ Loathe Story (8 February 1976)
*2/ Oh What a Beautiful Mourning (15 February 1976)
*3/ Live Now P.A.Y.E. Later (22 February 1976)
*4/ Upstairs Downstairs, Upstairs Downstairs (29 February 1976)
*5/ And So to Bed (7 March 1976)
*6/ Porn Yesterday (14 March 1976)
*7/ The Seven Steptoerai (21 March 1976)
*8/ Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard (28 March 1976)
* "Away for Christmas" (25 December 1976) (based on 1974 TV Xmas Special)

==Other==

===When Steptoe Met Son (2002)===
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! style="background:#DEDDE2" width="10%" | First broadcast
! style="background:#DEDDE2" | Notes
|-
| ''[[When Steptoe Met Son]]''
| 20 August 2002
| Documentary about the personal lives of Harry H. Corbett & Wilfrid Brambell.
|}

===The Curse of Steptoe (2008)===
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! style="background:#DEDDE2" width="25%" | Title
! style="background:#DEDDE2" width="10%" | First broadcast
! style="background:#DEDDE2" | Notes
|-
| ''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]''
| 19 March 2008
| Play about the relationship between Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.
|}

===Steptoe and son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane (2005)===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="background:#DEDDE2" width="25%" | Title
! style="background:#DEDDE2" | Notes
|-
| ''[[Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane]]''
| Play that brings the Steptoe saga to an end.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0057785|Steptoe and Son (TV)}}
* {{IMDb title|0069311|Steptoe and Son (film)}}
* {{IMDb title|0070734|Steptoe and Son Ride Again}}

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