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Is noted for being a lot more gritty and down-to-earth than many other sitcoms of the age, focusing on two obviously poor, working class and downtrodden men, with most of the humour coming from the interactions between the characters rather than farce and slapstick, and their situation providing a great deal of pathos for the two characters. Had two runs on [[The BBC]] (1962-1965 and 1970-1974). Two feature films were also made. More recently, there was a stage play ''Steptoe And Son In Murder At Oil Drum Lane'', in which Harold returns to the junkyard in 2005, and is confronted by the ghost of Albert.
Came fifteenth in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom
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** Parodied with Brambell's appearance as Paul McCartney's grandfather in ''[[The Beatles|A Hard Day's Night]]'', where people keep saying he's a ''clean'' old man.
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: or in this case leading characters. The loss of Corbett to this typecasting has been described as one of the greatest losses to British theatre.
* [[Doing It for
* [[Economy Cast]]: Although, to be fair, in good way. Many of the episodes, both radio and television, solely have Harold and Albert, without any supporting characters.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: An in-universe example occurs in an episode where Albert is recruited at the last minute to act in a play which Harold has already been cast. Despite his disastrous initial rehearsal, Albert manages to pull off a brilliant performance and gets rave reviews from the local critic. Harold, on the other hand, gets [[Distracted
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Harold's attempts at upward mobility.
* [[Kitchen Sink Drama]]: Well, kitchen sink comedy, anyway, but the general point stands.
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