Brilliant writing. Fine performances from Harry H Corbett and Wilfred Bramble in each and every episode. The acting from the two lovable rag and bone men was second to none.
Harry H Corbett looks really good here in a sharp suit. World's apart from the cloth cap, heavy herringbone overcoat and Wellington boots he wore in the Steptoe series. As well as the genius writing and fine acting, the wardrobe department were great with their choice of clothes for the ever popular rag and bone men.
The rare interview to one side for a moment, they were sitting with an Australian "rag and bone man", with his horse and cart. A piece of Australian history. Young, and not so young people - this is the ultimate in "reduce, reuse and recycling". The transport has changed, but we're still about.
The show was one of, if not, the best comedies ever. Its an oversimplification to say simply 'sitcom' or 'comedy show'. It was social commentary, class observation, the complexities of the father and son relationship and so much more, and thats just the script, before you even get into how perfect Corbett and Bramble were.
I just realised - they filmed this in South Melbourne. They start off in Coventry street, head west towards and just past the market then turn left into Walsh street (narrow with terraces) then turn left again into Dorcas street.
Steptoe & Son remains a classic even to this day,....it was hilariously funny, and was wonderfully scripted,...and the acting was brilliant and the show was arguably Britain's greatest ever sitcom.....
@@mercuryrising4323 Each to his own. Leonard Rossiter was outstanding as Rigsby and Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnet, Ronnie Barker in Porridge and David Jason as Delboy. I personally would always put Steptoe in the top slot. You either laughed or cried with them. Harry is some 9,000 miles plus away from London here and yet, when the music comes in at the end, you are immediately transported back to Shepherd's Bush.
Not as great as Hancock, Till Death Us Do Part, The Office, and of course Fawlty Towers, but Steptoe was great too. Remember if Hancock hadn't dumped Simpson and Galton there would be no Steptoe.
@@toothumbs Comedy is a personal choice. We all like different. I thought Fawlty Towers was funny but didn't run for very long whereas Steptoe had a seven year life span in all. I thought Hancock was good when he was with Sid James. They were an excellent pairing. Without James, the series seemed to go a bit pear shaped and the comedy somewhat contrived. I thought Wilfred Bramble and Harry H Corbett brought home what a craft acting is. Whilst well known actors often had cameo parts in Steptoe, Harry and Wilfred were always the real stars of each episode.
r i p mate grew up with them and stiil watch and laugh me head off snooker learning to waltz back in fashion a star is born and of cause those pickled oinions and i am 6 8 love them rip both
Harry H Corbett He wanted to do so much more and it is a known fact that he was a victim of his own success with steptoe & son that he couldn't branch out to play other roles . He was a classical actor .
10 years later he'd die of a heart attack... If only his life hadn't been so full of stress. I read that he died a very bitter and somewhat resentful man because he felt he could have achieved so much more with his life but he got type-cast as a Steptoe. It must have been so stressful for him to be constantly asked about the character he longed to escape...
Unlike some comedy's Steptoe was mainly the two actors mostly in the house . Not many comedies could sustain that for 8 seasons. Harry accent drops to Harold himself if you listen closely. It's a shame Harry's & his wifes plot & gravestone are in such a state of neglect.
steptoe & screaming will live forever...... the problem for Corbett was that he wanted to be remembered for other things... the nature of the biz tho !
Poor Harry had such a hard time in Australia the "old man's" drinking problems and temper problems made it a nightmare, and well and truly ended any idea that they'd work together again. You can see the whole Australian tour story in the documentary, it used to be on UA-cam but I can't find it now, it's actually sad to watch.
Why any remake of "Steptoe and Son" will never work without either Wilfrid or Harry. Same with both Ray Galton and Alan Simpson also gone! Can you name any other series, (especially sitcoms) where the actors, writers and situations all work so perfectly?
no one could of played them some have tried but no never harry h made harold his own and albert watch the facial expressions on alberts face the raised eye brow of harold and the writing galton simpson amazing
That explains why they mentioned bottle-o owners don't give the public anything for their empty bottles and cans. Victoria's never had recycling deposits on bottles and cans. Here in South Australia we get 10c back for every bottle, can, carton, etc.
A British legend great man never got the film's that showed off his talent he hated steptoe and son in the end it was a marriage they were both trapped in its success....
@Cindy Jayes he never said that he hated playing steptoe I just get the feeling he loved the character maybe at the end he got tired of it but he went to Australia to play steptoe and made some records as Harold steptoe. And years later he made a coffee commercial as Albert steptoe and in the interview he rode a horse and cart!!! And Wilfred brambell was not a pedo so I think you don't know what you are on about Cindy jayes !!!
@Cindy Jayes well we can either believe or not believe the rumours I choose not to believe !!!! anyone can say anything especially if the person is dead and can't defend themselves!!
Wrong title, this is son of step toe and son interview. Not Harry corbet, he's a right snob in real life, and here he's merely playing a character not himself
I spent a wonderful morning at his home in London, a real gentleman. His wife made a fabulous mug of tea and we just talked - ua-cam.com/video/gxQhNemajhc/v-deo.html
Harry"s laugh is so contagious...RIP left this earth far too early at 57 years old.
57 is a good innings I'm 53 and I've been alive for f***in ages doesn't matter does it
He smoked 60 cigarettes a day.
He caused his early death.
My absolute favourite sitcom of all time. Two great writers. Two great actors. Job done.
Brilliant writing. Fine performances from Harry H Corbett and Wilfred Bramble in each and every episode. The acting from the two lovable rag and bone men was second to none.
Brilliant acting, brilliant actors,brilliant show!
It was an unfunny racist series.
Mine too
@@helencampbell2064 Corbett was a hammy overactor.
Harry was a lovely man, and a great actor, something he has passed on to his daughter
He was a hammy overactor with a bad wig.
Not a sore loser like your old man was. He would be turning in his grave if he saw you today.
Bless Harry H Corbett 1925-82 for all the Brilliant comedy and all the wonderful memories and Joy he brought us all!😊🎭🐴🏚️🇬🇧
Harry H Corbett looks really good here in a sharp suit. World's apart from the cloth cap, heavy herringbone overcoat and Wellington boots he wore in the Steptoe series. As well as the genius writing and fine acting, the wardrobe department were great with their choice of clothes for the ever popular rag and bone men.
Absolutely 🤗
Crikey, has he been gone that long. 😥
35 years since I discovered steptoe and son as a 10 year old and it’s been my favourite tv show ever since
Brilliant excellent actor taken to soon and a wonderful human being
He is in an episode of Shoestring.
Wish these pair could have lived forever !! Totally fantastic TV
Harry seemed a lovely guy
Class act Harry .h .Corbett genius actor sadly missed 😭😭😭😭
The rare interview to one side for a moment, they were sitting with an Australian "rag and bone man", with his horse and cart.
A piece of Australian history.
Young, and not so young people - this is the ultimate in "reduce, reuse and recycling".
The transport has changed, but we're still about.
Harry , We love You And Dud ! RIP 🙏 Steptoe And Son Will live On Forever 🇬🇧 !
That Aussie held his own, not star struck or anything. This was awesome... Melbournes definitely changed a bit
The show was one of, if not, the best comedies ever. Its an oversimplification to say simply 'sitcom' or 'comedy show'. It was social commentary, class observation, the complexities of the father and son relationship and so much more, and thats just the script, before you even get into how perfect Corbett and Bramble were.
they are THE best
@James Henderson :. Who cares. Back to your safespace then, snowflake
@John McVicar Nob
Corbett looked too old to be the son.
@@MarkHarrison733 Tool
One of Englands great Actors 👍🇬🇧
He was a hammy overactor, and he was from Myanmar.
LEGEND !
I just realised - they filmed this in South Melbourne. They start off in Coventry street, head west towards and just past the market then turn left into Walsh street (narrow with terraces) then turn left again into Dorcas street.
Are you from there buddie?
Harry was so nice looking!xx
Yeah, he was! That gorgeous smile! And that brilliant laugh! Just lovely.
Wonderful interview
Well preserved clip
What a gem of a vid. Thank you so much for posting it.
I liked the rough boy - Harry H.
A charm cane through and he played his part excellently.
What a great clip. Harry is enjoying it
One of my all time favourite tv shows. Steptoe and Son.
Legend Harry h corbett
He died to young.Only the best die young.
So true, only the best die young.
The films are brilliant 😊
Great actor love steptoe and son even the two films as well
Seemed a nice man
Steptoe & Son remains a classic even to this day,....it was hilariously funny, and was wonderfully scripted,...and the acting was brilliant and the show was arguably Britain's greatest ever sitcom.....
Rising Damp?
Fabulous comedy series in a,class of its own. The acting was top drawer. You either laughed or cried with the rag and bone men from Shepherd's Bush.
@@mercuryrising4323 Each to his own.
Leonard Rossiter was outstanding as Rigsby and Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnet, Ronnie Barker in Porridge and David Jason as Delboy.
I personally would always put Steptoe in the top slot. You either laughed or cried with them.
Harry is some 9,000 miles plus away from London here and yet, when the music comes in at the end, you are immediately transported back to Shepherd's Bush.
Not as great as Hancock, Till Death Us Do Part, The Office, and of course Fawlty Towers, but Steptoe was great too. Remember if Hancock hadn't dumped Simpson and Galton there would be no Steptoe.
@@toothumbs Comedy is a personal choice. We all like different.
I thought Fawlty Towers was funny but didn't run for very long whereas Steptoe had a seven year life span in all.
I thought Hancock was good when he was with Sid James. They were an excellent pairing. Without James, the series seemed to go a bit pear shaped and the comedy somewhat contrived.
I thought Wilfred Bramble and Harry H Corbett brought home what a craft acting is. Whilst well known actors often had cameo parts in Steptoe, Harry and Wilfred were always the real stars of each episode.
Simply the best
Love steptoe and son ♥️. Brilliant actor and lovely man.
Steptoe & Son......nothing will be better
agreed 100%
NEVER A TRUE WORD SPOKEN.
Great pair, i grew up with Steptoe and son. Try to imagine H in another role. Reckon he would have made a great Dr Who.
I think you are right. I would have liked to have seen him as a detective in a gritty drama.
Yes ee wudve made a gr8 Dr Who
Wonderful man
Oh my...He was gorgeous.........
r i p mate grew up with them and stiil watch and laugh me head off snooker learning to waltz back in fashion a star is born and of cause those pickled oinions and i am 6 8 love them rip both
Strange comment
A real great man RIP you amazing man.
We Miss you Good sir. 😩❤️
Speak for yourself
Bless him xxx xxx ❤❤❤❤❤
Is Zeus you're personal God belief
Brilliantly clip
R.I.P you 2 ❤
Was he a Christian
Same questions all the time and the always try and get the dirt, Harry just ignores it and laughs, great.
Love step toe and son has me in stitches two great actors
I have it as a Ringtone!
loved him ... genuine guy ❤❤
Harry H Corbett He wanted to do so much more and it is a known fact that he was a victim of his own success with steptoe & son that he couldn't branch out to play other roles . He was a classical actor .
Great to see old Broncho the Port Melbourne Bottle merchant back in 1972
He did play a Superintendent in Scotland Yard Casebook.
Yes and ladies who do carry on screaming too and what a crazy world and the tales of the unexpected episode the moles
Lol i always thought he put that voice on for Steptoe 😅😅
He did. He was a method actor and he was doing Steptoe work out in Austraila so he stayed in character voice
@James Henderson it wasn't his voice is put on
ua-cam.com/play/PLcim7P03yQawMzCPS4UeLewGkUuPVNzzu.html
Very similar voice in The Bargee…
Brilliant actor I knew he was putting on a posh ascent when he was on Wogan
He looks tired and distracted :( must have been a hard tour for him with Wilf being such a mess by then. Must have been hard for both of them.
James Henderson apparently so...
James Henderson oh right, I didn’t know...
This was 72. A different trip to Australia. I believe the ill fated tour with wilf was in 77
10 years later he'd die of a heart attack... If only his life hadn't been so full of stress. I read that he died a very bitter and somewhat resentful man because he felt he could have achieved so much more with his life but he got type-cast as a Steptoe. It must have been so stressful for him to be constantly asked about the character he longed to escape...
Wonderful man , such a fun man , Thank-you Arold
E P I C effin interview ❤❤❤
Unlike some comedy's Steptoe was mainly the two actors mostly in the house . Not many comedies could sustain that for 8 seasons. Harry accent drops to Harold himself if you listen closely. It's a shame Harry's & his wifes plot & gravestone are in such a state of neglect.
There were only two channels.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw What's that got to do with the price of fish ?
@@stevenwade7466 People watched any unfunny racist crap then.
TV is obsolete now, like printed news.
steptoe & screaming will live forever......
the problem for Corbett was that he wanted to be remembered for other things...
the nature of the biz tho !
Poor Harry had such a hard time in Australia the "old man's" drinking problems and temper problems made it a nightmare, and well and truly ended any idea that they'd work together again. You can see the whole Australian tour story in the documentary, it used to be on UA-cam but I can't find it now, it's actually sad to watch.
He was first class rip
It was a comedy show. People try to glorify it into something spectacular. It wasn't.
My dad started this firm?
At another time in the series, Albert reveals that it was his mom who worked the business, not dad.
Hard to believe that cart horse won the Aintree Grand National in 1965.
Why any remake of "Steptoe and Son" will never work without either Wilfrid or Harry. Same with both Ray Galton and Alan Simpson also gone! Can you name any other series, (especially sitcoms) where the actors, writers and situations all work so perfectly?
Auf wiedersehen pet
Boys from the blackstuff
Likely lads and porridge...
All written by the brilliant ian le frenais n dick clement...
Only The Likely Lads came anywhere close to Steptoe's viewing figures.
@@joshrogan9981 There were only two channels then.
no one could of played them some have tried but no never harry h made harold his own and albert
watch the facial expressions on alberts face the raised eye brow of harold and the writing galton simpson amazing
That was 10 years before
H H C died
Where was this filmed? Melbourne?
Coventry street south Melbourne the old man man mentions the (south Melbourne) market.
That explains why they mentioned bottle-o owners don't give the public anything for their empty bottles and cans.
Victoria's never had recycling deposits on bottles and cans.
Here in South Australia we get 10c back for every bottle, can, carton, etc.
Aww Harold wanted to drive..
He was fantastic and I really find his accent great just where is that accent from in the uk
He was from Myanmar.
Are all his interviews 5.32?
No bucket, and shovel.
A British legend great man never got the film's that showed off his talent he hated steptoe and son in the end it was a marriage they were both trapped in its success....
I think he loved playing Harold steptoe. Anyone can see that !!!!
@Cindy Jayes he never said that he hated playing steptoe I just get the feeling he loved the character maybe at the end he got tired of it but he went to Australia to play steptoe and made some records as Harold steptoe. And years later he made a coffee commercial as Albert steptoe and in the interview he rode a horse and cart!!! And Wilfred brambell was not a pedo so I think you don't know what you are on about Cindy jayes !!!
Coffee commercial as Harold steptoe not Albert
@Cindy Jayes well we can either believe or not believe the rumours I choose not to believe !!!! anyone can say anything especially if the person is dead and can't defend themselves!!
stepto and son is the best sitcom ever just so funny and brilliant todays sitcoms are a load of rubbish
poor horsey
You dirty ole man.
They. Made. Four. Movies. Two. Christmas. Films.
I know that location
Melbourne? Sydney?
Wrong title, this is son of step toe and son interview.
Not Harry corbet, he's a right snob in real life, and here he's merely playing a character not himself
I spent a wonderful morning at his home in London, a real gentleman. His wife made a fabulous mug of tea and we just talked - ua-cam.com/video/gxQhNemajhc/v-deo.html
Brilliant dirty laugh 😂
He's playing "Harold" He didn't speak or laugh like that at all.
He affected a posh accent in other interviews.
Harry doesn't half humour the old boy and his nonsensical ramblings 😁