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!
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....
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
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
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
@@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
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 ❤ 😊
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
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.
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.
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..
I left school in 1973 the world and everything else now it's not the same ,this would not be allowed now like all the other programes there is no actors now that could hold a candle to these two gentlemen guys ,
@@rachaelhogan7850 So this is extra special then for you ! Also so pleased you replied now, as it reminded me I need to rewatch this one tonight. Its christmas Eve now
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
Watching in DEC 2021, and still enjoyable.. classics, as only the Brits can do...... those were the days...... nothing of today can compare....🙂🙂😀😁😂.. 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
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".
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 UA-cam. It's a gem.
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!
You can go back anytime. First thing you'll have to do it kill your internet connection and give up your phone. Maybe swap your current car for either a bike or a car that breaks down a lot and is a death trap in an accident. Go back to holidays at Blackpool and instant coffee. Switch your TV off at midnight and maybe replace the central heating with a fireplace. Take up smoking or glue-sniffing. Shave your head and get some flares. Depending where you're from you might also need to plan for an early death. I could go on and on and on. If you want to become fifty years younger, then that will be somewhat harder to do. 😂
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%
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!🙋🇺🇸
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.
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'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
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.
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😢
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.
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"
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 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 :)
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
My late father and I used to watch this and roar with laughter. I love you Dad. 🙏
Your Dad had good taste in comedy. RIP and Happy Yuletide.
Who’s here in 2024…comedy gold🍺🍾🥳
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 ;)
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!
♥️
From Australia, only the British and Australians have a sense of humour that it s brilliant.
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....
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
I am from Cove in Texas, my father was a London lad, that's probably why love this show. Thanks for the upload UA-cam is great.
You can never tire of watching steptoe and son, one of my all time favourites
Absolutely brilliant. I loved watching this as a boy and like it now I'm 64. Just classic British comedy. Never ages
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
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
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
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 ❤ 😊
What a lovely comment
Absolutely love steptoe and son. Brilliant comedy, great actors. Timeless classics. 😂
2024 and still watching :)
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
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
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
My brother and I used to watch it with our dad when he was alive.Priceless memories
Brought a lot of joy to our family --God Bless them both
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.
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..
I left school in 1973 the world and everything else now it's not the same ,this would not be allowed now like all the other programes there is no actors now that could hold a candle to these two gentlemen guys ,
Made before I was born, this comedy is brilliant! No comedy today comes close. No swearing. Just pure talent
I was actually born the year this episode special came out AUGUST 1973
@@rachaelhogan7850 So this is extra special then for you ! Also so pleased you replied now, as it reminded me I need to rewatch this one tonight. Its christmas Eve now
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
Watching in DEC 2021, and still enjoyable.. classics, as only the Brits can do...... those were the days...... nothing of today can compare....🙂🙂😀😁😂.. 🇺🇸♥️🇬🇧
I remember watching this with my dad as a kid loved it then love it now.
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".
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 UA-cam. It's a gem.
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
Me too made angels as well out of cotton reels and cotton wool and tin foil. Those were the daýs
The good old days of TV comedy...just brilliant...
No comedy series combined humour and pathos as beautifully as this! Timeless brilliance!
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.
I watch all the Christmas conedy oldies every Christmas just takes me back to happier times would go back to them times anytime..
You can go back anytime. First thing you'll have to do it kill your internet connection and give up your phone. Maybe swap your current car for either a bike or a car that breaks down a lot and is a death trap in an accident. Go back to holidays at Blackpool and instant coffee. Switch your TV off at midnight and maybe replace the central heating with a fireplace. Take up smoking or glue-sniffing. Shave your head and get some flares. Depending where you're from you might also need to plan for an early death. I could go on and on and on.
If you want to become fifty years younger, then that will be somewhat harder to do. 😂
Steptoe and son. Riseing damp. On the buses. Porridge. All 4 are brilliant and u can watch over and over again .
Me too love them all
@jenniferjones188 exactly never get tired of them
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%
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!🙋🇺🇸
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.
Christmas 1973 was my first Christmas. Watching this is like watching Back to the Future.
I was born the year this episode this xmas special came out was born august 1973
@@rachaelhogan7850 I was born a month later
Mine too my mum and dad would definitely have been watching this at the time
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.
@@reoreborn 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
Happy Feet is without a doubt an absolutely beautiful movie! Sorry, it just is!. 🤗🤗💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️🤣🤣🤣
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
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.
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….
Jesus what a pair...COMPLETELY ADORE THESE COMIC GENIUSES...WOW,THROUGH THE YEARS...GREETINGS FROM DUBLIN IRELAND...
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson .... Brilliant writing and the acting is sublime.
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.
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 ⏲️
One of the very best 70s comedy shows, I loved watching this when I was a kid. Always watch it now.
its the day before christmas eve here and i am watchng this. nostalgic. nice one..
Nearly 2025. Still better than 99% of comedy around today. Genius!
Totally agree with you
brings back so many good memories,sitting watching this with my mum and dad happy days,still funny after all these years.
It's Captain bloody Peacock! 😍 Brilliant series.
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 😊
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 :)
Just watching steptoe and son you just can't beat them love the old comedys
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.
Loved this as a kid. Great memories. Nobody did pathos better than Harry H Corbett.
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.
When the old Man tidies up the Christmas Angel and talks to it. Very touching stuff.
@@daniellarcombe8083 What ?
That is the greatest scene. It is one of the best bits of acting ive ever seen.
2024 and still makes me laugh, great comedy like a lot of its time back in the 70s, thanks UA-cam
The comedy timing in those shows was second to none
Im watching it in 2024 still funny after all these years.
My dad loved this sadly gone now I was a teenager when this was on telly 🤣👌👌👍😂😂😂
This was one of the best comedy shows of its day. Enjoyed every episode.
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
Out of all the sitcoms, this is by far my favourite Christmas special.
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
At these times,the Xmas specials like this would get audiences of upwards of about 10 million.
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.
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
RIP Wilfred and Harry .x
😢😢
Well done on pasting the missing bits back in, presumably from a VHS you had?? A labour of love, and well worth it, in my opinion. Excellent.
love this comedy. Wish those days were back. Steptoe and Son, pure magic. Great actors. Xx😂
Made in 1973 ... still being watched in 2017 ! 😆
Raffles Newcastle pub
Niki Gowing 2019
Edd 1 classic pal
28th July 2019 23:52
And now ....2019
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
@@PlasticGirl65 👍🏻🇬🇧
Whatever happened to the likely lads?
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.
Thank you for uploads
I remember putting up those decorations sticking them on polystyrene tiles an all paper Xmas decorations
Absolutely hilarious,loved these comedy classics...thanx for the upload,gave me a real good laugh 😂🤣👍
Xenophobe
Excellent channel! I grew up with all these British sitcoms. Watching them again is so warming. 😍👏👏
@Si 💛
Watching December 2024. Excellent.
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.
It's Christmas and I'm watching this great Christmas special
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.
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
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.
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.
Frank Thornton! Young and with hair. God bless him, he was a great actor.
Still looks like a wig!
Just found out my favorite American show, Sanford and Son was based on this gem, and I am so glad to have learned about this!
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.
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
This was the last of 9 seasons love watching Steptoe & son in America in Chicago great ol days
Loved these two good old days takes me back to when I was a little girl watching on a Sunday night after bathtime brilliant thankyou ❤️
Watching this on 25th of December 2018 with all the family! Such a classic
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.
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
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
Yes I love Steptoe & Son, always watch them on tele, Hillarious! Albert says, you dirty old man! ❤🙏🙏🇬🇧
Merry Christmas everyone for 2018! This episode is as old as me and still brilliant 😎
I live in the USA and enjoy British comedy to the extreme. Present-day TV comedy here is extremely not funny.
Don't bother with present day British comedy.
Completely dire.
I will say Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 cats does countdown are funny. But that's it.
the yanks tried to copy this show
mrsthelens1 Sanford & Son is still classic TV here in the states, thank You very much. It’s still shown here.
mrsthelens1 Sanford and son , I know same with All in the Family
@@Maggie22002 i lived in the states for 3 years and absolutely loved sanford and son, brilliant 👏