The Curse Of Steptoe - Wed. 19/3/08 BBC 4
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I am looking forward to this!:)
Wednesday 19 March 2008, 9pm, BBC Four
Steptoe and Son remains a landmark in the history of British television. The series gave birth to the modern sitcom and transformed its actors - Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell - into national treasures.
Starring Jason Isaacs (The State Within) as Harry H Corbett and Phil Davis (Five Days) as Wilfrid Brambell, The Curse of Steptoe uncovers an unexpected and incredible tale of life imitating art.
The sitcom told the story of two rag-and-bone men trapped together for all eternity. But out of the public eye an even stranger story was playing out, of two men yoked together unable to escape their inner complexities or each other.
How their personal problems helped the show achieve success is one of the most revealing stories from the annals of BBC light entertainment history.
Based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of Harry and Wilfrid, and Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, The Curse Of Steptoe explores the incredible story of life behind the scenes.
Wednesday 19 March 2008, 9pm, BBC Four
Steptoe and Son remains a landmark in the history of British television. The series gave birth to the modern sitcom and transformed its actors - Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell - into national treasures.
Starring Jason Isaacs (The State Within) as Harry H Corbett and Phil Davis (Five Days) as Wilfrid Brambell, The Curse of Steptoe uncovers an unexpected and incredible tale of life imitating art.
The sitcom told the story of two rag-and-bone men trapped together for all eternity. But out of the public eye an even stranger story was playing out, of two men yoked together unable to escape their inner complexities or each other.
How their personal problems helped the show achieve success is one of the most revealing stories from the annals of BBC light entertainment history.
Based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of Harry and Wilfrid, and Steptoe writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, The Curse Of Steptoe explores the incredible story of life behind the scenes.
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Looks like the above is straight from the BBC press office
Is that not allowed?
It's a perfectly sensible thing to do to highlight a programme and promote a discussion.
This short series of plays on BBC4 about comedy icons - the others are about Frankie Howerd with David Walliams (he was surely born to play that role), Hughie Green with Trevor Eve and Tony Hancock with Ken Stott - looks very interesting.
HHC's wife was a bit of a nag.
The casting for Hughie Green and Tony Hancock is inspired, too.
But for the absolute identical twinnery of casting, if they ever do one for Bob Monkhouse, Trevor Eve is surely the only man for the job.
(He's not actually his son. Is he?
'The Curse Of Steptoe' is also repeated at 00.05 for anyone that couldn't see it first time round (like me!)
Both are on BBC4.
I was more interested in HHC's controlling nature and attempts to scupper her career and deride her achievements.
Oh really, didn't know that, well 'the Nag' obviously had talent, provides a bit more background as to why he behaved the way he did.
Allowing for artistic license and all that.
I keep meaning to start a where are they now type thread and her name is always top of the list in my head.
I remember him as a young man in teenage things with the likes of Ray Winstone and Phil Daniels.
He has proved to be increasingly brilliant in everything he's ever been in.
Funny wathcing the guys playing Galton and Simpson on the back of the Mark Lawson interview.
I always hated Steptoe and Son - dunno what I'm doing watching this at this time of night!
Didn't realize their daughter is Susanaha Corbett (Elle in Dalziel and Pascoe).