9.1/10124 votesLoading...#1 - Divided We Stand
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/1972
Harold plans to redecorate the house, but he and Albert can't agree on anything. The only solution is a drastic one.
Director: David Croft
Writer: N/A
9.1/10135 votesLoading...#2 - The Desperate Hours
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/1972
Two convicts escape from prison and break into the Steptoes' house, holding them hostage.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/10103 votesLoading...#3 - Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1974
Albert has slipped a disc, and is confined to his bed - so Harold has to wait on him hand and foot. When beer and sweets start disappearing from the kitchen, he starts putting two and two together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.7/1095 votesLoading...#4 - Men of Letters
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 2/21/1972
The local vicar asks the Steptoes if they will write an article for the parish magazine on the history of their profession. After arguing over who will write it, Harold gets the job, while Albert decides to get his own back with a crossword puzzle.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
8.5/10100 votesLoading...#5 - Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/1972
When Albert's older brother dies, he and Harold go to the funeral and meet the other members of the family. After the burial, they come back to the house for the reading of the will, but the family are in for a big shock.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
8.4/1092 votesLoading...#6 - A Star is Born
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 2/28/1972
Harold is offered a role in a new play performed by the local amateur dramatic society. They are to hold a rehearsal at his house but are one actor short, so Albert is asked to take part.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
8.3/1078 votesLoading...#7 - Come Dancing
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/1970
Harold's new girlfriend is a Come Dancing fan and she wants Harold to partner her in the local championship, but as Harold can't dance, Albert offers to teach him. All goes well until the big night, when Harold has a shock...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1064 votesLoading...#8 - Without Prejudice
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/1970
When Harold finally gets fed up of the house falling down around his ears, the noise of the aircrafts overhead and the cars in the street, he persuades Albert to move to a more upmarket neighbourhood.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/1082 votesLoading...#9 - Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/1972
When Albert gets a letter from the tax people, he confesses to Harold that he has been claiming for his dead wife. The two of them start to plan what to do, when the tax inspector arrives.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
8.2/1070 votesLoading...#10 - The Bath
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1963
Albert's habit of having a bath in the front room is ruining his son's love life. Harold has had enough and decides to build a proper bathroom but Albert is not happy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1070 votesLoading...#11 - Full House
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1963
Harold has arranged a poker game with a few friends. Albert is morally outraged by the idea of gambling. However, he sees Harold is being cheated by his 'friends' and decides to help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1080 votesLoading...#12 - Any Old Iron?
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/1970
When a customer calls into the yard, Albert suspects that he is gay. Harold doesn't believe him, until the customer asks him out on a date.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1061 votesLoading...#13 - Two's Company
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/1970
Albert is thinking about getting married and brings his fiance home to meet Harold. Imagine Harold's shock when she turns out to be an old girlfriend!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/1080 votesLoading...#14 - And So To Bed
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1974
When his old bed collapses, Harold buys a waterbed to try and impress his new girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1067 votesLoading...#15 - Sunday For Seven Days
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1964
Every Friday night, Harold has promised to take Albert out to the cinema, but it's always to a film that Harold wants to see, consequently Albert is bored to death and decides to wreak the whole evening.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1065 votesLoading...#16 - Those Magnificent Men and Their Heating Machines
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1965
Harold decides that he wants central heating for the house and plans to install the system himself.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1070 votesLoading...#17 - Pot Black
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/1970
Harold buys a second hand snooker table and has it set up in the front room. He is obsessed with beating Albert at least in one sport, even if it takes all night.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1054 votesLoading...#18 - The Three Feathers
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1970
When Harold buys a 19th century commode from a lady during his round, he thinks he has made a killing, but Albert has second thoughts.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1063 votesLoading...
#19 - Robbery with Violence
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/1970
While cleaning the house, Albert knocks over Harold's china cabinet and destroys his valuable collection. To cover up the accident he invents a story that the damage happened during a robbery. Then the press get involved...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1075 votesLoading...#20 - Porn Yesterday
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1974
Harold finds a 'What The Butler Saw' machine on the round and brings it home. After watching it, he realises that it stars his father as a young man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1082 votesLoading...#21 - The Bird
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/1962
Harold is going out every night, so Albert suspects that he must being 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1074 votesLoading...#22 - The Piano
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/1962
Harold is offered a piano, 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1056 votesLoading...#23 - Pilgrim's Progress
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1965
Harold takes Albert on a trip to France to see the battlefields of the First World War. But as soon as the plane has takes off, he starts arguing with an American passenger about their involvement in the conflict.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1084 votesLoading...#24 - Loathe Story
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/1972
Because Albert wins at most things that they do together, Harold tries to strangle him, while sleepwalking. After seeing a psychiatrist, he thinks he's cured, until he goes back home and finds out what Albert has been up to.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
7.9/1086 votesLoading...#25 - Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1974
Albert invites a spiritualist to give a reading so he can contact his dead wife, but Harold is sceptical over the whole thing...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Steptoe and Son
Every episode of Steptoe and Son ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Steptoe and Son!
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC One
Best Episodes Summary
"Divided We Stand" is the best rated episode of "Steptoe and Son". It scored 9.1/10 based on 124 votes. Directed by David Croft and written by N/A, it aired on 3/27/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Desperate Hours".