7.2/1067 votesLoading...#1 - The Economist
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/1962
Harold tries to teach Albert about the economics of running a business. He then ends up buying 400 sets of false teeth hoping to make a killing. When they don't sell, he takes their last £10.00 and tries again, this time bringing home 400 World War 2 gas masks.
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7.2/1070 votesLoading...#2 - The Diploma
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/1962
Harold decides to get out of the rag and bone trade and get a diploma in TV repair, only for Albert to prove that he knows more about it than him.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1059 votesLoading...#3 - Homes Fit For Heroes
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1964
Harold plans to sail around the world with a group of young adventurers, but first he has to persuade Albert to go into an old people's home. Then the problems start.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1058 votesLoading...#4 - My Old Man's a Tory
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1965
Harold invites the local Labour Party organizer to a meeting, hoping they will adopt him as their candidate for the next election. Albert, who supports the Tories, plans to thwart his ambitions.
Director: N/A
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7.3/1072 votesLoading...#5 - Back in Fashion
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1974
When a fashion photographer wants to use the junk yard as a backdrop for a fashion shoot, Albert says no... until they offer him a large fee. Harold sees it as a way to meet some trendy models.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1092 votesLoading...#6 - The Offer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1962
The very first episode of what was to become an all time classic comedy series. In this episode that introduces the characters Harold is very unhappy working as a rag and bone man, and wants to leave for a better job. Albert, his father, seeing his workforce about to leave, conspires to get him to stay.
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7.4/1065 votesLoading...#7 - Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1963
Hercules the horse is sick and the Steptoes' business is under threat. Fellow totters rally around and Albert and Harold hatch a plan to profit.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1060 votesLoading...#8 - A Box in Town
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1965
When Harold brings his current girlfriend back home after a date, he finds that he has to entertain her in the yard because Albert will not go upstairs to sleep. So he decides to leave and rent a flat in town.
Director: N/A
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7.4/1073 votesLoading...#9 - The Seven Steptoerai
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1974
When the local villain Frankie Barrow tries to start a protection racket, Albert and his friends, who have been taking lessons in kung fu, scare them off.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1066 votesLoading...#10 - Sixty-Five Today
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1963
Harold plans to take Albert out to celebrate his 65th birthday, but they disagree over everything and end up going home alone.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1064 votesLoading...#11 - The Wooden Overcoats
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1964
Harold buys a job lot of coffins and plans to store them in the house, only for Albert to object and threaten to sleep in the stable with the horse until they have been moved.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1062 votesLoading...#12 - A Winter's Tale
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/1970
Harold has booked a skiing holiday and he is planning to go on his own... until disaster strikes.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1054 votesLoading...#13 - Men of Property
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/1970
When Harold learns that the freehold of their house is about to run out, they go to the bank for a loan. But unknown to Harold, Albert has other plans for the money.
Director: N/A
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7.5/1060 votesLoading...#14 - Tea for Two
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/1970
During a bi-election, the local Tory party want Albert to entertain Ted Heath at the junk yard. When Harold finds out, he is furious and promises to do everything he can to stop it.
Director: N/A
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#15 - Steptoe a La Cart
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1964
Harold meets a French girl, and falls for her. When she meets Albert they talk about her family history and it becomes apparent that Albert may have dated her grandmother while on leave during the first war...
Director: N/A
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7.6/1063 votesLoading...#16 - Steptoe and Son - and Son!
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/1970
When a girl, 8 months pregnant turns up, Harold thinks that he is the father and they agree to get married, much to Albert's disgust. Then the real father shows up and Harold is left out in the cold.
Director: N/A
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- 7.6/1056 votesLoading...
#17 - The Colour Problem
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/3/1970
Harold wants to buy a new sports car, but Albert wants to spend the money on a brand new colour TV.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1055 votesLoading...#18 - T.B. or not T.B.?
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/1970
Harold persuades Albert to have an X Ray for T.B. but the hospital get the results mixed up, and Harold has to be retested.
Director: N/A
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7.6/1063 votesLoading...#19 - Cuckoo in the Nest
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/1970
Out of the blue, Albert's long lost son Arthur shows up from Australia, and much to Harold's horror, Albert offers him a partnership in their business, until he learns that Arthur is a lazy good-for-nothing.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1062 votesLoading...#20 - The Stepmother
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1963
Albert decides to get married again, but despite the qualities of his future stepmother, Harold does everything to put a stop to it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1061 votesLoading...#21 - A Musical Evening
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1963
Harold has acquired a collection of classical music records and plans a cultural evening. Albert hates it so much he takes some drastic action.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1062 votesLoading...#22 - Is That Your Horse Outside?
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1963
While out on his rounds Harold falls for a wealthy married woman. Albert is unimpressed and tries to talk Harold out of making a fool of himself.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1061 votesLoading...#23 - The Bonds That Bind Us
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1964
For years Albert has been buying premium bonds, hoping for a winner, while Harold is sceptical that he will ever win. Imagine Harold's surprise when finally one of the bonds comes up and Albert's in the money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1062 votesLoading...#24 - The Lodger
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/1964
In an attempt to bring in some money Albert decides to advertise for a lodger. Harold threatens to leave as soon as the lodger shows up.
Director: N/A
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7.7/1061 votesLoading...#25 - And Afterwards At
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1965
Harold finally gets to the altar with Albert as his best man.
Director: N/A
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The Worst Episodes of Steptoe and Son
Every episode of Steptoe and Son ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Economist" is the worst rated episode of "Steptoe and Son". It scored 7.2/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/28/1962. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Diploma".