Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son (1962)

2 visible crew/equipment mistakes in The Party - chronological order

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The Party - S7-E8

Visible crew/equipment: As the closing theme music starts playing, Albert and Harold pull a cracker. When they stand up while pulling the cracker, the boom mike is in shot above their heads.

Divided We Stand - S7-E6

Revealing mistake: When Harold and Albert are watching football on TV you only see the TV set from the back. If you look through the air vents you can see straight through it it - obviously a prop with no screen in it.

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Trivia: Even though Wilfrid Brambell played Harry H. Corbett's father in this series, he was only 13 years older than Corbett.

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Question: When exactly was Harold born? Throughout the whole show, both Harold and Albert give conflicting answers about Harold's age. For example, Albert states that Harold was born in 1932, yet in earlier seasons, it's said that Harold fought in World War 2. Could someone please explain?

Socks1000

Chosen answer: There is no definitive answer. In the original run of the series in the early sixties, Harold was given a birth year of 1925, matching that of Harry H Corbett, who played him, making him old enough to have fought in the war. When the show was brought back in the early seventies, his birth year was, for no immediately obvious reason, revised to 1932.

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