Steptoe and Son (1962)

2 corrected entries in season 8

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Starring: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell

Genres: Comedy

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Christmas Special 1974 (a.k.a. A Perfect Christmas) - S8-E7

Corrected entry: When Harold finds his toy bus from his childhood as he puts it on the floor you can see the camera reflected in the windows.

Correction: The reflection in the toy bus window is the dog shaped charity collection box seen earlier in this episode not the camera.

Christmas Special 1974 (a.k.a. A Perfect Christmas) - S8-E7

Corrected entry: In this episode it is revealed that Albert never knew who his father was, as it reads "unknown" for father's name on his birth certificate. But in previous episodes such as "A Winter's Tale", Albert mentions he has a sister in Stoke-on-Trent, and in "Oh What a Beautiful Mourning", Albert came from a family of 14 children.

Correction: None of that means that he has to know who his father is. If his mother was promiscuous, it's entirely plausible that he could live with her and his siblings but not know the identity of his father.

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Christmas Special 1974 (a.k.a. A Perfect Christmas) - S8-E7

Visible crew/equipment: Christmas Special 1974: When Harold is playing with the toy bus you can see the camera reflected in its windows.

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Christmas Special 1974 (a.k.a. A Perfect Christmas) - S8-E7

Albert: I like Christmas TV - all them stars giving up their Christmases just to entertain us.
Harold: They don't give up their Christmases. All them programmes is recorded in October. When it comes Christmas they're all sunning themselves in the south of France; it's just us lot sat here in the cold watching them, ah you so simple.

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Trivia: This show was remade in America as "Sanford and Son".

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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?

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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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