The Curse of Steptoe

2008

1h 7m

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In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.

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Brian Fillis(writer by)
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Jason Isaacs
Harry H Corbett
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Phil Davis
Wilfrid Brambell
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Roger Allam
Tom Sloan
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Clare Higgins
Joan Littlewood
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Burn Gorman
Ray Galton
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Rory Kinnear
Alan Simpson
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Sophie Hunter
Maureen Corbett
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Zoë Tapper
Sheila Steafel

Writers

Brian Fillis(writer by)

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Release date

March 18, 2008 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production company

BBC

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