At its peak Steptoe and Son pulled in 28 million viewers on British television. The two stars of the show, Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett,...
Wilfrid Brambell, iconic star of BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, was homosexual at a time when it was illegal to be so in the UK. On...
Steptoe and Son was about an ambitious young man – well, 39 – anxious to better himself but repeatedly held back by conniving single parent. It...
Sanford and Son debuted as a mid-season replacement in January 1972 and was an instant success. It was produced by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin, the...
A Winter’s Tale is the second of three recreations of lost sitcoms put together as part of the BBC’s Sitcom Season. This Steptoe and Son revival,...
Commissioned to celebrate the 60th anniversary of their first big sitcom Hancock’s Half Hour hitting the screen the BBC have come up with a brilliant idea,...
A good format is a good format, so it’s easy to see why the attraction is there when it comes to remaking overseas shows for a...
In August of 1960 four men stood on a bare stage in plain dark clothing and, relying on nothing but the sheer force of their intelligence...