It is no wonder Steptoe and Son is so often regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all times, one of the best offerings has to be Divided we stand.
Fed up of living in squalor, and having ideas of living in something more palatial, Harold tries convincing Albert to redecorate, he's got ideas of flock wallpaper and new carpets. Naturally Albert puts a spanner in the works by refusing every option. Incensed by the lack of cooperation Harold can see no other way forward then dividing the house in two, partitions separating each room and a coin operated turnstile in the hall which each must pass through. It all goes wrong when a cloth goes up in flames on the Kitchen, the fire brigade turn up, even they have to put coins in to get through the turnstile, the two land up in hospital.
It is an utterly hilarious episode, it is so funny, there are so many good moments to pick out, the television scene of course, the cruet set, the line that always gets me though is 'even the bleedin firemen had to put pennies in the turnstile, utterly genius.
Total brilliance. 10/10
Fed up of living in squalor, and having ideas of living in something more palatial, Harold tries convincing Albert to redecorate, he's got ideas of flock wallpaper and new carpets. Naturally Albert puts a spanner in the works by refusing every option. Incensed by the lack of cooperation Harold can see no other way forward then dividing the house in two, partitions separating each room and a coin operated turnstile in the hall which each must pass through. It all goes wrong when a cloth goes up in flames on the Kitchen, the fire brigade turn up, even they have to put coins in to get through the turnstile, the two land up in hospital.
It is an utterly hilarious episode, it is so funny, there are so many good moments to pick out, the television scene of course, the cruet set, the line that always gets me though is 'even the bleedin firemen had to put pennies in the turnstile, utterly genius.
Total brilliance. 10/10