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The Curse of Steptoe

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.

Top Cast

  • Jason Isaacs

    Jason Isaacs

    Harry H Corbett

  • Phil Davis

    Phil Davis

    Wilfrid Brambell

  • Roger Allam

    Roger Allam

    Tom Sloan

  • Clare Higgins

    Clare Higgins

    Joan Littlewood

  • Burn Gorman

    Burn Gorman

    Ray Galton

  • Rory Kinnear

    Rory Kinnear

    Alan Simpson

  • Sophie Hunter

    Sophie Hunter

    Maureen Corbett

  • Zoë Tapper

    Zoë Tapper

    Sheila Steafel

Overview

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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