Steptoe and Son
Season 2
Not Rated
Thirtysomething Harold and his elderly father Albert work as rag-and-bone men (collecting and selling junk). Harold is ambitious and wants to better himself, but his father always seems to ruin his plans, sometimes accidentally and other times deliberately. The pair live in squalor and the father has some disgusting personal habits which continuously embarrass the son.
Where to Watch Season 2
7 Episodes
- Wallah-Wallah Catsmeat
E1Episode 1Wallah-Wallah CatsmeatWhen Hercules the horse seems to be ill, an initially depressed Harold is much cheered when the other rag and bone men bring good quality goods for him to sell since he can't go out totting himself. And when the vet explains that Hercules is merely suffering from insomnia and not destined to become Wallah-Wallah cats meat, Harold uses the situation to his advantage. - The Bath
E2Episode 2The BathHarold wishes they had a proper bath, not just the old tin one in which his father sits, wearing only his hat and eating. He tries to build one in Albert's room, making his father sleep under the stairs. When Harold invites girl-friend Delilah round, he is incensed to see Albert in the bath. He makes him get out and covers it with a table cloth but Delilah assumes it's a chair, sits on it and falls through. - The Stepmother
E3Episode 3The StepmotherHarold is not happy when Albert announces that he intends to marry widowed sweet-shop owner Emma Marshall, especially as he will be kicked out of the house if the wedding goes ahead. When Emma comes to visit he deliberately gets his father annoyed so that Emma sees his nasty side and calls off the wedding. - A Musical Evening
E5Episode 5A Musical EveningHarold has bought a load of old records and plans to add them to his collection. Albert on the other hand has got a job lot of shoes and mends them very noisily whilst Harold is trying to listen to the records. In the resultant fight records are smashed and the keys to the yard lost so that the pair have to spend the rest of the musical evening finding them. - Full House
E6Episode 6Full HouseAlbert is unhappy when Harold brings three new friends round to play cards, suspecting, rightly, that they are cheats taking advantage of Harold's gullibility. So he sends Harold out to buy a jug of beer and takes his place at the card table. When Harold returns he finds that his father - who has said that gambling is a sin - is a better cheat than the card-sharps and has won all their money back. - Is That Your Horse Outside?
E7Episode 7Is That Your Horse Outside?Harold meets and falls for Dorothia, a wealthy woman who has been separated from her husband for five years. He thinks they have a future together. His father thinks that she is merely amusing herself with a bit of rough. Sadly for Harold he discovers that Albert is right when he goes to the house and finds the coalman's lorry outside.
