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6 episodes

Steptoe and Son - Season 8

First aired Sep 4, 1974Season 8

A fashion shoot at the Steptoes' yard, Harold's troubled love life and Albert's unexpected interests provide a series of unusual disruptions to their routine. Their final run also finds them dealing with family secrets, physical setbacks and Albert's attempts to contact the dead.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Back in Fashion

NR
Sep 4, 197430 min

When a fashion photographer wants to use the junk yard as a backdrop for a fashion shoot, Albert says no... until they offer him a large fee. Harold sees it as a way to meet some trendy models.

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Episode 2

Porn Yesterday

NR
Sep 11, 197430 min

Harold finds a 'What The Butler Saw' machine on the round and brings it home. After watching it, he realises that it stars his father as a young man.

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Episode 3

And So To Bed

NR
Sep 18, 197430 min

When his old bed collapses, Harold buys a waterbed to try and impress his new girlfriend.

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Episode 4

The Seven Steptoerai

NR
Sep 25, 197430 min

When the local villain Frankie Barrow tries to start a protection racket, Albert and his friends, who have been taking lessons in kung fu, scare them off.

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Episode 5

Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs

NR
Oct 2, 197430 min

Albert has slipped a disc, and is confined to his bed - so Harold has to wait on him hand and foot. When beer and sweets start disappearing from the kitchen, he starts putting two and two together.

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Episode 6

Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard

NR
Oct 10, 197430 min

Albert invites a spiritualist to give a reading so he can contact his dead wife, but Harold is sceptical over the whole thing...