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Steptoe and Son

Season 8 · 6 episodes · Sep 4, 1974

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.

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    Episode 1

    Back in Fashion

    Sep 4, 1974

    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

    Sep 11, 1974

    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

    Sep 18, 1974

    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

    Sep 25, 1974

    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

    Oct 2, 1974

    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

    Oct 10, 1974

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