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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.
Release
2008-03-18
Director
Original language
English
Runtime
1 hour 7 minutes
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt1179838/
Homepage
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009hp17