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The Desperate Hours

Steptoe and Son Series 5
Episode 1 of 6

Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV. With Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From May 1974.

After news of a jail break at Wormwood Scrubs, Albert and Harold get some unwelcome visitors.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Classic sitcom about the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

Written for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV and adapted for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett
Johnny Spooner …. Leonard Rossiter
Frank Ferris …. Paddy Joyce

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 in May 1974.

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