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Steptoe and Son: Season 8

Poster for Steptoe and Son Season 8

6 episodes · first aired 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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  1. 1 Back in Fashion Sep 4, 1974 · 30m 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…
  2. 2 Porn Yesterday Sep 11, 1974 · 30m 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.
  3. 3 And So To Bed Sep 18, 1974 · 30m When his old bed collapses, Harold buys a waterbed to try and impress his new girlfriend.
  4. 4 The Seven Steptoerai Sep 25, 1974 · 30m 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.
  5. 5 Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs, Downstairs Oct 2, 1974 · 30m 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…
  6. 6 Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard Oct 10, 1974 · 30m Albert invites a spiritualist to give a reading so he can contact his dead wife, but Harold is sceptical over the whole thing...