Steptoe and Son

- Season 3

(1964)

Harold is planning to join the crew of a sailing ship travelling the world for two years, so he puts a reluctant and unhappy Albert into an old people's home in the country. In the end, however, it is Harold who is made to feel old as the other crew members are all twenty-somethings and feel he would not fit in so his trip is off, meaning a delighted Albert can return home.

Trouble ensues when Harold brings home a cart full of coffins.

Harold and Albert are offered lead by Welsh Hughie a dodgy sort of character who claims to have got it legitimately from a local church. Albert is suspicious but they decide to buy the lead anyway for 10 quid as it would fetch 50 quid on the market. When a policeman comes round searching for lead, the Steptoes decide to dump the lead in the river but little did they know the lead came from their own roof in the first place.

Harold meets a French girl Monique and asks her around to his place to meet his Dad. But unbeknown to Harold, Albert speaks perfect French and is a hit with Monique. But as they get to talking about Albert's past in France they have the realization that Albert is in fact Monique's Grandfather, which means that Harold is dating his niece.

Steptoe and Son decide to go to the movies, but are split over which film to see. Harold wants to see Fellini's '8½ (1963)', while Albert prefers Nudes of 1964.

Albert wins £1000 on the Premium Bonds and is intent on spending it himself.

When Albert advertises for a lodger, selling the room as being in a mews flat, this is too much for Harold, who gets a new job in removals and moves out of the house in Oil Drum Lane. However Harold's new job does not work out and he is relieved to find that his father failed to get a lodger and so things revert back to normal.