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The Desperate Hours

Steptoe and Son Series 5
Episode 1 of 6

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

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

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

With Leonard Rossiter.

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

Written for 麻豆社 TV and adapted for 麻豆社 Radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the 麻豆社 Radio 2 in May 1974.

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