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STEPTOE AND SON IN MURDER AT OIL DRUM LANE
- Episode No. 1
The only known complete copy was recorded on a domestic video format (e.g. VHS, Beta, Philips 1500).
STEPTOE AND SON
- 06.03.1970 A Death in the Family
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 13.03.1970 A Winter's Tale
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 20.03.1970 Any Old Iron?
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 27.03.1970 Steptoe and Son – And Son
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 03.04.1970 The Colour Problem
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 10.04.1970 T.B. Or Not T.B.?
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 17.04.1970 Men of Property
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour.
- 02.11.1970 Robbery with Violence
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 16.11.1970 Two's Company
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 23.11.1970 Tea for Two
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 30.11.1970 Without Prejudice
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 07.12.1970 Pot Black
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour. - 14.12.1970 The Three Feathers
The only known complete copy was taken from a black-and-white domestic video recording but the programme was originally recorded in colour.
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS
- 25.12.1962 Steptoe and Son (missing)
- 25.12.1967 Steptoe and Son
A domestic audio recording exists of the soundtrack, but the programme itself has been lost.
One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
These programmes, which exist complete, matched your search.
These productions, which exist in the archives, matched your search.
- GOLDMASTER: Steptoe and Son (14.02.1997)
- BOB MONKHOUSE AUDIO RECORDINGS: Steptoe and Son
- STEPTOE AND SON (RADIO): Steptoe and Son – And Son (02.05.1971)
- LANDMARK SITCOM SEASON: Steptoe and Son: A Winter's Tale (14.09.2016)
- SPIN-OFF FEATURE FILMS BASED ON TELEVISION SERIES: Steptoe and Son [1972 Release] (04.04.1977)
- SPIN-OFF FEATURE FILMS BASED ON TELEVISION SERIES: Steptoe and Son Ride Again [1973 Release] (28.12.1978)
If the programme you were looking for isn’t here there could be a number of reasons: It’s worth double-checking that you typed in your search string correctly. But if you’re sure you have, please bear in mind that there are a lot of programmes we don’t have any information on at all.
If the programme you’re searching for falls into one of these categories:
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Some Children’s Magazine and Music Shows then we probably don’t have any information on it, so it might be missing, particularly if it was made in 1979 or earlier.
Lastly, don’t forget that we only hold information on British TV programmes, you won’t be able to find any information about programmes made for American or Australian television, for example. Just because we don’t have a listing for your programme doesn’t mean that it isn’t of interest to us. It just means that we don’t have any information about it.
We’ve got details on more than 175,000 different episodes, almost 40,000 of which are not thought to exist in the ‘official’ archives. Now, before you get too depressed by this fact, some of these are really old shows which were made before television programmes were generally recorded at all. We realise it’s very unlikely that these older programmes will exist at all, but there’s always the chance that someone recorded some 8mm film footage of them off their television screen or maybe made a sound recording of them while they were being broadcast. That’s still of interest to us.
However, our main hope is that someone will be able to help us recover some programmes which were recorded, but which are now thought to be lost for ever. That’s what this search engine is for – to help you identify whether that old film print you’ve got in your attic, or that old video recording you made back in the early 1970s is missing from the archives.
You could type in a programme name, or an episode name and click on ‘Search’ and it will give you some summary information whether or not the programme is lost. You don’t have to enter a complete name, entering part of the name – unless it’s very short – should find it too. If some or all of that programme is lost, you can click on the link and get further details. If it’s a music or variety programme you have, you may be able to locate it by typing in the names of one of the main guests and clicking on ‘Search’. This information is far from complete, but it may help you to identify a particular edition.
Our information is good, but it’s not perfect. There will be mistakes in it, and we know it’s incomplete. In particular, information is very patchy on programmes in the some categories. This website only contains information concerning British broadcasts. Happy searching!