The Curse of Steptoe
In the early 1960s aspiring stage actor Harry H. Corbett jumps at the chance to play junk-dealer Harold Steptoe in a television comedy show 'Steptoe and Son'. However, the show's success proves to be a poisoned chalice for him, type-casting him and thwarting his stage ambitions. Wilfrid Brambell, the actor playing his father, is marginalized in a different way. He is a gay man in an England where homosexuality is still illegal.
Cast
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Jason Isaacs
Played Harry H Corbett
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Phil Davis
Played Wilfrid Brambell
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Roger Allam
Played Tom Sloan
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Clare Higgins
Played Joan Littlewood
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Burn Gorman
Played Ray Galton
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Rory Kinnear
Played Alan Simpson
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Sophie Hunter
Played Maureen Corbett
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Zoë Tapper
Played Sheila Steafel
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