Season 1, Episode 1: The Offer: Pilot Original Air Date—5 January 1962 Harold Steptoe is thirty-seven and,since leaving the army,has been a drudge for his widowed, selfish father Albert,totting for goods to sell in their rag-and-bone business. One day Harold gets the offer of a better job and is determined to take it. Albert,however,fearing loneliness if Harold goes, knows just how to keep his son at home. www.imdb.com
