R.I.P HARRY H CORBETT AND WILFRED BRAMBEL

There’s other films on here like this. First one is called Fear Off Fanny, about fanny Cradock the uk tv cook, and another called Fantabuloso about Kenneth Williams

@@its_Emilywoo I will give them a look for sure, thanks for the pointer Emily

This garbage and disrespectful

@@Maxx1066 what ?

His daughter says it was rubbish. There was no animosity. It is just a media beat up.

According to his daughter Suzannah Corbett they got along just fine, and respected each other.

Yes, Corbetts daughter has said they didn't hate eachother...

The play doesn't suggest they "hated" each other , rather that Harry H Corbett had ambitions to be a "proper" theatre actor in the grand tradition and always felt Steptoe & Son was a bit beneath him, and that Wilfrid Brambell's closet homosexuality (at a time when it was illegal in the UK) and drink issues effected him deeply and screwed things up.

They worked together brilliantly. They respected one another and they got on really really well. Wilfred Bramble’s alcoholism did tarnish his character somewhat, which irritated Harry H Corbett, but there was no fall out, nor did they hate each other. It was media spin and lies.

No they’re not. It’s a shit example of the programme.

@@orthodoxblue7252 Beethoven had his critics Name 3 …

Hmm. If you hear Wilfred talk his Irish twang often came out , I think the best is Steve Coogans attempt, just didnt hear it with this portrayal

Quite right. Look at Ian McKellen's vast repertoire as an example.

Many actors struggled with the crossover from theatre to television, especially in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Although TV allowed actors to reach a much greater number of people than theatre it was also the case that many actors became typecast by a tv role (like HH Corbett) and thereafter found it harder to land serious roles such as Shakespear. The downside to being in a populat TV show is that once the popularity of that show begins to wane, the actors then find it hard to find any other work (except maybe panto) which is what this biopic is attempting to portray.

Is that all it was ? Wow !

Surely Richard Burton is the greatest actor

It wasn't them you know!!

“Shut it, you! Or I’ll punch you into a sticky pile!”

Massively over exaggerated, they actually did get on 95% of the time

Yeah that was bullshit.... Another fine example of BBC shite

⁠@@Ajs_1988Spot on they did get on but Brambell’s excessive drinking could make him very aggressive and rude the straw that broke the camels back was the Australian tour but deep down they still had great respect for each other on another level. Brambell was a kind gentle and quiet person till he hits the drink and that side of him is what was obviously documented over the years. Corbett’s own daughter has even stated they were good friends and Brambell was also supportive of Corbett when he suffered his first heart attack in 1979 and heartbroken when he passed away in 1982.

That’s so sad, sometimes our demons get the better of us.

He was an actor of stature, worthy of so much more.

What a shame, but at least you noticed

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Andrew Lohmann I remember this well & chatted to him for ages. I was a star struck 13yr old! Lol

He was certainly exceedingly unpleasant to our school -outing group , without the slightest provokation.

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..and nowhere near enough light in the studios ... those EMIs swallowed a lot of photons ...

Phil imbued Wilfred with such loss, it was difficult to watch. How tragic to have been denied the love that was outlawed. It's just love! So sad.

+Ritchie Winters Galton & Simpson wrote this with them in mind, Harry & Willy had never worked together, it was pure luck they were both free and wanted to do it, the pilot was more a comedy drama than just a sit-com

jrgboy so what

+Ritchie Winters - Just saying they were not a double act or comic actors, they both came from serious acting backgrounds..

What about Hancock and James ?

@Mark Corfield aw, come on !

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Jason Issacs sounded nothing like Corbett.

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Agreed on everything but On the Buses wich was rubbish lowest common denom stuff the writing in the Likely lads First class Steptoe First class fawlty towers First class Rising Damp First Class also but The buses? NO

@@chipperleon7204 On The Buses, aye. Shite.

Most of the great sitcoms in the golden age was perfectly PC and apart from the episode Any Old Iron so too is Steptoe and Son

PC largely a right-wing media-driven myth. There is no great body of offended out there. If you believe there is, then all you're doing is perpetuating that myth.

Not at all, It was a distortion of the truth, They got on very well...

+Kim Smith Why is it sad to see reality? It doesn't diminish their performances on the show.

Yes, I thought so too.

Rather. It's BBC drama my lad. Always the best!

Its incredibly inaccurate timeline wise and leaves out so much Performance wise is amazing

The BBC literally produce sludge now days, utter unwatchable Woke cack.

@do br Specsave

well put

Jason Isaacs is always criminally underrated He was brilliant in Harry Potter and Event Horizon

Ok, nerdlinger

Blackadder

Yep for 1 he was 18 months old when his mum died not 4

This features a few false stuff but the other documentary “when Steptoe Met son” is even worse - 95% lies that. Read Harry’s daughters book, that’s the only thing to read if you want the truth.

James Henderson his wife would of known plus friends, its knowledge that would of been passed through the years

When was that, over 50 years ago, time to let it go and move on, lol

@@bob23301 Love to, still deeply traumatised, nothing has happened since.

@@andrewhoward7200What did Bramble do??😂

You're expecting honesty from the BBC?

Not awful at all. Well acted, and very watchable. It is intended as a dramatization, not a pastiche. It doesn't besmirch their memory at all, it only serves to emphasize what a fine comedy show it was.

Adding to that, Tom Sloane the head of light entertainment played by Roger Allam died in 1970 but appears in scenes that happen well after that point like the A Star is Born episode from 1972. Speaking of which the clip recreated with a boy asking Harold if he is an actor takes place in daylight; the original was a nighttime scene after the play he was in has finished.

Yeah I did also note the 'day instead of night' gaffe with the scene recreated from A Star is Born. However, I wasn't aware of Tom Sloan's premature death in 1970. This massively adds to the serious liberties they took with accuracy. Actually another scene which grated on me slightly was the one showing the two SOS actors sitting in the BBC bar both cross dressed, presumably after recording the episode 'Live now, PAYE later'. However, in this episode they were not cross dressed at the same time, Albert having gone back to his normal dress in the final scene with Harold only then appearing in drag. So this would not have resulted in the post-recording scenario as depicted in TCOS.

david havve you ever heard of the bbc strike in the 60s and 70 even on the busses was in black and white even tho colour was available it was all due to strikes back then

The audience for the final episode in 1974 were the same and dressed the same as in 1962

@@mikemorgan7893 All four of you's sad basturds need to get out more for fucks sake

You do understand that neither of the real actors portrayed in this movie were actual londoners? Bramble was irish and corbett was from the manchester area, that is why the accents are different throughout this production.

I suppose it's meant to be 'moody' and atmospheric. Actually it was boring.

They'd probably be pissed off as it's full of inaccuracies and slander.

@@JeffreyKitsch Yes a British Thing. If something is good, 'lets see if we can find something wrong with it.

Two brilliant comedy actors with two superb comedy writers. Pathos and Comedy at its best! Just doesn't happen nowadays.

I wonder what they thought of the american remake.

@@gazza2933 More a BBC thing, i'd say.

Very Shakespeare.

Don't know. Look. It's free. LOL

+ian smith Are you referring to a steptoe episode with Sid James? i don't think their is one..or a Sid James show? he did 'George and the Dragon' with Peggy mount...its on here and is great show too:)

I found what I was looking for and it was about the love affair between sid james and Barbra Windsor called Ohh Err .... well that's what came up when searching :)

+ian smith citizen james

Thanks Mike :)

+ian smith ,There was a teleplay called 'Cor Blimey', it did focus a lot on Sid & Barbara Windsor's relationship during the Carry On films, is that the one you mean ??

He didn't do either!! he died in '81 think it was a heart attack not 100% sure tho

@@michaelm4950 He did he died in '82 at the age of 57 but his daughter said he had put his professional frustration about Steptoe behind him and that he enjoyed being a father and a family man on their farm and that he was brilliant dad

Such a shame they didn't get on off screen

I'm sure we would like to think that Unicorns fart rainbows, but reality is always a hard task master. Always better to get to the heart and truth of the matter. I'm sure every woman reaches this conclusion the first time her Husband calls her a bitch and smacks her across the face, the second she asserts herself in a marriage.

@@starquant Yere......because every marriage is abusive right?

@@dirkbogarde44 A marriage remains copacetic when women don't challenge anything in it.

@@dirkbogarde44 To a feminist it is.

Yeah it only goes for over an hour It feels like it should have been way longer I'm no actor and never want to be Choosing theatre over an opportunity like a sitcom on tv? Even considering it? Was this a product of the times or is this a real thing?

Well spotted that fella.. 👍👍