Steptoe and Son (TV Series) Sunday for Seven Days (1964) User Reviews

An out and out classic.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 11 August 2019]

Harold spends ages trying to find a film that his father hasn't seen, and a venue that he'll be allowed into. Nudes of 1964 is on, but Harold wants something a little more high brow. What follows in the cinema, is comedy gold, and some of the finest moments in this illustrious show's history.

I often wonder if the famous episode of Only fools and horses, with Juney, was inspired by the scenes here. I detest being at the theatre or cinema, with someone next to me crunching or rustling sweet wrappers. Albert's callous disregard for those around him and lack of awareness of his behaviour is hilarious, it's wonderful, real life, observational humour.

I love the scene where the whole audience erupts into conflict, all because of Albert's drink and brass fenders.

Golden. 9/10

Sunday for Seven Days

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 3 February 2017]

The Steptoe's are spending a night at the movies and Harold wants to develop his cultural sensibilities by watching Fellini's 8 1/2. Albert wants nothing much to do with this foreign subtitled rubbish unless it is a foreign mucky movie. In fact he is more interested in the nude movie that is on in the next screen. After all while Harold is doing his rounds, Albert has seen all the decent films as he pops down in the afternoons and been banned from the odd cinema for lewd behaviour.

Albert sabotages Harold's viewing by being a pest and in turn nearly causes a riot at the cinema causing both of them to be chucked out. Of course it is all deliberately staged by Albert so he can watch the the nudie film.

Over fifty years on and nothing has changed, you still get irritating pests in the cinema but at least in this episode you can have a laugh.