<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Steptoe and Son </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Corbett (left) and Brambell (right) as Harold and Albert . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Ray Galton and Alan Simpson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Starring </Th> <Td> Harry H. Corbett Wilfrid Brambell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of series </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 57 (list of episodes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 30--45 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> BBC Worldwide 2entertain ABC (Australia, home video) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> BBC 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> 405 - line Black - and - white (1962--65) 625 - line Black - and - white (1970) 625 - line PAL (1970--74) 1080i HDTV (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Audio format </Th> <Td> Monaural Surround sound 5.1 (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> Original run: 4 January 1962 (1962 - 01 - 04)--26 December 1974 Special: 15 September 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Steptoe and Son (1972) Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) When Steptoe Met Son (2002) The Curse of Steptoe (2008) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Steptoe and Son </Th> </Tr>

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