S8.E6

Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard

Name: Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-10-10
Duration: 29 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell, Patricia Routledge

Episode aired Oct 10, 1974
29m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

YOUR RATING

Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, and Gilly Flower in Steptoe and Son (1962)

Comedy

Albert comes in late one night having got involved with séances and local medium Madame Fontana, who communicates with the dead via her spirit guide Geronimo. Harold is sceptical and messes ... Read allAlbert comes in late one night having got involved with séances and local medium Madame Fontana, who communicates with the dead via her spirit guide Geronimo. Harold is sceptical and messes about when Albert produces a Ouija board. However Madame Fontana comes to the house to giv... Read allAlbert comes in late one night having got involved with séances and local medium Madame Fontana, who communicates with the dead via her spirit guide Geronimo. Harold is sceptical and messes about when Albert produces a Ouija board. However Madame Fontana comes to the house to give a séance, along with Dorothy, a widow Albert hopes to marry. Through Madame Fontana the ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Harold is 40. His mother was Emily.

Goofs
Neither Steptoe finds it worrying that when Emily contacts them via Madame Fontana her name isn't Gladys, as established in Live Now, P.A.Y.E. Later (1972) during the previous season.

Quotes
Harold Steptoe: You ain't been going to them cordon bleus lately. I think you've been playing the wag, judging by that load of old rubbish you served up last night.
Albert Steptoe: That was a coq au vin!
Harold Steptoe: That was a cock-up; I don't know where the "van" come in. Well, there shouldn't be feathers in the gravy, surely?

Connections
Featured in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

Soundtracks
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
(uncredited)
Composed by Gustav Mahler

User reviews3

Featured review

9/10

A classic.

Patricia Routledge puts in a storming performance as medium Madam Fontana, in one of the best, most memorable episodes.

Some very funny lines, and great comedy visuals, primarily from Routledge, but what makes this one so enjoyable, is the reversal of the two main characters. Here it's Albert who we feel sorry for, he's the one we feel sorry for, his attempts to find love with Dotty, scuppered.

Routledge's Henry VIII is hilarious, but it's the seance that gives the laughs.

I'd call it a classic. 9/10