S7.E6

Divided We Stand

Name: Divided We Stand
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1972-03-27
Duration: 28 min
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Harry H. Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell

Episode aired Mar 27, 1972
TV-PG
28m

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

127

YOUR RATING

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

Comedy

Harold wants to re-decorate but cannot agree on a colour scheme with his father so they agree to put a partition down the living room and have their own space on either side. There is even a... Read allHarold wants to re-decorate but cannot agree on a colour scheme with his father so they agree to put a partition down the living room and have their own space on either side. There is even a coin-operated turnstile put in the hall which each must feed to pass through common groun... Read allHarold wants to re-decorate but cannot agree on a colour scheme with his father so they agree to put a partition down the living room and have their own space on either side. There is even a coin-operated turnstile put in the hall which each must feed to pass through common ground. Unfortunately when the house catches fire the turnstile severely limits the firemen who... Read all

Director
- David Croft
Writers
- Ray Galton
- Alan Simpson
Stars
- Harry H. Corbett
- Wilfrid Brambell

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IMDb RATING

9.1/10

127

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Croft
Writers
- Ray Galton
- Alan Simpson
Stars
- Harry H. Corbett
- Wilfrid Brambell

5User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

Goofs
As can be glimpsed through the sets' slatted back, particularly during the battle for control, the Steptoe's TV is an empty shell with no innards or screen.

Quotes
[after an argument, Harold and Albert have built a partition down the middle of the flat: one side is for Harold and the other side is for Albert. The partition divides the television, with half the screen on each side. Harold is trying to convince Albert to change the TV channel]
Harold Steptoe: We had an agreement, we shook hands. I've got the law of contract on my side.
Albert Edward Ladysmith Steptoe: [grinning] I have the knobs on my side.

Connections
Referenced in Mike & Angelo: A House Divided (1991)

User reviews5

Featured review

10/10

Painfully funny

It is no wonder Steptoe and Son is so often regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all times, one of the best offerings has to be Divided we stand.

Fed up of living in squalor, and having ideas of living in something more palatial, Harold tries convincing Albert to redecorate, he's got ideas of flock wallpaper and new carpets. Naturally Albert puts a spanner in the works by refusing every option. Incensed by the lack of cooperation Harold can see no other way forward then dividing the house in two, partitions separating each room and a coin operated turnstile in the hall which each must pass through. It all goes wrong when a cloth goes up in flames on the Kitchen, the fire brigade turn up, even they have to put coins in to get through the turnstile, the two land up in hospital.

It is an utterly hilarious episode, it is so funny, there are so many good moments to pick out, the television scene of course, the cruet set, the line that always gets me though is 'even the bleedin firemen had to put pennies in the turnstile, utterly genius.

Total brilliance. 10/10