Editing Steptoe and Son (section)

====''The Curse of Steptoe''====
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'''''The Curse of Steptoe''''' is a [[television play]] which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on [[BBC Four]] as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars [[Jason Isaacs]] as [[Harry H. Corbett]] and [[Phil Davis (actor)|Phil Davis]] as [[Wilfrid Brambell]]. The drama is based upon the actors' on-and-off-screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom ''Steptoe and Son'', and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the ''Steptoe'' writers, [[Ray Galton]] and [[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Alan Simpson]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/11_november/28/drama.shtml |title=BBC Four unveils new drama season |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=28 November 2007 |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama ''[[Fanny Cradock#Works about Fanny Cradock|Fear of Fanny]]'', which is about television personality [[Fanny Cradock]] off-screen. The 66-minute film is directed by [[Michael Samuels (director)|Michael Samuels]] and produced by Ben Bickerton.

Both ''When Steptoe Met Son'' and ''The Curse of Steptoe'' were considered inaccurate by writers [[Ray Galton|Galton]] and [[Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)|Simpson]]<ref name="entertainment.timesonline.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3484755.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516230121/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3484755.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 May 2008 |title=Scriptwriters reject the 'Curse of Comedy' |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=8 March 2008 |access-date=7 February 2011 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Simon Mayo Programme 2009">Simon Mayo Programme, ''[[BBC Radio 5 Live]]'', 15 January 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/14692/The-shame-of-Steptoe |title=The shame of Steptoe |first=Simon |last=Edge |newspaper=Daily Express|date=26 July 2007 |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> and [[Harry H. Corbett|Corbett's]] family.<ref name="steptoe-and-son.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.steptoe-and-son.com/corbettmessage.html |work=steptoe-and-son.com |title=An important message from the Corbett family}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.express.co.uk/dayandnight/39154/Steptoe-drama-is-slammed |title=Steptoe drama is slammed |newspaper=[[Daily Express]] |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>