Steptoe and Son: The Bonds That Bind Us
6:15 pm - 6:50 pm, Friday, March 13 on That's TV (56)
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The Bonds That Bind Us
Season 3, Episode 6
Albert has a win on the premium bonds and sets about transforming himself into a suave man about town, attracting the attention of a conniving gold-digger in the process. June Whitfield guest stars, with Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Wilfrid Brambell
(Actor)
.. Albert Steptoe
Harry H Corbett
(Actor)
.. Harold Steptoe
June Whitfield
(Actor)
.. Madge
Ray Galton
(Writer)
Alan Simpson
(Writer)
Duncan Wood
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Wilfrid Brambell
(Actor)
.. Albert Steptoe
Harry H Corbett
(Actor)
.. Harold Steptoe
June Whitfield
(Actor)
.. Madge
Born:
November 11, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Terry and June, and Absolutely Fabulous.
Early-life:
Born June Rosemary Whitfield in Streatham, London, on November 11, 1925. Her mother had hoped to become an actress, but was forbidden to do so by her father. Instead, she appeared in amateur dramatics and encouraged June to enter showbusiness by enrolling her in dance classes at the age of three. Her father was a company director. After the Second World War she moved to Huddersfield with her parents and trained to be a secretary before attending RADA, after which she landed her first professional role on the London stage.
Career:
Whitfield became one of BBC Radio's most beloved stars - 22 million people regularly tuned in to her show Take It From Here during the 1950s - but is probably best known for her TV appearances, and has starred alongside Frankie Howerd, Peter Sellers and Tony Hancock. Among her many comedy programmes during the first half of her career were Steptoe and Son, Hancock's Half Hour and The Benny Hill Show. Her long professional relationship with Terry Scott resulted in such series as Happy Ever After and Terry and June. She has also appeared in several Carry On films. Since then Whitfield has won acclaim in Absolutely Fabulous, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, Jude and Mirrorball.
Quote:
'I was never a great beauty. I think I amused more than I aroused. But at least that meant I didn't feel the pressures that many glamorous actresses do when they reach a certain age. Playing mums and grans never bothered me.'
Trivia:
She was awarded an OBE in 1985, and a CBE in 1998.
Ray Galton
(Writer)
Alan Simpson
(Writer)
Duncan Wood
(Director)
