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The Offer

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As the rag and bone men argue, Harold is set to leave. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From 1966.

After a row with his father Albert, Harold decides to leave their rag and bone business and take up another offer of employment.

Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962.

The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold.

This was to spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

Adapted for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.

Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell
Harold ...... Harry H Corbett

Producer: Bobby Jaye

First broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Light Programme in July 1966.

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30 minutes

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