[Inspector Abberline]

Steptoe and Son
Pot Black.
Harold buys a full size snooker table and all the trimmings from the local snooker hall,and to Albert annoyance,Harold is having the full size table delivered and placed in there sitting room.Unfortunately with the table in place it does not exactly leave a lot of room for anything else,including using the cues.Of course this is another in a long line of examples of Harold trying to beat and get one over Albert,Harold is determined to beat Albert at any cost but as usual he seems unable to beat him,whether its down to Harold's incompetence or Albert's luck and cheating. Well after loosing badly to Albert inside the sitting room,Harold has the genius idea of moving it out into there scrap yard where there will be more room to play.where he is still determined to beat his old man.Even though they play till four in the morning in the pouring rain and thunder and lightening,Harold will not quit until he has beaten Albert once and for all.Even though Harold eventually wins,mainly because Albert throws the game so he can get out of the rain,what Harold does not see,because he is making a celebratory cup of tea,is Albert performing several trick shots on the snooker table,thus proving his skill at the game without humiliating his son.Another classic episode from the writers Alan Simpson RIP and Ray Galton,this was episode 6 series 6,and unfortunately this was an episode that got wiped by the BBC in there extreme wisdom and the the only version available is a black and white copy,that suffers slightly from being a little bit fuzzy,but is still very watchable especially if you are a die hard fan. It deal with Harold's continual inability to deal with the fact that his father Albert is always beating him at what ever Harold tries to do,hobbies,sports or women.The episode is basically,just the two actors Wilfrid Brambell, and Harry H. Corbett,apart the removal men,one of which is an unaccredited Arthur Mullard.You can keep your modern gross out comedies,nothing can beat Albert making Steak and Kidney pie with his false teeth as pastry cutter,eughhhhhhhhhhhh.....