Steptoe and Son - Season 1 (1962)

Harold Steptoe is thirty-seven and, since leaving the army, has been a drudge for his widowed, selfish father Albert, totting for goods to sell in their rag-and-bone business. One day Harold gets the offer of a better job and is determined to take it. Albert, however, fearing loneliness if Harold goes, knows just how to keep his son at home.

Harold has met a woman called Roxanne, who is coming round to the Steptoes' house for a meal. Albert is not happy. Suppose she and Harold get together and leave him. Roxanne is an hour late in turning up, by which time the dinner has spoiled and Harold tells her to push off. What a pity he didn't realize that Albert put the hands on the clock forward and she really was on time.

Harold has the offer of a piano, which its owner is selling cheap. Unfortunately it's in a top floor flat and Harold has to get Albert to help move it downstairs. Albert is incompetent and Harold rails at him, which doesn't please the piano owner, who feels Harold should respect his father. When a policeman comes to tell Harold his horse and cart are illegally parked, he goes off the idea of the piano and leaves it stuck in the doorway.