http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/no ... oe-and-son
"BBC concedes Steptoe and Son drama was misleading"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7747806.stm
complaint filed by relative
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The issue here though is that many viewers took it at face value and believed it to be an honest depiction of their lives, which is kind of misleading.
As a kind of sidenote -- the Beeb's been under a lot of scrutiny lately what with accusations of fake game shows and the Russell Brand/Jonathon Ross debacle, so I'm not surprised that even though they're defending their position, they will not air Steptoe again until the inaccuracies have been corrected.
As a kind of sidenote -- the Beeb's been under a lot of scrutiny lately what with accusations of fake game shows and the Russell Brand/Jonathon Ross debacle, so I'm not surprised that even though they're defending their position, they will not air Steptoe again until the inaccuracies have been corrected.