The Curse Of Steptoe
''The Curse of Steptoe'' is a television play which was first broadcast on 19 March 2008 on BBC Four as part of a season of dramas about television personalities. It stars Jason Isaacs as Harry H. Corbett and Phil Davis (actor), Phil Davis as Wilfrid Brambell. The drama centres on the actors' on- and off-screen relationship during the making of the BBC sitcom ''Steptoe and Son'', and is based on interviews with colleagues, friends and family of the actors, and the ''Steptoe'' writers, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson (scriptwriter), Alan Simpson. The screenplay was written by Brian Fillis, also responsible for the similarly themed 2006 drama ''Fanny Cradock#Media portrayals, Fear of Fanny'', which is about television personality Fanny Cradock off-screen. The 66-minute film is directed by Michael Samuels (director), Michael Samuels and produced by Ben Bickerton. The drama was widely acclaimed and won the Royal Television Society Award 2008 for "Single Drama". However, the drama generat ...
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Phil Davis (actor)
Philip Davis (born 30 July 1953) is an English actor, writer, director and narrator. He is perhaps best known for his lead roles in the television dramas ''Whitechapel'' (2009–2013) and ''Silk'' (2012–2014). Early life Davis was born in Highgate, London, and brought up in Thurrock, Essex. His father worked for Procter & Gamble in a soap factory and his mother was a hospital dining room supervisor. From the age of eight, he was interested in acting. He attended Ockendon Courts County Secondary School in South Ockendon, Essex, where he was distracted in class but enjoyed school plays. He was also a member of both the National Youth Theatre and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop.'An Actors Life For Me' at ''Essexlife''
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