Peter Sykes directs Steptoe and Son Ride Again, with a script from Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The cast includes Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Milo O' Shea, Neil McCarthy, Bill Maynard, Henry Woolf, Diana Dors, and Yootha Joyce. Roy Budd, Jack Fishman, and Ron Grainer composed the music; John Wilcox handled the cinematography. Following the initial film adaptation of Steptoe and Son, a second movie felt almost certain to happen. The nineteen seventies seemed like the perfect time for British TV comedies to be adapted into longer films. “Father Dear Father” and "Holiday on the Buses" also came out in 1973 – the last installment of that series – so it might seem strange to suggest that "Steptoe and Son Ride Again" is the strongest feature-length sitcom movie from that year, but I think it is, by a good margin. It’s noticeably better than the first film, which was simply called “Steptoe and Son,” like the television show. The writers return to what made Harold and Albert Steptoe so beloved, thankfully moving past the darker tone of the earlier movie where humor felt scarce. The story focuses on their home life, their jobs, how they try to manage money, a silly plan that goes wrong, encounters with local criminals, and problems with animals. There are lots of laughs, good ones too! Albert’s character as an older man making inappropriate jokes had been pushed pretty far by 1973, but it's still funny here. Scenes like sandwiches made with cigarette ash and cheese being put through a machine, or Harold being bothered for romantic attention by Diana Dors – plus fake funerals and a greyhound who can’t see well but can smell Albert’s tobacco from far away! – this is something that fans of the show will really enjoy. 7.5/10

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