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It looks like Albert has been naughty in his Income Tax return forms and claiming an allowance for his wife even though she has been dead for some decades.

When Harold returns home from work he notices an unopened letter from the Inland Revenue and the tax inspector is due to call round with some questions. When Mr Greenwood does come to visit they get him drunk and his query was that Albert's wife has not been declaring her pension income. Albert tells him that they have never claimed a pension for her.

When Albert realises how much back pension is owed and how he can get extra money every week he goes to the post office pretending to be his wife only to be felt up by a retired police officer.

An enjoyable episode as Albert and Harold try to be evasive to the taxman, then later Albert in drag trying to run away from her admirer and the episode finishes with Harold in drag as well.

It is an age old comedy trope that officious men always go wild for an ugly man in drag.

You look like old Mother Riley!!!

Albert's been on the fiddle, and time is running out with him, as the island revenue have caught up with him.

It's definitely a classic, trouble is they were all classics during this time, this is just another example of the brilliance that was Steptoe and Son. It looks as if the pair had a lot of fun making this one.

Albert looks hilarious in that getup, he makes for an incredibly funny Gladys.

Colin Gordon is incredible as Mr Greenwood, that scene where he quickly gets smashed and starts slurring, it's incredibly funny.

A classic, 9/10.