article_snippet.sent: Harold Wilson secretly lobbied The BBC BBC to change the time of popular comedy Steptoe and Son on the night of the 1964 election because Harold Wilson feared working class voters would stay at home and watch the show instead of supporting Harold Wilson candidates.
article_snippet.sent: Harold Wilson thought the planned repeat of the sit-com starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell would hit the sit-com starring Harry H Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell badly.
article_snippet.sent: The Labour Party was afraid that The Labour Party supporters would stay at home and watch a repeat of Steptoe and Son featuring Harry H Corbett, left, and Wilfrid Brambell, right, instead of coming out to vote in 1964 .
article_snippet.sent: Sir Hugh's 1982 interview had been very much upset because BBC BBC had planned the beginning of a series of repeats of a very popular light entertainment programme, Steptoe and Son, on the evening of polling day.
article_snippet.sent: Former BBC Director General Sir Hugh Greene, pictured, said Harold Wilson feared broadcasting Steptoe and Son on the 1964 election night could end up costing the Labour Party 20 seats - the Labour Party won the election by four .
article_snippet.sent: It was the equivalent of bringing Morecambe and Wise back.
highlights_snippet.sent: Harold Wilson feared the popular sit-com would cost Harold Wilson 20 seats in 1964 .
  