TV series
Albert & Herbert
1974–1995 · 7 seasons
A gentle, talky sitcom of bickering and grudging affection, staged like a filmed stage play with a lived-in, shabby charm.
- Created by
- Bo Hermansson
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Sten-Åke Cederhök, Tomas von Brömssen, Lennart Lundh
- Overview
- Albert & Herbert was a Swedish comedy series that ran in 1974, 1976–1979, 1981–1982, an advent series and a theatre play titled Mordet på Skolgatan 15, and had a spin-off series in 1995. Albert & Herbert, which featured father and son scrap-dealers living together, was an adaptation of Ray Galton and Alan Simpsons's BBC series Steptoe and Son from the 60s and 70s. Albert was played by Sten-Åke Cederhök, and the son Herbert played by Tomas von Brömssen. During the first six episodes, Herbert was played by Lennart Lundh. The characters lived in a dilapidated wooden house in Skolgatan 15, in Haga, Gothenburg.
- How it feels
- Satirical, cynical, warm and absurd. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Family, class, work, isolation
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Bo Hermansson
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Sten-Åke Cederhök, Tomas von Brömssen, Lennart Lundh
